Jan Němec
- Known for
- Directing
- Born
- 12 July 1936 · Prague, Czechoslovakia
- Died
- 18 March 2016
Jan Němec (12 July 1936 – 18 March 2016) was a Czech filmmaker whose most important work dates from the 1960s. Film historian Peter Hames has described him as the "enfant terrible of the Czech New Wave."
Known for
Directing 28
- 2026FAMU 80 – Best of · director
- 2026Arnost Lustig Through the Eyes of Jan Nemec · director
- 2016The Wolf from Royal Vineyard Street · director
- 2010Heart Beat 3D · director
- 2009The Ferrari Dino Girl · director
- 2008Heart Above the Castle · director
- 2005Toyen · director
- 2004Landscape of my Heart · director
- 2003Late Night Talks with Mother · director
- 1996Code Name: Ruby · director
- 1991Flames of Royal Love · director
- 1975Metamorphosis · director
- 1975Das Rückendekolleté · director
- 1969Proudy lásku odnesou · director
- 1968The Strahov Demonstration · director
- 1968Čas slunce a růží · director
- 1968Oratorio for Prague · director
- 1968Necklace of Melancholy · director
- 1967Martyrs of Love · director
- 1966The Party and the Guests · director
- 1966Pearls of the Deep · director
- 1964Diamonds of the Night · director
- 1963A Memory for the Present · director
- 1961Červnové dny · first assistant director
- 1961The Day the Tree Blooms · assistant director
- 1961Osení · assistant director
- 1960A Loaf of Bread · director
- 1958Povodeň · assistant director
Writing 22
- 2025Kingdom Come: Deliverance II Cinematic Cut · writer
- 2016The Wolf from Royal Vineyard Street · writer
- 2016Deckname Holec · story
- 2010Heart Beat 3D · writer
- 2009The Ferrari Dino Girl · writer
- 2008Heart Above the Castle · story
- 2005Toyen · screenplay
- 2004Landscape of my Heart · screenplay
- 2003Late Night Talks with Mother · writer
- 1996Code Name: Ruby · screenplay
- 1991Flames of Royal Love · screenplay
- 1975Metamorphosis · writer
- 1975Das Rückendekolleté · writer
- 1970Killing the Devil · screenplay
- 1969Proudy lásku odnesou · story
- 1968Necklace of Melancholy · screenplay
- 1967Martyrs of Love · screenplay
- 1966The Party and the Guests · screenplay
- 1966Pearls of the Deep · screenplay
- 1964Diamonds of the Night · screenplay
- 1963A Memory for the Present · writer
- 1960A Loaf of Bread · writer
Acting 19
- 2023Milan Kundera: The Unbearable Weight of History as Self
- 2016The Wolf from Royal Vineyard Street as Self
- 2014Bohumil Hrabal „Takže se stalo, že...“ as self
- 2009The Ferrari Dino Girl
- 2006Hranice
- 2005Toyen as Commentary (voice)
- 2005Searching for Ester as Himself
- 2003Late Night Talks with Mother as Jan Němec
- 2000Bohemia Docta or the Labyrinth of the World and the Lust-House of the Heart (A Divine Comedy)
- 1991Corpus delicti
- 1991Flames of Royal Love as (uncredited)
- 1988'68 as Dezsö Horváth
- 1988The Unbearable Lightness of Being as Cameraman filming the tanks in Prague
- 1982Horí
- 1970Killing the Devil as (uncreditted)
- 1968Oratorio for Prague as Self
- 1968Necklace of Melancholy
- 1966An Occasion to Speak as Self
- 1960No Entrance as (segment "In Pursuit")
Camera 4
- 2008Heart Above the Castle · camera operator
- 2004Landscape of my Heart · director of photography
- 2003Late Night Talks with Mother · director of photography
- 1996Code Name: Ruby · still photographer
Production 3
- 2005Toyen · producer
- 2003Late Night Talks with Mother · producer
- 1996Code Name: Ruby · producer
Sound 2
- 2004Landscape of my Heart · original music composer
- 2003Late Night Talks with Mother · music
crew 1
- 1968Seven Days to Remember · cinematography