Jiří Menzel
- Acting
- February 23, 1938 · Prague, Czechoslovakia [now Czech Republic]
- September 5, 2020
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
- A Loaf of Bread · First Assistant Director
- Brouk v hlavě · Stage Director
- CzechMate: In Search of Jiří Menzel · Self
- The Interpreter · Ali Ungár
- More Than Words · Self
- To Make a Comedy Is No Fun · Self
- The Wolf from Royal Vineyard Street · Self
- Bohumil Hrabal „Takže se stalo, že...“ · Self
- Milan Čorba
- The Don Juans · Director, Writer
- Signál · Prokeš
- The Presence of Arnošt Lustig · Self
- Jiří Menzel: 7 Questions · Self, Director
- Vyprávěj · Professor Sládeček
- Operation Dunaj · Oskar Hazuka, Supervising Art Director
- Setkání v Praze, s vraždou · Hořejší
- Golden Sixties · Self
- Teddy Bear · Romanuv otec
- I Served the King of England · Director, Screenplay
- Slnko v sieti
- A bárány utolsó megkísértése · Leopold Blum
- Zimní víla · Komorí
- Pocta V+W · Self
- Daddy · Self
- The Sunken Cemetery · Doktor Javorski
- Útek do Budína · hrabě
- Ten Minutes Older: The Cello · Director, Screenplay
- One Moment · Director
- As Rita Hayworth's Grandfather Loved · Pfarrer
- Příběhy slavných · Self
- Krásný ztráty · Self
- All My Loved Ones · Stein
- Pražský písničkář
- Hospoda · MUDr. Prášek - psychiatr
- Franciska vasárnapjai · államtitkár
- Draculův švagr
- Vengeance Is Mine · Director
- Too Loud A Solitude · Professor
- How to Deserve a Princess · dvorní malíř
- Joint Venture · Prof. Adamec
- The Life and Extraordinary Adventures of Private Ivan Chonkin · Director
- Helimadoe · Dramaturgy
- Everything I Like · Vasek
- The Little Apocalypse · Stan
- Dr. Hrabal
- The Beggar's Opera · Director, Adaptation
- The Elementary School · Gynecologist MUDr. Kalaban
- Tady vím, proč jsem · Self
- The Gentle Barbarian · Doktor
- Martha and I · Doctor Benda
- Strange Creatures
- The End of Old Times · Director, Screenplay
- Larks on a String · Convict, Director
- Zvonokosy · Vincek
- Audience · Director
- Stvoření světa
- Veselé příhody z natáčení · Self
- Run, He Is Coming!
- Dámská jízda
- Die Schokoladenschnüffler · Director
- My Sweet Little Village · Director
- Albert · Dustojník
- The Snowdrop Festival · Director, Screenplay
- Fandy ó Fandy
- Hearty Greetings from the Globe · Dr. Jánský
- Švédská zápalka
- Passing Fancy
- Ferat Vampire · Dr. Marek
- Babička se zbláznila
- Tři v tom · Director
- Bulldogs and Cherries · Waiter
- Heart Tremors
- Cutting It Short · Director, Screenplay
- Povídka Malostranská · Dr. Krumlovský
- Hra na telo
- Koportos · A pap
- Blue Planet · Štěpán Pavlík
- Those Wonderful Movie Cranks · Director, Screenplay
- Minden szerdán · János - államtitkár
- The Apple Game · MUDr. Josef John