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person_profile-Jiří Menzel

Jiří Menzel Died at age: 82

Actor | Producer

Fullname:

Jiří Menzel

Date of Birth:

Feb 23, 1938

Country of birth:

Czechoslovakia [now Czech Republic]

Died:

Sep 05, 2020

Biography of

Jiří Menzel

    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.

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Jiří Menzel

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Filmography of

Jiří Menzel

Found 21 Movies in total

... 2013

... 2007

... 2002

... 1994

... 1991

Larks on a String

Convict ( Actor )

Screenplay

... 1990

Audience

Director

... 1990

... 1989

... 1986

... 1985

... 1984

... 1981

... 1979

... 1976

... 1974

Crime in the Night Club

Klaun ( Actor )

Screenplay

... 1968

Capricious Summer

Arnoštek ( Actor )

Screenplay

... 1968

Closely Watched Trains

Dr. Brabec ( Actor )

Screenplay

... 1966

... 1966

Pearls of the Deep

Cyclist (segment "Smrt pana Baltazara") ( Actor )

Screenplay

... 1966

Something Different

First Assistant Director

... 1963