Ján Kadár (1 April 1918 â€" 1 June 1979) was a Hungarian-born Slovak
film writer and director of Jewish heritage.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.Kadár was born in Budapest,
Austria-Hungary. Later his family moved to Rožňava, in the newly
created Czechoslovakia, where he grew up.
film writer and director of Jewish heritage.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.Kadár was born in Budapest,
Austria-Hungary. Later his family moved to Rožňava, in the newly
created Czechoslovakia, where he grew up.
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