Zdar Šorm, is a leading Czech woodcarver, puppeteer and teacher of puppetry based in Prague

Prague

Prague is the capital and largest city of the Czech Republic. Situated in the north-west of the country on the Vltava river, the city is home to about 1.3 million people, while its metropolitan area is estimated to have a population of over 2.3 million...

, Czech Republic

Czech Republic

The Czech Republic is a landlocked country in Central Europe. The country is bordered by Poland to the northeast, Slovakia to the east, Austria to the south, and Germany to the west and northwest....

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Background

Šorm has over 20 years experience in charge of technological design of puppets for animated films at Barrandov Studios

Barrandov Studios

Barrandov Studios is a famous set of film studios in Prague, Czech Republic. It is the largest film studio in the country and one of the largest in Europe.Several of the movies filmed there won Academy Awards...

, Prague, Czech Republic. For a number of years, he had worked with Miroslav Trejtnar

Miroslav Trejtnar

Mirsolav Trejtnar , is a master puppeteer and teacher of puppetry.-Background:Trejtnar has a long connection with puppetry. He concentrated on woodcarving at the Arts and Crafts High School in Prague...

 in teaching students of puppetry. Šorm has made puppets for Marek Bečka

Marek Becka

Marek Bečka is the founder of Buchty a Loutky puppet company and lecturer in puppetry at Department of Alternative and Puppet Theatre of the Theatre Faculty of Academy of Performing Arts in Prague, Czech Republic.- Artistic contribution :...

, Mike Hunt, and numerous other puppeteers.

External links

• Puppets in Prague - Puppetry courses conducted by professional puppeteers in Prague, Czech Republic