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Karel Zeman was born on 3 November, 1910 in Ostromer u Nové Paky, Bohemia, Austria-Hungary [now Czech Republic], is a writer,director,animation_department. Discover Karel Zeman's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is he in this year and how he spends money? Also learn how he earned most of networth at the age of 79 years old?

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Occupation writer,director,animation_department
Age 79 years old
Zodiac Sign Scorpio
Born 3 November, 1910
Birthday 3 November
Birthplace Ostromer u Nové Paky, Bohemia, Austria-Hungary [now Czech Republic]
Date of death 5 April, 1989
Died Place Prague, Czech Republic
Nationality Austria

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Karel Zeman Net Worth

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Timeline

1900

Zeman started working as an assistant animator under veteran animator Hermina Tyrlova (1900-1993), who would eventually be nicknamed "the mother of Czech animation".

1910

Karel Zeman was a Czech film director, screenwriter, and animator. He is primarily remembered for creating fantasy and science fiction films which combined live-action and animation. In 1910, Zeman was born in the village of Ostromer in Austria-Hungary. The village is located near the town of Nova Paka, whose main tourist attraction is an abandoned monastery of Minims. Zeman originally pursued a business education in the town of Kolin.

Film director Elmar Klos (1910-1993) filmed a newsreel about the competition and became acquainted with Zeman. Klos offered Zeman work at an animation studio located in Zlin.

1920

In the 1920s, he studied advertising in France.

1930

In the late 1930s, Zeman returned to Czechoslovakia, where he continued working in advertising. He created advertisements for companies such as Bata and Tatra.

1936

He remained in France until 1936, working at an advertising studio in Marseilles. His first experience with animation was creating an animated advertisement for soap.

1939

In 1939, Zeman attempted to migrate to Casablanca to avoid the poor living conditions in the German-occupied Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia. He was soon barred from migrating. During World War II, Zeman became the advertising head of advertisement at Dum Sluzeb in the city of Brno. He participated in a window-dressing competition there, which his won.

1943

Zeman accepted the business proposal in 1943.

1945

In 1945, Zeman became the head of the animation's studio, stop-motion animation production group. He started work on his first short film "A Christmas Dream", which combined live-action with puppet animation. The plot involved a dream about toys coming to life.

1946

In 1946, Zeman introduced a series of short films featuring a puppet called Mr. Prokouk. The series gained a fan following.

1948

In 1948, Zeman completed the short film "Inspiration", as an experiment in using glass in animation productions.

1950

In 1950, Zeman completed a half-hour film called "Kral Lavra" (King Lavra), an adaptation of a satirical poem by Karel Havlicek Borovsky (1821-1856), The film depicted the legend of Labraid Loingsech, High King of Ireland and was met with critical success. Zeman won a National Award with this film.

1952

In 1952, Zeman created his first feature film "The Treasure of Bird Island", adapting a Persian fairy tale. He used several experimental techniques in animation.

1955

His next film was "Journey to the Beginning of Time" (1955), in which he animated many prehistoric animals. It was his first film to have an international release.

1958

Zeman worked on 8 other feature films between 1958 and 1980, as well as a large number of short films. He was one of Czechoslovakia's most famed animators.

1980

Zeman retired in 1980, at the age of 70. He had been working as a director for 34 years at that point.