Jiří Barta

Jiří Barta (born 26 November 1948) is a Czech stop-motion animation director. His films, many of which used the medium of wood for animation, garnered critical acclaim and won many awards, but after the fall of the communist government in Czechoslovakia he was unable to release anything for about 15 years (a situation similar to that faced by Russian animator Yuriy Norshteyn). Throughout the 1990s he tried to find funding for a feature film called The Golem, but ultimately only managed to complete a short pilot in 1996 (which can be viewed online). In 2006 he released his first computer-animated short film, and on March 5, 2009 he released a new puppet-animated feature film which was geared more towards a children's audience.

Filmography

Feature films

• In the Attic or Who Has a Birthday Today? (Na půdě aneb Kdo má dneska narozeniny?, 2009)
• Golem (put on hold)
• The Pied Piper (Krysař, 1986)

Short films

• Cook, Mug, Cook! (2007)
• The Club of the Laid Off (1989)
• The Last Theft (1987)
• A Ballad About Green Wood (1983)
• The Vanished World of Gloves (1982)
• Disc Jockey (1981)
• The Design (1981)
• Riddles For a Candy (1978)

External links

• Jiří Barta at the Internet Movie Database
• Interview with Barta concerning The Golem
• Overview of The Pied Piper of Hameln
• Collection of clips from his films (also the "trailer" for The Golem)
• Official site for "In the Attic"
• Production company site for "In the Attic"
• Variety review of "In the Attic"