Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Birthdate
1938-02-23
Day of Death
2020-09-05
Place of Birth
Prague, Czechoslovakia [now Czech Republic]
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.
Filmography (82)
CzechMate: In Search of Jiří Menzel
2018
The Interpreter
2018
To Make a Comedy Is No Fun
2016
The Wolf from Royal Vineyard Street
2016
Bohumil Hrabal „Takže se stalo, že...“
2014Milan Čorba
2014
Signál
2012The Presence of Arnošt Lustig
2012Jiří Menzel: 7 Questions
2011
Operation Dunaj
2009Setkání v Praze, s vraždou
2009
Teddy Bear
2007A bárány utolsó megkísértése
2006
Zimní víla
2006
