Karel Zeman
Directing
Born November 3, 1910 — Died April 5, 1989
From Ostromer u Nové Paky, Bohemia, Austria-Hungary [now Czech Republic]
Biography
Karel Zeman was a brilliant pioneer of special effects in film. Despite his artistic talent, his parents insisted he study business. At the age of 17, he went to Aix-en-Provence in the south of France, where he studied advertising design. In 1943, the film director Elmar Klos offered him a job at th...
