Vladimír Jiránek is a Czech illustrator, film director and cartoonist.

In 1962 he graduated from Philosophical faculty of Charles University in Prague

Charles University in Prague

Charles University in Prague is the oldest and largest university in the Czech Republic. Founded in 1348, it was the first university in Central Europe and is also considered the earliest German university...

, where he studied journalism. He closely cooperated with magazines (e.g. Mladý svět

Mladý Svet

Mladý Svět was a magazine published in Czechoslovakia and the Czech Republic. It contained editorials, comics and other works...

, Vesmír, Technický magazín). After the Velvet revolution

Velvet Revolution

The Velvet Revolution or Gentle Revolution was a non-violent revolution in Czechoslovakia that took place from November 17 – December 29, 1989...

 he joined Lidové noviny

Lidové noviny

Lidové noviny is a daily newspaper published in the Czech Republic. It is the oldest Czech daily. Its profile is nowadays a national news daily covering political, economic, cultural and scientific affairs, mostly with a centre-right, conservative view...

. In 1993 he moved to Mladá fronta DNES

Mladá fronta DNES

Mladá fronta Dnes, also known as MF DNES or simply Dnes , is the second most sold daily newspaper in the Czech Republic. Its name could be translated into English as Youth Front Today...

 and then back to Lidové noviny. His cartoons also appear in Reflex

Reflex (magazine)

Reflex is a Czech weekly magazine focusing on political, social and cultural topics. It was founded in 1990 and is currently owned by the Swiss media corporation Ringier. It is one of the Czech Republic's most controversial and widely read social-political magazines; its print circulation of 60,000...

 and several other magazines.

Animated films (selection)

• Pat & Mat
  Pat & Mat
  Pat & Mat is a Czech stop-motion animated series featuring two handymen, Pat and Mat...
  
  (1976)
• Co jsme udělali slepicím (1977) co-director, story, illustrations
• Bob a Bobek, králíci z klobouku (1977)

Books

• Anekdoty pro civilizaci (Anecdotes for civilization, 1977)
• Běžte a milujte se (1987)
• Bob a Bobek, králíci z klobouku (Bob and Bobek, 1988)
• Knížka pro snílky (A book for dreamers, 1989)
• Události (Events, 1990)
• Doktorská knížka (1997)
• (Ne)kuřácká knížka (Book for (non)smokers, 2000)
• To byla léta devadesátá (2000)

External links

• Official site