{
  "@context": "https://schema.org",
  "@type": "Person",
  "@id": "https://www.screensearch.co.uk/person/72709/karel-reisz",
  "name": "Karel Reisz",
  "url": "https://www.screensearch.co.uk/person/72709/karel-reisz",
  "knownForDepartment": "Directing",
  "description": "Karel Reisz (21 July 1926 – 25 November 2002) was a Czech-born British filmmaker who was active in post–war Britain, and one of the pioneers of the new realist strain in 1950s and 1960s British cinema.\n\nDescription above from the Wikipedia article Karel Reisz, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.​",
  "birthDate": "1926-07-21",
  "deathDate": "2002-11-25",
  "birthPlace": "Ostrava, Czechoslovakia",
  "image": "https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w500/7bjqPQhwG10zANg8YKtQSlY1jNy.jpg",
  "sameAs": [
    "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0718554"
  ],
  "lastVerified": "5 May 2026",
  "filmography": [
    {
      "mediaType": "tv",
      "tmdbId": 38258,
      "title": "Performance",
      "year": "1991",
      "role": "Director",
      "roleKind": "crew",
      "voteAverage": 6.333,
      "posterUrl": "https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w500/giXPlK0bjtTXGEKr10crZAYCzc6.jpg",
      "screenSearchUrl": "https://www.screensearch.co.uk/watch/tv/38258/performance-1991"
    },
    {
      "mediaType": "tv",
      "tmdbId": 244224,
      "title": "Spécial cinéma",
      "year": "1974",
      "role": "as Self",
      "roleKind": "cast",
      "voteAverage": 9.5,
      "posterUrl": "https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w500/jONImBKU4sK9mBcK5cx7a4R4h5v.jpg",
      "screenSearchUrl": "https://www.screensearch.co.uk/watch/tv/244224/special-cinema-1974"
    },
    {
      "mediaType": "tv",
      "tmdbId": 47837,
      "title": "Film '72",
      "year": "1971",
      "role": "as Self",
      "roleKind": "cast",
      "voteAverage": 4.667,
      "posterUrl": null,
      "screenSearchUrl": "https://www.screensearch.co.uk/watch/tv/47837/film-72-1971"
    },
    {
      "mediaType": "movie",
      "tmdbId": 12537,
      "title": "The French Lieutenant's Woman",
      "year": "1981",
      "role": "Director",
      "roleKind": "crew",
      "voteAverage": 6.456,
      "posterUrl": "https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w500/zqpeqPjziAH3VXMqwQ0Ds3Ffx9b.jpg",
      "screenSearchUrl": "https://www.screensearch.co.uk/watch/movie/12537/the-french-lieutenant-s-woman-1981"
    },
    {
      "mediaType": "movie",
      "tmdbId": 42045,
      "title": "Sweet Dreams",
      "year": "1985",
      "role": "Director",
      "roleKind": "crew",
      "voteAverage": 6.5,
      "posterUrl": "https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w500/3BuTH2W1s2AQTZAfiLoUMTx1PmM.jpg",
      "screenSearchUrl": "https://www.screensearch.co.uk/watch/movie/42045/sweet-dreams-1985"
    },
    {
      "mediaType": "movie",
      "tmdbId": 41816,
      "title": "Everybody Wins",
      "year": "1990",
      "role": "Director",
      "roleKind": "crew",
      "voteAverage": 4.044,
      "posterUrl": "https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w500/djkoK0O3ARHiq9gEbVHMKpPTl4b.jpg",
      "screenSearchUrl": "https://www.screensearch.co.uk/watch/movie/41816/everybody-wins-1990"
    },
    {
      "mediaType": "movie",
      "tmdbId": 31941,
      "title": "Who'll Stop the Rain",
      "year": "1978",
      "role": "Director",
      "roleKind": "crew",
      "voteAverage": 6.472,
      "posterUrl": "https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w500/rnJepCsvb2adCmEmCSDBqhTV2Wy.jpg",
      "screenSearchUrl": "https://www.screensearch.co.uk/watch/movie/31941/who-ll-stop-the-rain-1978"
    },
    {
      "mediaType": "movie",
      "tmdbId": 44800,
      "title": "The Gambler",
      "year": "1974",
      "role": "Director",
      "roleKind": "crew",
      "voteAverage": 6.696,
      "posterUrl": "https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w500/wyZyUHOm14wmStWnuBjflOkzajt.jpg",
      "screenSearchUrl": "https://www.screensearch.co.uk/watch/movie/44800/the-gambler-1974"
    },
    {
      "mediaType": "movie",
      "tmdbId": 42626,
      "title": "Isadora",
      "year": "1968",
      "role": "Director",
      "roleKind": "crew",
      "voteAverage": 6.189,
      "posterUrl": "https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w500/5NAjQxJgf4BJWz8m2Qj0fryG3bV.jpg",
      "screenSearchUrl": "https://www.screensearch.co.uk/watch/movie/42626/isadora-1968"
    },
    {
      "mediaType": "movie",
      "tmdbId": 18774,
      "title": "This Sporting Life",
      "year": "1963",
      "role": "Producer",
      "roleKind": "crew",
      "voteAverage": 7,
      "posterUrl": "https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w500/lOxaN1ziYdOJgAQouWO1pGEBU7H.jpg",
