Jiří Sequens

Director

1922-04-23 – 2008-01-21 · Brno, Czechoslovakia [now Czech Republic]

Jiří Sequens (23 April 1922 – 21 January 2008) was a Czech film director.

Sequens was born in Brno. After the Second World War, he went to Moscow where he studied film techniques. When he returned to Czechoslovakia he worked for Czechoslovak film industry. Sequens was an author of the propagandistic Czech films/TV series. His 1959 film Útek ze stínu was entered into the 1st Moscow International Film Festival where it won a Golden Medal. His 1964 film Atentát was entered into the 4th Moscow International Film Festival where it won a Golden Prize. Two years later he was a member of the jury of the 5th Moscow International Film Festival. His 1981 film Ta chvíle, ten okamžik won a Special Prize at the 12th Moscow International Film Festival.

He died in a hospital in Prague of natural causes.

• Assassination (1965) — Story, Screenplay, Director
• The Matches of a Beautiful Dragoon (1971) — Director, Screenplay
• Murder in the Excelsior Hotel (1971) — Director, Screenplay
• The Death of Black King (1972) — Screenplay, Director
• Burglar and Umbrella (1971) — Director, Screenplay
• Love Without Words (1962) — Director, Screenplay, Story
• That Instant, That While (1981) — Director, Screenplay
• Deváté jméno (1964) — Director, Story, Screenplay
• Way Leading to Happiness (1951) — Director, Screenplay
• Escape from the Shadows (1959) — Screenplay, Director
• Dva na koni, jeden na oslu (1987) — Director, Screenplay
• The Windy Mountain (1956) — Screenplay, Director
• Štědrý večer pana rady Vacátka (1972) — Director
• Pokus o vraždu (1973) — Director, Screenplay
• Kronika žhavého léta (1973) — Director, Screenplay
• Rukojmí v Bella Vista (1980) — Director, Story, Screenplay
• Neporažení (1956) — Director, Screenstory
• Smrt na Cukrovém ostrově (1962) — Story, Screenplay, Director
• Erotes sti Lesvo (1967) — Director