Jan Schmidt (director)

{{Short description|Czech film director (1934–2019)}}

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| name = Jan Schmidt

| birth_date = {{Birth date|1934|1|3|df=yes}}

| birth_place = Prague, Czechoslovakia

| death_date = {{death date and age|2019|9|27|1934|1|3|df=yes}}

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| occupation = Film director

| yearsactive = 1960–1995

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Jan Schmidt (3 January 1934 – 27 September 2019) was a Czech film director.{{cite web |url=http://www.csfd.cz/tvurce/3276-jan-schmidt/ |title=Jan Schmidt |accessdate=21 December 2012 |work=csfd}}[https://ct24.ceskatelevize.cz/kultura/2937515-zemrel-reziser-jan-schmidt-autor-osady-havranu-patril-k-nove-vlne-sedesatych-let Zemřel režisér Jan Schmidt. Autor Osady havranů patřil k Nové vlně šedesátých let] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190930214938/https://ct24.ceskatelevize.cz/kultura/2937515-zemrel-reziser-jan-schmidt-autor-osady-havranu-patril-k-nove-vlne-sedesatych-let |date=30 September 2019}} {{in lang|cs}} He directed sixteen films between 1960 and 1995. His 1969 film The Lanfier Colony was entered into the 6th Moscow International Film Festival.{{cite web|url=http://www.moscowfilmfestival.ru/miff34/eng/archives/?year=1969 |title=6th Moscow International Film Festival (1969) |accessdate=21 December 2012 |work=MIFF |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20130116194825/http://www.moscowfilmfestival.ru/miff34/eng/archives/?year=1969 |archive-date=16 January 2013}}