Known For
Acting
Born
Feb 23, 1938
Died
Sep 05, 2020
Place of Birth
Prague, Czechoslovakia [now Czech Republic]
Credits
114 titles
Jiří Menzel
Biography
Jiří Menzel (Czech: [ˈjɪr̝iː ˈmɛntsl̩] was a Czech film director, theatre director, actor, and screenwriter. His films often combine a humanistic view of the world with sarcasm and provocative cinematography. Some of these films are adapted from works by Czech writers such as Bohumil Hrabal and Vladislav Vančura. Menzel, a member of the Czech New Wave, became internationally famous in 1967, when his first feature film, Closely Watched Trains, won the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film. His controversial film Larks on a String was filmed in 1969, but was initially banned by the Czechoslovakian government. It was finally released in 1990 after the fall of the Communist regime. The film won the Golden Bear at the 40th Berlin International Film Festival. Menzel was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film again in 1986 with his dark comedy My Sweet Little Village. In 1987, he was a member of the jury at the 37th Berlin International Film Festival. In 1989 he was a member of the jury at the 16th Moscow International Film Festival. In 1995 he was a member of the jury at the 19th Moscow International Film Festival. He would be conferred with IIFA Lifetime Achievement Award in November 2013.
Known For
Filmography
Brouk v hlavě
Stage Director
CzechMate: In Search of Jiří Menzel
Self
The Interpreter
Ali Ungár
More Than Words
Self
To Make a Comedy Is No Fun
Self
The Wolf from Royal Vineyard Street
Self
Bohumil Hrabal „Takže se stalo, že...“
self
Milan Čorba
The Don Juans
Director
Signál
Prokeš
The Presence of Arnošt Lustig
Self
Jiří Menzel: 7 Questions
Self
Vyprávěj
Professor Sládeček
Operation Dunaj
Oskar Hazuka
Setkání v Praze, s vraždou
Hořejší
Golden Sixties
Self
Teddy Bear
Romanuv otec
I Served the King of England
Director
Slnko v sieti
A bárány utolsó megkísértése
Leopold Blum
Zimní víla
Komorí
Pocta V+W
Self
Daddy
Self
The Sunken Cemetery
Doktor Javorski
Útek do Budína
hrabě
Ten Minutes Older: The Cello
Director
One Moment
Director
Als Großvater Rita Hayworth liebte
Pfarrer
Příběhy slavných
Self
Krásný ztráty
Self
All My Loved Ones
Stein
Pražský písničkář
Hospoda
MUDr. Prášek - psychiatr
Franciska vasárnapjai
államtitkár
Draculův švagr
Vengeance Is Mine
Director
Too Loud A Solitude
Professor
How to Deserve a Princess
dvorní malíř
Joint Venture
Prof. Adamec
The Life and Extraordinary Adventures of Private Ivan Chonkin
Director
Helimadoe
Dramaturgy
Everything I Like
Vasek
The Little Apocalypse
Stan
Dr. Hrabal
The Beggar's Opera
Director
The Elementary School
Gynecologist MUDr. Kalaban
Tady vím, proč jsem
Self
The Gentle Barbarian
Doktor
Martha and I
Doctor Benda
Strange Creatures