Ján Kadár
Ján Kadár (1 April 1918 – 1 June 1979) was a Slovak film writer and director of Jewish heritage.
Ján Kadár | |
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| Born | János Kadár 1 April 1918 |
| Died | 1 June 1979 (aged 61) Los Angeles, California, U.S. |
| Years active | 1945–1979 |
| Spouse | Judita Kadár |
| Awards | NY Critics Best Foreign Film Award 1966 The Shop on Main Street Canadian Etrog 1976 Lies My Father Told Me Golden Globe for Best Foreign Film 1976 Lies My Father Told Me Oscar for Best Foreign Film 1966 The Shop on Main Street |
As a filmmaker, he worked in Czechoslovakia, the United States, and Canada. Most of his films were directed in tandem with Elmar Klos. The two became best known for their Oscar-winning The Shop on Main Street (Obchod na korze, 1965). As a professor at FAMU (Film and TV School of the Academy of Performing Arts) in Prague, Kadár trained most of the directors who spawned the Czechoslovak New Wave in the 1960s.
After moving to the United States, he became professor of film direction at the American Film Institute in Beverly Hills. His personal life as well as his films encompassed and spanned a range of cultures: Jewish, Slovak, Hungarian, Czech, and American.