Zdeněk Svěrák
Born: 1936-03-28
Place of Birth: Prague, Czechoslovakia [now Czech Republic]
Biography
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Zdeněk Svěrák (born 28 March 1936 in Prague) is a Czech actor, humorist and scriptwriter. He is one of the most popular Czech cultural personalities. In 1989, he was a member of the jury at the 39th Berlin International Film Festival. In 1958, he graduated in Czech language and literature at the Faculty of Education of Charles University in Prague. He has worked in a wide variety of capacities. His work contains more than 300 musical texts, plays and more than ten movies. Among his film scripts are Kolya (Czech: Kolja, Academy Award winning film) and The Elementary School (Czech: Obecná Škola, nomination for Academy Award), both directed by his son Jan Svěrák. With his close friend Ladislav Smoljak, he created the fictional personality (universal genius, inventor, sportsman, criminalist, poet, writer and philosopher) Jára Cimrman who won the voting for The Greatest Czech in 2005 (only the fact that Cimrman is fictional prevented him from actually winning). Zdeněk Svěrák also founded a charity organization Paraple (in English, "Umbrella") which focuses on helping paralyzed individuals.
Known For
Hearty Greetings from the Globe
Three Brothers
An Uncertain Season
The Elementary School
Ball Lightning
Accumulator 1
Kooky
Kolya
Calamity
Lucie and the Miracles
The Three Veterans
The Hit
Cimrman in the World of Music
Chain
Barefoot
Brontosaurus
Lijavec
Empties
Czech Heaven
The Snowdrop Festival
What's Up Doc?
My Sweet Little Village
Dumb Bobes, or Czech Tarzan
30 Maidens and Pythagoras
The Nude
Secluded, Near Woods
Daddy
Africa
Jára Cimrman Lying, Sleeping
Marecek, Pass Me the Pen!
Investigation of the Loss of a Class Book
Pub in the Glade
Long, Broad and Nearsight
Run, Waiter, Run!
Larks on a String
Dissolved and Effused
Stopa vede do Liptákova
Joachim, Put It in the Machine
Like Rabbits
Bridal Tour to Jilji
You Are a Widow, Sir
How Poets Are Losing Their Illusions
Ruffiano and Sweeteeth
As Good as Poison
The Conquest of the North Pole
40 let Divadla Járy Cimrmana aneb Ze hry do hry
Pocta V+W
Bethlehem Light
Psaní do nebe
The Stand In
Crime in the Night Club
Basically Normal
Chinaski: Každej ví kulový
