Jan Tománek (co-driver)

Jan Tománek (born 14 February 1978, Prague) is a Czech movie director, writer and artist. He is the creator of animated movies '' Goat Story – The Old Prague Legends'' and '' Goat Story with Cheese''. Nowadays, he mostly writes books.

Biography

He graduated from the High School of Arts in Prague in 1996. He has been studying at the Academy of Fine Arts in Prague since 1999, in the studio of New Media. He has been making short 3D animated movies and combined movies with real actors since 1997. In 1997 he created his first short movie, '' Perpetuum mobile''. In 1999 he produced two short acted movies and one 3D animated story about two living glasses. Since 2007 he has been working with Czech Television on his latest movie, which will be a combination of 3D modelled backgrounds with real actors shot on a blue background. He also works with Prague's Laterna Magika theatre company. Tománek's movies have been presented and awarded at Czech and foreign festivals. On his short films he does almost everything alone, including script, directing, animation and post-production.

In his Art And Animation studio, he produced in 2008 he released a new film project '' Goat Story – The Old Prague Legends'' ( cs, Kozí příběh – pověsti staré Prahy) – the first full-length Czech 3D animated movie. In 2012 he completed the sequel Goat story with Chesse – aka'' Goat Story 2''. In 2009 Goat story became the most popular Czech animated movie ever.

Jan Tománek is writing books now. In 2018, he published his first novel '' Motýlí křik (The Butterfly scream)'' in the publishing house Albatros Media. In 2019 he wrote the book '' Lustr pro papeže (Chandelier for the Pope)'' – A true story from the hell of the communist normalization camps.

Since 2018, he has been writing mostly fiction.

He has two children, a son Jan and a daughter Zuzana.

Filmography

* '' Goat Story'' (2008) ''– The Old Prague Legends'' – feature film, director, artistGoat Story movie web site
Retrieved 15 August 2007
* '' Goat Story with Cheese'' (2012) – feature film, director, artist
* Untitled Goat Story sequel (TBA) - feature film, director, artist

''Short movies''
* 1993 ''Balabanci'' - 8 min. - bedtime stories
* 1997 ''Poslední večeře Páně'' (The Last dinner of Lord) – 3 min. – short film
* 1997 ''Perpetuum mobile'' – 5 min. – short film
* 1999 ''Kapesníček'' (The Hanky) – 6 min. – short film
* 1999 ''Ze života sklenic'' (From the life of glasses) – 3 min. – 3D animation
* 1999 ''Vlastně nikam...'' (Actually nowhere...) – 20 min – short film
* 2000 ''Svět (The World)'' – 3 min. – 3D animation
* 2001 ''Červená Karkulka'' – 5 min. – short film with animation
* 2002 ''Žáby'' (The Frogs) – 4 min – 3D animation film, in the cinema distribution since 2003
* 2003 ''Probuzení'' (Wake up) – 20 min – short film

Books

* ''Motýlí křik'' (2018) (The Butterfly scream) – The conspiracy thriller from present-day Prague and the Bilderberg conference.
* ''Lustr pro papeže'' (2019) (Chandelier for the Pope) – A true story from the hell of the communist normalization camps.
* ''Archa knih'' (2021) (Ark of Books) – The Real Truth Hides Between the Lines - Dystopian Novel (Albatros Media, XYZ)
* ''Válka se stromy'' (2022) (War with trees) – A bitterly parodic parable about a contemporary world that is getting more and more out of joint. (AAA studio)

Awards

*2009: Seoul International Cartoon and Animation Festival
*2009: Bangkok International Film Festival
*2009: Czech Lion Award – Best Art Achievement – Nominee
*2009: Febiofest – Kristian – Best Czech Animated Movie 2008
*2010: Bilbao International Animation Film festival
*2010: Buenos Aires International Festival of Independent Cinema – Golden Kite Award (Best Feature for Children)

References

External links

Jan Tomanek – Personal web

The Butterfly scream book web


film about a goat

animation studio

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1978 births
Living people
Academy of Fine Arts, Prague alumni
Czech writers
21st-century Czech novelists
Czech film directors
Artists from Prague