

Jaromil Jireš
Directing
December 10, 1935
Bratislava, Czechoslovakia [now Slovak Republic]
October 24, 2001
Jaromil Jireš (December 10, 1935 – October 24, 2001) was a director associated with the Czechoslovak New Wave movement. His 1963 film The Cry was entered into the 1964 Cannes Film Festival. It is often described as the first film of the Czechoslovak New Wave, a movement known for its dark humor, use of non-professional actors, and "art-cinema realism".
The Filmography


Helimadoe

Lion with a White Mane

Katapult

Incomplete Eclipse

Escape Home

Payment in Kind

The Island of the Silver Herons

People from the Subway

Valerie and Her Week of Wonders

The Joke

Pearls of the Deep
