Jan Švankmajer

SURREALIST AUTHOR, ARTIST, ANIMATOR, AND FILMMAKER, KNOWN FOR DARK RE-IMAGININGS OF FAIRY TALES AND OBSESSIVE INVESTIGATIONS INTO HUMAN (MIS)BEHAVIOUR. WINNER OF NUMEROUS PLAUDITS, HIS REVOLUTIONARY STOP-MOTION AND LIVE-ACTION FILMS INSPIRED A LEGION OF YOUNG FILMMAKERS WITH THEIR RADICAL IDIOSYNCRASY AND POST-COMMUNIST AESTHETIC. JAN ŠVANKMAJER’S VARIOUS INSPIRATIONS INCLUDE THE ART OF HIS LATE PARTNER, EVA ŠVANKMAJEROVÁ, AND A COLLECTION OF MAGICAL AND MEDIUMISTIC ART.