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.
Personal info
Gender
Male
Birthday
1938-02-23
Place of birth
Prague, Czechoslovakia [now Czech Republic]
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Cast
Closely Watched Trains
1966
7.30
Larks on a String
1990
6.90
Operation Dunaj
2009
5.00
Sechse kommen durch die Welt
1972
5.00
Pocta V+W
2005
0.00
Capricious Summer
1968
6.60
Ferat Vampire
1982
5.55
Hra na telo
1980
0.00
The Cremator
1969
7.80
The Apple Game
1978
5.90
Those Wonderful Movie Cranks
1979
6.00
Ceiling
1962
5.10
The Return of the Prodigal Son
1967
5.80
Hory hory
1964
0.00
A Place in the Crowd
1964
0.00
Minden szerdán
1979
0.00
Dobrá rada je nad zlato
1964
0.00
Searching
1966
5.10
Pearls of the Deep
1966
6.00
Pension pro svobodné pány
1965
6.00
Volejte Martina
1966
6.00
If a Thousand Clarinets
1965
7.30
Martin Speaking
1966
0.00
Flám
1966
0.00
Private Torment
1967
0.00
The Gentle Barbarian
1990
5.30
Too Loud A Solitude
1995
7.50
Albert
1985
7.00
Hearty Greetings from the Globe
1983
6.90
Nevěsta
1970
0.00
Straw Hat
1972
6.10
Joint Venture
1995
2.00
Daddy
2004
6.30
Fandy ó Fandy
1983
4.30
Signál
2012
4.40
Passing Fancy
1983
0.00
Milan Čorba
2014
0.00
Má je pomsta
1995
2.00
Koportos
1979
0.00
Martha and I
1990
7.00
Martha and I
1990
7.00
Heart Tremors
1981
5.30
Dr. Hrabal
1993
0.00
More Than Words
2018
8.00
Dita Saxová
1968
6.20
An Occasion to Speak
1966
0.00
Everything I Like
1993
6.30
Nobody Will Laugh
1966
7.00
All My Loved Ones
1999
7.20
Courage for Every Day
1965
5.90
Teddy Bear
2007
5.90
To Make a Comedy Is No Fun
2016
6.00
Hotel for Strangers
1967
5.80
The Little Apocalypse
1993
5.40
The Sunken Cemetery
2002
0.00
How to Deserve a Princess
1995
5.90
The Interpreter
2018
6.00
Crime in the Night Club
1968
5.90
Zimní víla
1999
0.00
30 Maidens and Pythagoras
1977
4.30
Švédská zápalka
1983
4.50
Daisies
1966
7.30
Jiří Menzel: 7 Questions
2011
0.00
Blue Planet
1980
2.00
Bulldogs and Cherries
1981
4.40
Defendant
1964
6.60
Babička se zbláznila
1982
0.00
Dámská jízda
1987
0.00
Povídka Malostranská
1981
8.00
Setkání v Praze, s vraždou
2009
0.00
The Elementary School
1991
7.35
Útek do Budína
2002
0.00
Franciska vasárnapjai
1996
0.00
A bárány utolsó megkísértése
2006
0.00