About

Known credits:
122
Birthday:
1923-10-07
Place of birth:
Susice, Czechoslovakia [now Czech Republic]
Website:
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Břetislav Pojar

Overview

Břetislav Pojar (7 October 1923 – 12 October 2012) was a Czech puppeteer, animator, and director of short and feature films.

Born in Sušice, Czechoslovakia, Pojar started his career in the late 1940s with his work on The Story of the Bass Cello (1949) based on the story by Anton Chekhov and directed by master Czech puppet animator Jiří Trnka. Pojar served as a puppeteer under his mentor Trnka.

Pojar compiled an extensive body of work as a director and animator in Czechoslovakia, where he made films in both puppet animation to the more common stop motion animation.

In the mid-1960s, Pojar emigrated to Canada, where he began a long collaboration with the National Film Board. His Canadian work is some of his best known and has won awards at prestigious international film festivals. His film To See or Not to See (Psychocratie) won the Canadian Film Award for Film of the Year in 1970.

Pojar's work is characterized by strong social commentary, such as in Balablok, where armies of small circle- and square-shaped beings war with each other until they are all wounded into indistinguishable shapes. Often, Pojar's shorts contain little or no spoken dialogue.

In the mid-2000s, Pojar moved back to the Czech film business in order to co-direct the collaborative animated feature film Fimfárum 2 (based on the stories of Jan Werich), which was released in 2006.

Pojar died in Prague at the age of 89 in 2012.

