Jan Svěrák

Jan Svěrák fascinates me less for the trophies than for the partnership behind them. Collaborating with his own father, the actor and writer Zdeněk Svěrák, he produced the Oscar-winning Kolya, and there is something quietly moving about a son and father building enduring art together rather than drifting apart. His repeated Czech Lion wins for Best Director mark him as a custodian of his country's film history, and I prefer his patient, humane Central European storytelling to louder Hollywood fare. Honored in 2021 for his contribution to Czech cinema, he reads to me as a national conscience, an unhurried master worth seeking out.

Name (English)

Jan Svěrák

Name (Japanese)

ヤン・スヴェラーク

Reading

やん・すゔぇらーく

Born

February 6, 1965 (age 61)

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Aquarius / Snake

Origin

Žatec, Ústí nad Labem Region, Czech Republic

Occupation

film director / product manager / actor / screenwriter / film producer

Awards & achievements

• 2017 Annual award ACFK
• 1996 Czech Lion for Best Director
• 2001 Czech Lion for Best Director
• 2007 Czech Lion for Best Director
• 2021 KVIFF President´s Award for Outstanding Contribution to Czech Cinema

Motto

Private

• Official sitehttps://www.sverak.cz
• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%A4%E3%83%B3%E3%83%BB%E3%82%B9%E3%83%B4%E3%82%A7%E3%83%A9%E3%83%BC%E3%82%AF

Tags

• Ústí nad Labem Region
• film director
• product manager
• actor

Last updated

2026-06-02

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