Eva Svankmajerová(1940-2005)

Art Director
Production Designer
Costume Designer

Eva Svankmajerová was born on 25 September 1940 in Kostelec nad Cernými lesy, Protectorate Bohemia and Moravia [now Czech Republic]. She was an art director and production designer, known for Little Otik (2000), Lunacy (2005) and Faust (1994). She was married to Jan Svankmajer. She died on 20 October 2005 in Prague, Czech Republic.

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Awards
- 6 wins & 2 nominations total

Known for

Little Otik

7.3

Movie

Production Designer

2000

Lunacy

7.1

Movie

Production Designer

2005

Faust

7.4

Movie

Art Director

1994

Conspirators of Pleasure

7.3

Movie

Art Director

1996

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Art Director

Conspirators of Pleasure
7.3
- Art Director
- 1996
Faust
7.4
- Art Director
- 1994
Alice
7.4
- Art Director
- 1988
Laterna Magika: Odysseus
- Art Director
- 1987

Production Designer

Costume Designer

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Born
- September 25, 1940
- Kostelec nad Cernými lesy, Protectorate Bohemia and Moravia [now Czech Republic]
Died
- October 20, 2005
- Prague, Czech Republic
Spouse
- Jan Svankmajer1960 - October 20, 2005 (her death, 2 children)

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Trivia
Censorship by the Neo-Stalinist Czech regime of Svankmajer's horror documentary film The Ossuary (1970) 1970 and Leonardo's Diary (1974) in 1972 led to her husband's being banned from film making for seven years. The couple took to other work such as art and ceramics during this time.