Practitioner 2: Jan Švankmajer

Jan Švankmajer is a Czech filmmaker and artists who participates in a variety of work. He has labelled himself a surrealist due to the style of his unique animations. Which have influenced many other well known artists. Jan Švankmajer learned about art in the 1950s. He created his first film in 1964 and he is responsible for many unique animated movies. Many of his movies are stop motion based such as this one released in 1989 entitled “Darkness/Light/Darkness” Jan Švankmajer often worked with clay to create his animations.

Švankmajer won the feature film award when attending the 1989 Annecy International Animated film festival. Švankmajers uses of sounds were often recognized due to their unique use. His projects take an incredible amount of effort to see through and he is currently working on one due for release in 2015.