Jan Pinkava

Jan Pinkava

  • Born: 1963-6-21
  • Birthplace: Prague
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  • Profession: director
  • Nationality: France
  • Representative Works: Ratatouille
  • Jan Pinkava, born in Československo Lovers in Prague on June 21, 1963 , is a French animation director.
    He is the director and writer of Pixar Animation Studios . In 1997, his work "Gehry's Game" won the Oscar for Best Short Film. In 2007, he co-directed with Pixar and won the Oscar for "Ratuitouille".

    Early Experience

    Jan Pinkava was born on June 21, 1963, from Lovers in Prague, a city in Československo country. He ranks third in the family.
    From 1974 to 1982, he enrolled in the Royal Grammar School of Corches. In addition to his great talent for art, music, opera and sculpture. On Christmas in 1975, he was fortunate enough to obtain an 8mm camera, and he began to make some clay sculpture animations, short two-dimensional animations and so on. Some of his early animation works have won awards in some competitions. It is worth noting that he won an award in the 1980 Young Director Contest.
    After that, he went to The University of Wales to study computer technology, where he received a first-class honours graduation and a doctorate degree. During this period, he continued to develop in animation. After graduation, he went to work for a computer animation company in London. Make digital pictures. He has also developed a great interest in TV advertising.

    Performing Experience

    In 1993, he joined Pixar and moved to the United States. His work "Arrows" won a gold medal in the 1994 Listerine TV commercial competition. In 1997 he produced a short film
    In 2000, he began to participate in the directing work of "Ratuitouille", a European Style , this work is the Virgo in his Movie works, and broke the previous movie monopoly of Pixar and Disney for the first time. 
    Extended Reading
    • Coby 2022-12-22 12:00:30

      "Chess to Meet the Rivals" film review

      Blow off the leaves on the table, put on a chessboard, and lay out the pieces of both sides leisurely. An old grandfather came to the park alone to play chess.

      The old man sat down slowly, put on his glasses, and made a move. Waiting for the opponent to make a move... I saw the grandfather took off...

    • Allen 2022-12-22 09:38:03

      Audio-visual language analysis of the short film "Chess to Meet the Rivals"

      Starting with close-up shots of hands, tablecloths, and chess, simplifying the amount of information, ignoring the shaping of the environment, bringing suspense to the audience. The chess pieces were placed one by one, and the first close-up view appeared, which was the upper body of the old man....

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