Karel Zeman
Directing
Born: 1910-11-03 · Ostromer u Nové Paky, Bohemia, Austria-Hungary [now Czech Republic]
Died: 1989-04-05
Biography
Karel Zeman was a brilliant pioneer of special effects in film. Despite his artistic talent, his parents insisted he study business. At the age of 17, he went to Aix-en-Provence in the south of France, where he studied advertising design. In 1943, the film director Elmar Klos offered him a job at the Bata Film Studios. Zeman often had to struggle against difficult conditions in the technically ill-equipped Kudlov Studios. Many of the workers with whom he started had no particular experience of f
🎬 Movies (30)
Film Adventurer Karel Zeman
2015
Self (archive footage)
La magie Karel Zeman
2015
Director
Sindbad
2001
Scenario Writer
Karel Zeman for Children
1980
Director
The Tale of John and Mary
1980
Director
The Sorcerer's Apprentice
1978
Director
A Thousand and One Nights
1974
Director
On the Comet
1970
Director
The Stolen Airship
1967
Director
The Jester's Tale
1964
Director
The Fabulous Baron Munchausen
1962
Director
Laterna magika II
1960
Director
Mr. Prokouk, The Acrobat
1959
Writer
The Fabulous World of Jules Verne
1958
Director
Mr. Prokouk, Detective
1957
Screenplay
Black diamond
1956
Story
Journey to the Beginning of Time
1955
Director
Strakonický dudák
1955
Special Effects
Mr. Prokouk, The Animal Lover
1955
Director
The Treasure of Bird Island
1953
Director
110 Years of the Pilsen Brewery
1952
Director
King Lavra
1951
Director
Inspiration
1949
Director
Mr. Prokouk, The Inventor
1949
Director
Mr. Prokouk, The Filmmaker
1948
Director
Mr. Prokouk, The Volunteer
1947
Director
Mr. Prokouk, The Office Clerk
1947
Director
Mr. Prokouk in Temptation
1947
Director
Mr. Prokouk: A Horseshoe for Luck
1946
Director
Cukr
1946
Special Effects