Jan Svankmjer is one of the world's foremost animators he was born in Prague in 1934 where he still lives today. He did all of his training in Prague in the 1950's at a institute of Applied Arts and an Academy of Performing Arts. Making his first film in 1964 he is responsable for some of the most memorable and unique animated films.Many of his films invole objects coming to life using stop-motion many of these objects are made of clay as seen in his animation Darkness Light Darkness.
In lots of his work he used Stop motion along side live action these pieces included Alice made in 1988 his first feature-length film. This won the feature film award at the 1989 Annecy International Animated film festival. He often uses fast-motion sequences when people walk and interact but one of his trademarks is exaggerated sounds. Although much of his work is made from a childs perspective such as Down to the Cellar they sometimes have a disturbing feel and aggressive manner. His latest work was in 2010 called Surviving Life but his next project is set for release in 2015.
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