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Known for

Acting
2008 Anatomie gagu Actor N/A
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1959 Skutečnost Noci svatojánské Actor Self N/A
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Directing
2016 Pojar dětem Directing Director N/A
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2015 Le Voyage de Tom Pouce Directing Director N/A
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2011 Car Fairy Tales Directing Director 59
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2006 Mr. and Mr. Directing Director N/A
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2006 Fimfarum 2 Directing Director 59
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2003 Winter Days Directing Director 58
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1997 Narkoblues Directing Director N/A
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1996 Children First! Directing Director N/A
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1995 Pourquoi? Directing Director N/A
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1994 Mouseology Directing Director N/A
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1991 The Flying Sneaker Directing Director 59
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1987 From step to progress Directing Director N/A
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1986 Nightangel Directing Director 58
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1981 'E' Directing Director 59
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1981 If... Directing Director N/A
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1979 B.O.O.O.M. Directing Director 59
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1979 Dášeňka Directing Director N/A
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1977 How to Catch a Tiger Directing Director N/A
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1976 About the Thick Fog Directing Director N/A
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1974 Nazdar kedlubny Directing Director N/A
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1974 The Apple Tree Maiden Directing Director 59
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1974 Zahrada Directing Director N/A
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1973 Balablok Directing Director 58
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1972 O pardálu který voněl Directing Director N/A
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1972 A neříkej mi Vašíku Directing Director N/A
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1971 Psí kusy Directing Director N/A
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1971 Co to bouchlo? Directing Director N/A
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1969 To See or Not to See Directing Director 58
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1969 Darwin Antidarwin Directing Director N/A
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1968 Hey, Mister, Let’s Play! How They Went to Sleep Directing Director N/A
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1968 Fanfaron, the Little Clown Directing Director 59
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1967 Hey, Mister, Let’s Play! Hold On to Your Hat Directing Director N/A
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1967 Hey, Mister, Let’s Play! How They Ate Witty Porridge Directing Director N/A
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1967 Hey, Mister, Let’s Play! Princesses Are Not to Be Sniffed At Directing Director 59
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1966 Hey, Mister, Let’s Play! How the Bears Went Swimming Directing Director N/A
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1966 Hey Mister, Let's Play! How They Met At Kolin Directing Director 59
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1964 Ideál Directing Director 59
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1962 A Few Words of Introduction Directing Director N/A
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1962 Billiard Directing Director N/A
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1961 Painting is for the Cats Directing Director N/A
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1961 On a Cat's Word Directing Director 59
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1961 School for Cats Directing Director N/A
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1960 The Midnight Adventure Directing Director 59
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1959 The Lion and the Song Directing Director 59
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1959 Bomb Mania Directing Director N/A
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1957 Paraplíčko Directing Director N/A
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1956 Spejbl on the Trail Directing Director N/A
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1955 Dobrodružství na Zlaté zátoce Directing Director 59
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1954 A Drop Too Much Directing Director 59
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1952 Josef Mánes II. Directing Director N/A
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1951 The Gingerbread House Directing Director 59
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1951 Josef Mánes Directing Director N/A
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Jak si zarídit byt Directing Director N/A
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Velryba - Abyrlev Directing Director N/A
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Writing
2016 The Christmas Ballad Writing Idea N/A
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2011 Car Fairy Tales Writing Screenplay 59
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2006 Mr. and Mr. Writing Writer N/A
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2006 Fimfarum 2 Writing Screenplay 59
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1991 The Flying Sneaker Writing Writer 59
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1987 From step to progress Writing Screenplay N/A
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1987 From step to progress Writing Story N/A
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1977 How to Catch a Tiger Writing Screenplay N/A
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1976 About the Thick Fog Writing Screenplay N/A
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1974 Nazdar kedlubny Writing Screenplay N/A
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1974 Zahrada Writing Screenplay N/A
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1972 O pardálu který voněl Writing Screenplay N/A
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1972 A neříkej mi Vašíku Writing Screenplay N/A
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1971 Psí kusy Writing Screenplay N/A
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1971 Co to bouchlo? Writing Screenplay N/A
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1969 To See or Not to See Writing Writer 58
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1968 Hey, Mister, Let’s Play! How They Went to Sleep Writing Screenplay N/A
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1967 Hey, Mister, Let’s Play! Hold On to Your Hat Writing Screenplay N/A
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1967 Hey, Mister, Let’s Play! How They Ate Witty Porridge Writing Screenplay N/A
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1967 Hey, Mister, Let’s Play! Princesses Are Not to Be Sniffed At Writing Screenplay 59
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1966 Hey, Mister, Let’s Play! How the Bears Went Swimming Writing Screenplay N/A
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1966 Hey Mister, Let's Play! How They Met At Kolin Writing Screenplay 59
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1964 Ideál Writing Story 59
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1964 Ideál Writing Screenplay 59
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1962 Billiard Writing Story N/A
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1961 Painting is for the Cats Writing Screenplay N/A
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1961 On a Cat's Word Writing Screenplay 59
Average
1961 School for Cats Writing Screenplay N/A
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1960 The Midnight Adventure Writing Screenplay 59
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1959 The Lion and the Song Writing Screenplay 59
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1959 The Lion and the Song Writing Story 59
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1959 Bomb Mania Writing Story N/A
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1959 Bomb Mania Writing Screenplay N/A
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1957 Paraplíčko Writing Story N/A
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1957 Paraplíčko Writing Screenplay N/A
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1956 Spejbl on the Trail Writing Screenplay N/A
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1956 Spejbl on the Trail Writing Story N/A
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1955 Dobrodružství na Zlaté zátoce Writing Screenplay 59
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1954 A Drop Too Much Writing Screenplay 59
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1952 Josef Mánes II. Writing Idea N/A
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1952 Josef Mánes II. Writing Screenplay N/A
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1951 The Gingerbread House Writing Screenplay 59
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1951 The Gingerbread House Writing Story 59
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1951 Josef Mánes Writing Screenplay N/A
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Velryba - Abyrlev Writing Writer N/A
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Art
1964 Lemonade Joe Art Art Designer 60
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1964 Ideál Art Art Direction 59
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Crew
1994 Overdose Crew Script 59
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Editing
2011 Car Fairy Tales Editing Editor 59
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Visual Effects
1994 Mouseology Visual Effects Animation N/A
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1959 A Midsummer Night's Dream Visual Effects Animation 59
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1957 Paraplíčko Visual Effects Animation N/A
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1956 Spejbl on the Trail Visual Effects Animation N/A
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1956 Osudy dobrého vojáka Švejka – Švejkova budějovická anabase Visual Effects Animation N/A
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1955 Two Little Frosts Visual Effects Animation 59
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1955 Osudy dobrého vojáka Švejka – Švejkovy nehody ve vlaku Visual Effects Animation N/A
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1954 Osudy dobrého vojáka Švejka – Z Hatvanu na hranice Haliče Visual Effects Animation N/A
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1953 Old Czech Legends Visual Effects Animation 59
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1951 Prince Bayaya Visual Effects Animation 58
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1949 The Emperor's Nightingale Visual Effects Animation 58
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1949 The Devil's Mill Visual Effects Animation 59
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1949 Song of the Prairie Visual Effects Animation 59
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1949 Story of the Bass Cello Visual Effects Animation 59
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1947 The Czech Year Visual Effects Animation 59
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1947 Vodník ve mlýně Visual Effects Animation N/A
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1947 Míša Kulička Visual Effects Animation N/A
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