Jirí Brdecka was born on December 24, 1917 in Hranice/Mährisch Weisskirchen, Moravia, Austria-Hungary. He was a writer and director, known for Lemonade Joe (1964), Prazske noci (1969) and The King's Baker and the Baker's King (1952). He died on June 2, 1982 in Prague, Czechoslovakia.
Hranice/Mährisch Weisskirchen, Moravia, Austria-Hungary [now Hranice na Morave, Czech Republic]
Profession
Writer, Director, Costume Designer
Spouse
Zdenka Brdečková (m. 1950–1982)
Children
Tereza Brdečková
Parents
Otakar Brdečka, Bohumila Brdečková
Star Sign
Capricorn
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Fact
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Czech animator, novelist and playwright. A former illustrator and student in art history at Prague University, he became noted after World War II for his animated fairy-tales, as well as a series of stories, parodying the American West, entitled "Lemonade Joe".
Writer
Title
Year
Status
Character
The Emperor and the Golem
1952
screenplay / story
The Emperor's Nightingale
1949
writer
Dárek
1946
Short screenplay
The Chimney Sweep
1946
Short
Neposlusný zajícek: Kleine, aber Oho!
1944
Short
Faunovo velmi pozdní odpoledne
1983
story
The Mysterious Castle in the Carpathians
1981
writer
Princ a Vecernice
1979
writer
Adéla jeste nevecerela
1978
story and screenplay
Jsouc na rece mlynár jeden
1971
Short
Prazske noci
1969
screenplay - segments "Fabricius a Zuzana", "Otrávená travicka", "Poslední Golem" / story
Moc osudu
1969
Short writer
Pomsta
1968
Short
Blaho lásky
1966
Short screenplay / story
Proc se usmívás, Mono Liso?
1966
Short screenplay / story
Dezertér
1965
Short
Lemonade Joe
1964
novel and play / screenplay
The Frozen Logger
1963
Short story - as George Berdecka
Az prijde kocour
1963
writer
Spatne namalovaná slepice
1963
Short screenplay
Baron Prásil
1962
dialogue
Clovek pod vodou
1962
Short commentary / screenplay / story
Lidé za kamerou
1961
Documentary
Cerná sobota
1961
Nase Karkulka
1960
story
Bombománie
1960
Short writer
Stastný lev
1960
Short commentary
Taková láska
1959
screenplay
A Midsummer Night's Dream
1959
writer
Drahousek Klementina
1959
Short
Pozor!
1959
Short
Snadný zivot
1957
screenplay
Ztracenci
1957
screenplay
Obusku z pytle ven!
1956
screenplay
There Was Once a King...
1955
screenplay - as Jan Brdecka
A Drop Too Much
1954
Short
Kavárna na hlavní tríde
1954
Severní prístav
1953
screenplay
Staré povesti ceské
1953
screenplay
Velké dobrodruzství
1952
screenplay
Director
Title
Year
Status
Character
Láááska!
1978
Short
Jsouc na rece mlynár jeden
1971
Short
Prazske noci
1969
segment "Poslední Golem"
Moc osudu
1969
Short
Pomsta
1968
Short
Blaho lásky
1966
Short
Proc se usmívás, Mono Liso?
1966
Short
Dezertér
1965
Short
Slovce M
1964
Short
The Frozen Logger
1963
Short as George Berdecka
Spatne namalovaná slepice
1963
Short
Zmrzlý drevar
1962
Clovek pod vodou
1962
Short
Attenzione: guerra!
1961
Documentary
Nase Karkulka
1960
Drahousek Klementina
1959
Short
Pozor!
1959
Short
Jak se clovek naucil létat
1958
Vzducholod a láska
1948
Short
The Chimney Sweep
1946
Short
Soundtrack
Title
Year
Status
Character
Místa
2014
lyrics: "Dáblovo stádo Riders in the Sky" / writer: "Dáblovo stádo Riders in the Sky"
$300,000
