Cast & creator
Jan Němec
Best known for The Unbearable Lightness of Being, GENUS, GENUS
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."
Also known as: Jan Němec Film
84
film credits
5
television credits
20
1958–2026 · acting roles
6.7
average across scored titles
Signature credits
Known for
Across film & television
Filmography (89)
Showing 89 of 89 credits
The Unbearable Lightness of Being
Cameraman filming the tanks in Prague
1988GENUS
Director
1995GENUS
Writer
1995Golden Sixties
Self
2009GEN
Writer
1993GEN
Director
1993
FAMU 80 – Best of
Director
2026
The Party and the Guests
Director
1966The Party and the Guests
Screenplay
1966
Deckname Holec
Story
2016
Martyrs of Love
Story
1967Martyrs of Love
Screenplay
1967Martyrs of Love
Director
1967
Late Night Talks with Mother
Jan Němec
2003Late Night Talks with Mother
Director
2003Late Night Talks with Mother
Music
2003Late Night Talks with Mother
Writer
2003Late Night Talks with Mother
Producer
2003Late Night Talks with Mother
Director of Photography
2003An Occasion to Speak
Self
1966
The Wolf from Royal Vineyard Street
Self
2016The Wolf from Royal Vineyard Street
Writer
2016The Wolf from Royal Vineyard Street
Director
2016
Flames of Royal Love
(uncredited)
1991Flames of Royal Love
Director
1991Flames of Royal Love
Screenplay
1991
Diamonds of the Night
Screenplay
1964Diamonds of the Night
Director
1964
Kingdom Come: Deliverance II Cinematic Cut
Writer
2025The Strahov Demonstration
Director
1990
Seven Days to Remember
Cinematography
1968Heart Above the Castle
Director
2008Heart Above the Castle
Camera Operator
2008Heart Above the Castle
Screenplay
2008Heart Above the Castle
Story
2008
Searching for Ester
Himself
2005
Pearls of the Deep
Screenplay
1966Pearls of the Deep
Director
1966The Day the Tree Blooms
Assistant Director
1961Čas slunce a růží
Director
1968
The Ferrari Dino Girl
2009The Ferrari Dino Girl
Director
2009The Ferrari Dino Girl
Writer
2009Bohemia Docta or the Labyrinth of the World and the Lust-House of the Heart (A Divine Comedy)
2000
Bohumil Hrabal „Takže se stalo, že...“
self
2014
Metamorphosis
Director
1975Metamorphosis
Writer
1975
Killing the Devil
(uncreditted)
1970Killing the Devil
Screenplay
1970
Oratorio for Prague
Self
1968Oratorio for Prague
Director
1968
A Loaf of Bread
Director
2026A Loaf of Bread
Screenplay
2026No Entrance
(segment "In Pursuit")
1960
Osení
Assistant Director
1961Landscape of my Heart
Director
2004Landscape of my Heart
Screenplay
2004Landscape of my Heart
Director of Photography
2004Landscape of my Heart
Original Music Composer
2004Code Name: Ruby
Director
1996Code Name: Ruby
Producer
1996Code Name: Ruby
Screenplay
1996Code Name: Ruby
Story
1996Code Name: Ruby
Still Photographer
1996Code Name: Ruby
Additional Photography
1996
A Memory for the Present
Writer
1963A Memory for the Present
Director
1963Das Rückendekolleté
Director
1975Das Rückendekolleté
Writer
1975
Corpus delicti
1991
'68
Dezsö Horváth
1988
Milan Kundera: The Unbearable Weight of History
Self
2023
Povodeň
Assistant Director
1958
Toyen
Commentary (voice)
2005Toyen
Director
2005Toyen
Producer
2005Toyen
Screenplay
2005
Heart Beat 3D
Director
2010Heart Beat 3D
Writer
2010Horí
1982
Necklace of Melancholy
1968Necklace of Melancholy
Screenplay
1968Necklace of Melancholy
Director
1968Hranice
2006
Proudy lásku odnesou
Screenplay
1969Proudy lásku odnesou
Director
1969Proudy lásku odnesou
Story
1969
Arnost Lustig Through the Eyes of Jan Nemec
Director
Červnové dny
First Assistant Director
1961