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Jiří Menzel

Acting Born Feb 23, 1938 Prague, Czechoslovakia [now Czech Republic] 24 credits

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.

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Known for

Krásný ztráty

as Self

The Garfield Show

as Dvorak

Full filmography

  • Krásný ztráty (2000) as Self
  • Vyprávěj (2009) as Professor Sládeček
  • Příběhy slavných (2000) as Self
  • The Cremator (1969) as Dvorak
  • Hospoda (1996) as MUDr. Prášek - psychiatr
  • Golden Sixties (2009) as Self
  • Daisies (1966) as Jan (voice)
  • Pražský písničkář (1997)
  • Slnko v sieti (2006)
  • Closely Watched Trains (1966) as Dr. Brabec
  • Draculův švagr (1996)
  • Capricious Summer (1968) as Arnoštek
  • More Than Words (2018) as Self
  • Heart Tremors (1981)
  • Operation Dunaj (2009) as Oskar Hazuka
  • Dita Saxová (1968) as Herbert Lagus
  • All My Loved Ones (1999) as Stein
  • Straw Hat (1972)
  • Veselé příhody z natáčení (1988) as Self
  • Nevěsta (1970)
  • Koportos (1980) as A pap
  • The Elementary School (1991) as Gynecologist MUDr. Kalaban
  • Hearty Greetings from the Globe (1983) as Dr. Jánský
  • The Interpreter (2018) as Ali Ungár