Jiří Barta was born in 1948 in Prague, Czech Republic. he studied animation at the University of Applied Art. After graduating, he began working on his first animation film in the Jiří Trnka Studios in 1978.
He is most known for his interesting production design in stop motion by using mysterious horror themes and his wooden curved puppets used for the characters. Back in the day, he had a difficult time releasing his films in Czechoslovakia for about 15 years because of the censorship from the Communists.
One of his most popular films is Toys in The Attic (english release 2012, czech release 2009). Toys in The Attic was adapted for an english release by Vivian Schilling. she had written, casted, and directed the english version. the style of the movie is both stop-motion, hand-drawn, and live action.
another one of his films, The Club of the Laid Off, talks about the Velvet Revolution and communism in the Czech Republic. The Club of the Laid Off tells the story of Laid-off old mannequins that spend their lives in an old, abandoned warehouse. New mannequins are brought to the warehouse. They are old, but from a younger generation. The two groups must live together, but it’s not easy.
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