Biography

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

The Unbearable Lightness of Being

Cameraman filming the tanks in Prague

Flames of Royal Love

(uncredited)

Horí

The Wolf from Royal Vineyard Street

Self

Killing the Devil

(uncreditted)

Searching for Ester

Himself

Corpus delicti

Late Night Talks with Mother

Jan Němec