Jirí Brdecka

In 1958, he started directing his own animated feature films, while continuing to serve as a screenwriter for many other directors. Besides his film career, Brdecka had side careers as a journalist, a film critic, and a novelist. His works on and off the screen were noted for their satirical content. As a screenwriter, he often worked on parody films, such as the comedy western "Lemonade Joe".

In 1943, he started working as an animator, producing a number of short films.

From 1941 to 1942, Brdecka was employed as a press agent by the film studio Lucernafilm.

By the late 1940s, Brdecka was employed as a film director and screenwriter at Barrandov Studios.

The German occupation in Czechoslovakia resulted in the shut down of the university in 1939, forcing Brdecka to seek employment,. He was hired as an administrative clerk by the Prague Municipal Museum, while moonlighting as a journalist and cartoonist for various newspapers.

Jirí Brdecka was a Czech animator, film director, screenwriter, and satirist. He was born in the city of Hranice in Moravia, which was then part of Austria-Hungary. His father was the author Otakar Brdecka (1881 - 1930), who published works under the pen name "Alfa". Brdecka was educated at the Charles University in Prague, where he studied philosophy and aesthetics.