Jiří Trnka (1912-1969) was a Czech puppeteer and animator, often called the Walt Disney of Eastern Europe. His A Midsummer Night's Dream (1959) is among his best-known works.
Awards (from the Sinekatalog award pages)
- 1955 · Locarno Film Festival: Best Film (Golden Leopard) — The Emperor's Nightingale
Filmography
- Springman and the SS 1946 · IMDb 6.7
- Grandpa Planted a Beet 1946 · IMDb 6.5
- Song of the Prairie 1949 · IMDb 6.6
- Story of the Bass Cello 1949 · IMDb 6.5
- A Midsummer Night's Dream 1959 · IMDb 7.1
- Cybernetic Grandma 1963 · IMDb 7.3
- The Hand 1965 · IMDb 7.9 · 2,318 votes