Jaromil Jireš

Birthday: December 10th, 1935 Date of Death: October 24th, 2001 Place of Birth: Bratislava, Czechoslovakia [now Slovak Republic]

Jaromil Jireš was a director associated with the Czechoslovak New Wave movement. His 1963 film The Cry was entered into the 1964 Cannes Film Festival. It is often described as the first film of the Czechoslovak New Wave, a movement known for its dark humor, use of non-professional actors, and "art-cinema realism".