      "screenSearchUrl": "https://www.screensearch.co.uk/watch/movie/18774/this-sporting-life-1963"
    },
    {
      "mediaType": "movie",
      "tmdbId": 37230,
      "title": "Saturday Night and Sunday Morning",
      "year": "1960",
      "role": "Director",
      "roleKind": "crew",
      "voteAverage": 7.016,
      "posterUrl": "https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w500/ifhjfo8lZoJ9dvDQiWcnc3GeFK4.jpg",
      "screenSearchUrl": "https://www.screensearch.co.uk/watch/movie/37230/saturday-night-and-sunday-morning-1960"
    },
    {
      "mediaType": "movie",
      "tmdbId": 42724,
      "title": "Morgan: A Suitable Case for Treatment",
      "year": "1966",
      "role": "Director",
      "roleKind": "crew",
      "voteAverage": 6.329,
      "posterUrl": "https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w500/xu4awPUFmrFUaX2qk12Lv4QhJSF.jpg",
      "screenSearchUrl": "https://www.screensearch.co.uk/watch/movie/42724/morgan-a-suitable-case-for-treatment-1966"
    },
    {
      "mediaType": "movie",
      "tmdbId": 55943,
      "title": "Night Must Fall",
      "year": "1964",
      "role": "Director",
      "roleKind": "crew",
      "voteAverage": 6.518,
      "posterUrl": "https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w500/ecuRuNMldcbq5xVxRtWsUEncsh6.jpg",
      "screenSearchUrl": "https://www.screensearch.co.uk/watch/movie/55943/night-must-fall-1964"
    },
    {
      "mediaType": "movie",
      "tmdbId": 233566,
      "title": "The Deep Blue Sea",
      "year": "1994",
      "role": "Director",
      "roleKind": "crew",
      "voteAverage": 5,
      "posterUrl": "https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w500/zvXl2s2nUlRnnGsGMohtg8V0Ktq.jpg",
      "screenSearchUrl": "https://www.screensearch.co.uk/watch/movie/233566/the-deep-blue-sea-1994"
    },
    {
      "mediaType": "movie",
      "tmdbId": 117470,
      "title": "Momma Don't Allow",
      "year": "1956",
      "role": "Director",
      "roleKind": "crew",
      "voteAverage": 6.5,
      "posterUrl": "https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w500/3NwNSD67oci3TJGl1N7LckD1eMe.jpg",
      "screenSearchUrl": "https://www.screensearch.co.uk/watch/movie/117470/momma-don-t-allow-1956"
    },
    {
      "mediaType": "movie",
      "tmdbId": 433239,
      "title": "The Power of Good: Nicholas Winton",
      "year": "2003",
      "role": "as Self",
      "roleKind": "cast",
      "voteAverage": 9,
      "posterUrl": "https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w500/mwWuKXMPfhjQp0SkNUlSnSgGkkg.jpg",
      "screenSearchUrl": "https://www.screensearch.co.uk/watch/movie/433239/the-power-of-good-nicholas-winton-2003"
    },
    {
      "mediaType": "movie",
      "tmdbId": 70354,
      "title": "Act Without Words I",
      "year": "2001",
      "role": "Director",
      "roleKind": "crew",
      "voteAverage": 6.2,
      "posterUrl": null,
      "screenSearchUrl": "https://www.screensearch.co.uk/watch/movie/70354/act-without-words-i-2001"
    },
    {
      "mediaType": "movie",
      "tmdbId": 249606,
      "title": "March to Aldermaston",
      "year": "1959",
      "role": "Director",
      "roleKind": "crew",
      "voteAverage": 8,
      "posterUrl": "https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w500/qgDT7iu86HCqWURzB2z6VrRNXgy.jpg",
      "screenSearchUrl": "https://www.screensearch.co.uk/watch/movie/249606/march-to-aldermaston-1959"
    },
    {
      "mediaType": "movie",
      "tmdbId": 117471,
      "title": "Every Day Except Christmas",
      "year": "1957",
      "role": "Producer",
      "roleKind": "crew",
      "voteAverage": 6.615,
      "posterUrl": "https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w500/oqOPQ6ROK5Z5i2PeLi9ROd89lEg.jpg",
      "screenSearchUrl": "https://www.screensearch.co.uk/watch/movie/117471/every-day-except-christmas-1957"
    },
    {
      "mediaType": "movie",
      "tmdbId": 117484,
      "title": "We Are the Lambeth Boys",
      "year": "1959",
      "role": "Director",
      "roleKind": "crew",
      "voteAverage": 6.846,
      "posterUrl": "https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w500/cqsvNSA0V8rFOtXEYqPYSC30HZb.jpg",
      "screenSearchUrl": "https://www.screensearch.co.uk/watch/movie/117484/we-are-the-lambeth-boys-1959"
    },
    {
      "mediaType": "movie",
      "tmdbId": 667138,
      "title": "Karel Reisz, Ten filmový život",
      "year": "2012",
      "role": "as Self (archive footage)",
      "roleKind": "cast",
      "voteAverage": null,
      "posterUrl": "https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w500/rbKrbpLUzD7hLFA5m4i0uEtr7ER.jpg",
      "screenSearchUrl": "https://www.screensearch.co.uk/watch/movie/667138/karel-reisz-ten-filmovy-zivot-2012"
    }
  ]
}