Jan Kříženecký

Jan Kříženecký

Jan Kříženecký (20th March 1868 Praha – 9th February 1921) was czech cinema pioneer, director, cinematographer and photographer.

He stardeted his work as an architecture student (his brother Rudolf Kříženecký also studied architecture and become architect). In colaboration with actor Josef Šváb-Malostranský, he filmed three comic short films (Dostaveníčko ve mlýnici, Plač a smích and Výstavní párkař a lepič plakátů) and more documentary short films. They were first exhibited in June 1898 at the Architecture and Engineering Exhibition in Prague. Kříženecký directed film up to year 1910, later he documented Prague for municipal authority as a photographer.

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