Jiří Menzel

Known for ActingBorn 1938-02-23Died 2020-09-05Prague, Czechoslovakia [now Czech Republic]

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.Read more

Movies & web series

Nevěsta

The Sunken Cemetery

Pražský písničkář

Franciska vasárnapjai

Povídka Malostranská

Too Loud A Solitude

Strange Creatures

A Place in the Crowd

The Cremator

Vyprávěj

Albert

The Elementary School

My Sweet Little Village

All My Loved Ones

Secluded, Near Woods

If a Thousand Clarinets

Daddy

Příběhy slavných

Hospoda

Daisies

Martha and I

Cutting It Short

I Served the King of England

Closely Watched Trains

Dámská jízda

Passing Fancy

Defendant

Minden szerdán

Everything I Like

Hearty Greetings from the Globe

CzechMate: In Search of Jiří Menzel

Ten Minutes Older: The Cello

Martin Speaking

Flám

Blocks of Flats

Larks on a String

Útek do Budína

The Life and Extraordinary Adventures of Private Ivan Chonkin

The Snowdrop Festival

Audience

Volejte Martina

Koportos

Those Wonderful Movie Cranks

Die Schokoladenschnüffler

Our Dear Mr. Foerster Died

Capricious Summer

The End of Old Times

How to Deserve a Princess