Jan Tománek (born 14 February 1978) 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.
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| Born | 14 February 1978 Prague, Czech Republic |
| Occupation(s) | Director, writer |
| Years active | 1997–present |
| Notable work | Goat Story – The Old Prague Legends |
Biography
editTománek 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 was 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.[citation needed]
In 2008, Art And Animation studio, Tománek released a new film project titled Goat Story – The Old Prague Legends (Czech: 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.[1]
Tománek has been writing fiction since 2018, with his first novel being titled 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.
Tománek has two children, a son named Jan and a daughter named Zuzana.
Filmography
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- Goat Story (2008) – The Old Prague Legends – feature film, director, artist[2]
- Goat Story with Cheese (2012) – feature film, director, artist
- Untitled Goat Story sequel (TBA) – feature film, director, artist
Shorts
edit- 1993 Balabanci – 8-minute bedtime stories
- 1997 Poslední večeře Páně – 3-minute short film
- 1997 Perpetuum mobile – 5-minute short film
- 1999 Kapesníček – 6-minute short film
- 1999 Ze života sklenic – 3-minute 3D animation
- 1999 Vlastně nikam... – 20-minute short film
- 2000 Svět (The World) – 3-minute 3D animation
- 2001 Červená Karkulka – 5-minute short film with animation
- 2002 Žáby (The Frogs) – 4-minute 3D animation film, in the cinema distribution since 2003
- 2003 Probuzení (Wake up) – 20-minute short film
Books
edit- 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)
References
edit- ^ Abramovitch, Seth (3 July 2023). "'Goat Story' Director on His Voluptuous Heroine Katie Becoming Summer's Viral Star". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 4 July 2023.
- ^ Goat Story movie web site. Retrieved 15 August 2007