Karel Zeman

Karel Zeman

1910-11-03 in Ostromer u Nové Paky, Bohemia, Austria-Hungary [now Czech Republic] - 1989-04-05

 

Karel Zeman

1910-11-03 in Ostromer u Nové Paky, Bohemia, Austria-Hungary [now Czech Republic] - 1989-04-05

 

Department: Directing

Karel Zeman was a brilliant pioneer of special effects in film. Despite his artistic talent, his parents insisted he study business. At the age of 17, he went to Aix-en-Provence in the south of France, where he studied advertising design. In 1943, the film director Elmar Klos offered him a job at the Bata Film Studios. Zeman often had to struggle against difficult conditions in the technically ill-equipped Kudlov Studios.... see more

Department: Directing

Karel Zeman was a brilliant pioneer of special effects in film. Despite his artistic talent, his parents insisted he study business. At the age of 17, he went to Aix-en-Provence in the south of France, where he studied advertising design. In 1943, the film director Elmar Klos offered him a job at the Bata Film Studios. Zeman often had to struggle against difficult conditions in the technically ill-equipped Kudlov Studios.... see more
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