Jan Zázvorka (2 May 1914 – 14 January 1991) was a Czech architect and art director.[1][2][3] He designed the film sets for more than a hundred productions in a career that spanned many decades. As an architect he worked on the National Monument at Vítkov and Praha-Smíchov railway station.
Jan Zázvorka | |
|---|---|
| Born | 2 May 1914 |
| Died | 14 January 1991 (aged 76) Prague, Czechoslovakia |
| Occupation | Art director |
| Years active | 1936–1986 (film) |
Selected filmography edit
- Blackmailer (1937)
- Arthur and Leontine (1940)
- Ladies in Waiting (1940)
- The Dancer (1943)
- Fourteen at the Table (1943)
- The Avalanche (1946)
- Nobody Knows Anything (1947)
References edit
- ^ Cowie, Peter & Elley, Derek. World Filmography: 1967. Fairleigh Dickinson University Press, 1977. p. 81
- ^ Czech Feature Film II: 1930-1945. Národní filmový archiv, 1995. p. 101
- ^ Soister, John T. & Nicolella, Henry. Down from the Attic: Rare Thrillers of the Silent Era through the 1950. McFarland, 2016. p. 213
External links edit
- Jan Zázvorka at IMDb
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