Jiří Menzel
Acting
- Born:
- 1938-02-23
- Died:
- 2020-09-05
- Place of birth:
- Prague, Czechoslovakia [now Czech Republic]
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
CzechMate: In Search of Jiří Menzel
The Interpreter
More Than Words
To Make a Comedy Is No Fun
The Wolf from Royal Vineyard Street
Bohumil Hrabal „Takže se stalo, že...“
Milan Čorba
Signál
The Presence of Arnošt Lustig
Jiří Menzel: 7 Questions
Vyprávěj
Operation Dunaj
Setkání v Praze, s vraždou
Golden Sixties
Teddy Bear
Slnko v sieti
A bárány utolsó megkísértése
Zimní víla
Pocta V+W
Daddy
The Sunken Cemetery
Útek do Budína
As Rita Hayworth's Grandfather Loved
Příběhy slavných
Krásný ztráty
All My Loved Ones
Pražský písničkář
Hospoda
Franciska vasárnapjai
Draculův švagr
Vengeance Is Mine
Too Loud A Solitude
How to Deserve a Princess
Joint Venture
Everything I Like
The Little Apocalypse
Dr. Hrabal
The Elementary School
Tady vím, proč jsem
The Gentle Barbarian
Martha and I
Strange Creatures
Larks on a String
Zvonokosy
Stvoření světa
Veselé příhody z natáčení
Run, He Is Coming!
Dámská jízda
Albert
Fandy ó Fandy
Hearty Greetings from the Globe
Švédská zápalka
Passing Fancy
Ferat Vampire
Babička se zbláznila
Bulldogs and Cherries
Heart Tremors
Povídka Malostranská
Hra na telo
Koportos
Blue Planet
Those Wonderful Movie Cranks
Minden szerdán
The Apple Game
30 Maidens and Pythagoras
Sechse kommen durch die Welt
Straw Hat
Nevěsta
The Cremator
Crime in the Night Club
Capricious Summer
Dita Saxová
Windstorm
Hotel for Strangers
The Return of the Prodigal Son
Daisies
Flám
Closely Watched Trains
An Occasion to Speak
Martin Speaking
Volejte Martina
Searching
Nobody Will Laugh
Pearls of the Deep
Pension pro svobodné pány
If a Thousand Clarinets
Courage for Every Day
Hory hory
A Place in the Crowd
Defendant
Dobrá rada je nad zlato
Ceiling