Jan Špáta

Nacimiento : 1932-10-25, Náchod, Czechoslovakia [now Czech Republic]

Muerte : 2006-08-18

Películas

Athletic Variation
Director
Athletic Variations (Atletické variace, 28 min) is a sophisticated essay on winning and losing during the 1982 European Athletics Championships held in Athens.
Variations of a Theme by Gustav Mahler
Director of Photography
Documentary short about the title composer, born in what was called "Czechoslovakia" when the film was made.
Variations of a Theme by Gustav Mahler
Screenplay
Documentary short about the title composer, born in what was called "Czechoslovakia" when the film was made.
Variations of a Theme by Gustav Mahler
Director
Documentary short about the title composer, born in what was called "Czechoslovakia" when the film was made.
Etuda o zkoušce
Director of Photography
Study of the work of the conductor Václav Neumann and his creative process with the orchestra.
Crazy Day
Director
A continuous, extreme show is held, every year, in Tesla Arena in Prague. The visitors can be impressed by shows of dangerous riding on motorcycles, amazing acrobatics on 4 wheel vehicles, etc…
Il Divino Boemo
Director of Photography
Svítí slunce?
Director
Svítí slunce?
Director of Photography
Svítí slunce?
Screenplay
Svítí slunce?
Story
Respice finem
Director of Photography
"A refined film essay about the loneliness, wisdom and humility of old women. The film, most valued by Jan Špáta, was awarded the Grand Prize at the International Short Film Festival in Oberhausen, the Trilobit Award and Special Mention at the IFF in Karlovy Vary."
Respice finem
Screenplay
"A refined film essay about the loneliness, wisdom and humility of old women. The film, most valued by Jan Špáta, was awarded the Grand Prize at the International Short Film Festival in Oberhausen, the Trilobit Award and Special Mention at the IFF in Karlovy Vary."
Respice finem
Idea
"A refined film essay about the loneliness, wisdom and humility of old women. The film, most valued by Jan Špáta, was awarded the Grand Prize at the International Short Film Festival in Oberhausen, the Trilobit Award and Special Mention at the IFF in Karlovy Vary."
Respice finem
Director
"A refined film essay about the loneliness, wisdom and humility of old women. The film, most valued by Jan Špáta, was awarded the Grand Prize at the International Short Film Festival in Oberhausen, the Trilobit Award and Special Mention at the IFF in Karlovy Vary."
O malém světě
Director of Photography
Mountain People
Director of Photography
The transformation of a traditional Caucasian village in the mountains of Dagestan.
Mountain People
Writer
The transformation of a traditional Caucasian village in the mountains of Dagestan.
Mountain People
Director
The transformation of a traditional Caucasian village in the mountains of Dagestan.
Auf der Suche nach dem Glück
Cinematography
The Country of St. Patrick
Director
A Czech documentary filmmaker's cinematic travelogue of Ireland.
Reflection
Director of Photography
A leading director of the Czech film renaissance provides a philosophical meditation on life and death, set amidst complex hospital apparatus and the sadness, hope, or resignation of the patients. Existentialist rather than optimist, the approach is one of humanistic atheism, accepting death as part of life. Interviews with doctors and nurses explore their outlook; all speak of death as a fact, without either sentimentality or religiosity. The studied objectivity of the film only imperfectly hides an intense emotionality.
Reflection
Screenplay
A leading director of the Czech film renaissance provides a philosophical meditation on life and death, set amidst complex hospital apparatus and the sadness, hope, or resignation of the patients. Existentialist rather than optimist, the approach is one of humanistic atheism, accepting death as part of life. Interviews with doctors and nurses explore their outlook; all speak of death as a fact, without either sentimentality or religiosity. The studied objectivity of the film only imperfectly hides an intense emotionality.
Reflection
Story
A leading director of the Czech film renaissance provides a philosophical meditation on life and death, set amidst complex hospital apparatus and the sadness, hope, or resignation of the patients. Existentialist rather than optimist, the approach is one of humanistic atheism, accepting death as part of life. Interviews with doctors and nurses explore their outlook; all speak of death as a fact, without either sentimentality or religiosity. The studied objectivity of the film only imperfectly hides an intense emotionality.
Pražská strašidla
Director of Photography
Moment of Joy
Director
Okamžik Radosti (Moment of Joy, 1965) is a 17-minute study of Czech mountain-climbers with brilliant camerawork. This is almost Zen like documentary about old times rock climbing. Every frame could stand alone as a beautiful photography.
Hallo Satchmo
Screenplay
In 1965, during eminent trumpeter Louis Armstrong’s visit to Prague, Jan Spata then a young promising documentary filmmaker, created the report 'Hallo Satchmo'.
Hallo Satchmo
Director of Photography
In 1965, during eminent trumpeter Louis Armstrong’s visit to Prague, Jan Spata then a young promising documentary filmmaker, created the report 'Hallo Satchmo'.
Hallo Satchmo
Director
In 1965, during eminent trumpeter Louis Armstrong’s visit to Prague, Jan Spata then a young promising documentary filmmaker, created the report 'Hallo Satchmo'.
The Biggest Wish
Screenplay
Sociological study of the real values of young people in socialism.
The Biggest Wish
Idea
Sociological study of the real values of young people in socialism.
The Biggest Wish
Director
Sociological study of the real values of young people in socialism.
Vůně benzínu
Director of Photography
Nádraží
Director of Photography
Telefon
Director of Photography
Why?
Director
An exploration of the declining birth rate in the Czechoslovakia.
Railwaymen
Director of Photography
A short documentary about the work of railwaymen and life on the railway.
Potíže s kulturou
Director of Photography