Zdeněk Svěrák

Writing

Born Mar 28, 1936

From Prague, Czechoslovakia [now Czech Republic]

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Zdeněk Svěrák (born 28 March 1936 in Prague) is a Czech actor, humorist and scriptwriter. He is one of the most popular Czech cultural personalities. In 1989, he was a member of the jury at the 39th Berlin International Film Festival. In 1958, he graduated in Czech language and literature at the Faculty of Education of Charles University in Prague. He has worked in a wide variety of capacities. His work contains more than 300 musical texts, plays and more than ten movies. Among his film scripts are Kolya (Czech: Kolja, Academy Award winning film) and The Elementary School (Czech: Obecná Škola, nomination for Academy Award), both directed by his son Jan Svěrák. With his close friend Ladislav Smoljak, he created the fictional personality (universal genius, inventor, sportsman, criminalist, poet, writer and philosopher) Jára Cimrman who won the voting for The Greatest Czech in 2005 (only the fact that Cimrman is fictional prevented him from actually winning). Zdeněk Svěrák also founded a charity organization Paraple (in English, "Umbrella") which focuses on helping paralyzed individuals.

Zdeněk Svěrák

Known For

Kolya

The Three Veterans

The Elementary School

Empties

Kooky

Three Brothers

My Sweet Little Village

Accumulator 1

The Hit

Filmography — Acting

Kolya

The Three Veterans

The Elementary School

Empties

Kooky

Three Brothers

My Sweet Little Village

Accumulator 1

The Hit

The Presence of Arnošt Lustig

The Snowdrop Festival

Run, Waiter, Run!

Barefoot

Larks on a String

Joachim, Put It in the Machine

Secluded, Near Woods

How Poets Are Losing Their Illusions

Chain

Hearty Greetings from the Globe

Brontosaurus

Marecek, Pass Me the Pen!

Bethlehem Light

Ball Lightning

The Stand In

Calamity

Ruffiano and Sweeteeth

Crime in the Night Club

Silvestr 79 aneb Hrajeme si jako děti

Like Rabbits

30 Maidens and Pythagoras

Lijavec

You Are a Widow, Sir

Basically Normal

Pocta V+W

What's Up Doc?

As Good as Poison

Bridal Tour to Jilji

Já a moji synové...

Anatomie gagu

Jára Cimrman Lying, Sleeping

Investigation of the Loss of a Class Book

An Uncertain Season

Daddy

Inzerát

Africa

Dissolved and Effused

Kouzelný kopec

The Nude

Moderní byt

Lucie and the Miracles

Silvestr 71

The Horns

Léta s Jaromírem Hanzlíkem

Stopa vede do Liptákova

Dumb Bobes, or Czech Tarzan

40 let Divadla Járy Cimrmana aneb Ze hry do hry

Cimrmani

Long, Broad and Nearsight

Narostl mu hřebínek

Cimrman in the World of Music

Operky

Czech Heaven

Pub in the Glade

The Conquest of the North Pole

Cimrmani zblízka

Chirurgie

Chinaski: Každej ví kulový

Psaní do nebe