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 Details
Also Known As
Movies (43)
Brouk v hlavě
Stage Director (Directing)
2020
CzechMate: In Search of Jiří Menzel
as Self
2018
The Interpreter
as Ali Ungár
2018
More Than Words
as Self
2018
To Make a Comedy Is No Fun
as Self
2016
The Wolf from Royal Vineyard Street
as Self
2016
Bohumil Hrabal „Takže se stalo, že...“
as self
2014
Milan Čorba
2014
The Don Juans
Director (Directing)
2013
Signál
as Prokeš
2012
The Presence of Arnošt Lustig
as Self
2012
Jiří Menzel: 7 Questions
as Self
2011
Operation Dunaj
as Oskar Hazuka
2009
Setkání v Praze, s vraždou
as Hořejší
2009
Teddy Bear
as Romanuv otec
2007
I Served the King of England
Director (Directing)
2007
A bárány utolsó megkísértése
as Leopold Blum
2006
Zimní víla
as Komorí
2006
Pocta V+W
as Self
2005
Daddy
as Self
2004
The Sunken Cemetery
as Doktor Javorski
2002
Útek do Budína
as hrabě
2002
Ten Minutes Older: The Cello
Director (Directing)
2002
One Moment
Director (Directing)
2002
Als Großvater Rita Hayworth liebte
as Pfarrer
2001
All My Loved Ones
as Stein
1999
Franciska vasárnapjai
as államtitkár
1996
Revenge
1995
Too Loud A Solitude
as Professor
1995
How to Deserve a Princess
as dvorní malíř
1995
Joint Venture
as Prof. Adamec
1995
The Life and Extraordinary Adventures of Private Ivan Chonkin
Director (Directing)
1994
Helimadoe
Dramaturgy (Crew)
1993
Everything I Like
as Vasek
1993
The Little Apocalypse
as Stan
1993
Dr. Hrabal
1993
The Beggar's Opera
Director (Directing)
1991
The Elementary School
as Gynecologist MUDr. Kalaban
1991
Tady vím, proč jsem
as Sám sebe
1991
The Gentle Barbarian
as Doktor
1990
Martha and I
1990
Strange Creatures
1990
The End of Old Times
Director (Directing)
1990
