Jiří Menzel
Acting
Born 1938-02-23
Died 2020-09-05
Prague, Czechoslovakia [now Czech Republic]
114 credits
Klement Gottwald State Prize 1
Chevalier des Arts et des Lettres 1
Aleksandar Lifka Award 1
Sun in a Net Award for Best Actor in Leading Role 1
Awards
Nominated for 1 BAFTA Award
BAFTA Awards 1 nominated
- 1969 Best Film Nominated Closely Watched Trains
Directors Guild of America 1 nominated
- 1968 Outstanding Directing – Feature Film Nominated Closely Watched Trains
Klement Gottwald State Prize 1 won
- — Klement Gottwald State Prize Won
Chevalier des Arts et des Lettres 1 won
- — Chevalier des Arts et des Lettres Won
Aleksandar Lifka Award 1 won
- — Aleksandar Lifka Award Won
Sun in a Net Award for Best Actor in Leading Role 1 won
- 2018 Best Actor in Leading Role Won
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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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Filmography
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Acting
34 credits
Vyprávěj
Krásný ztráty
Daisies
Příběhy slavných
The Cremator
Hospoda
Golden Sixties
Capricious Summer
Minden szerdán
Hearty Greetings from the Globe
Dita Saxová
Closely Watched Trains
The Elementary School
30 Maidens and Pythagoras
Operation Dunaj
If a Thousand Clarinets
Koportos
Daddy
The Interpreter
More Than Words
All My Loved Ones
To Make a Comedy Is No Fun
Ferat Vampire
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Pearls of the Deep
Defendant
Too Loud A Solitude
Larks on a String
Bulldogs and Cherries
The Little Apocalypse
The Beggar's Opera
Courage for Every Day
The Return of the Prodigal Son
Directing
18 credits
The Don Juans
Capricious Summer
I Served the King of England
Die Schokoladenschnüffler
Closely Watched Trains
Ten Minutes Older: The Cello
My Sweet Little Village
The Life and Extraordinary Adventures of Private Ivan Chonkin
Cutting It Short
Secluded, Near Woods
Who Looks for Gold?
One Moment
The Snowdrop Festival
Pearls of the Deep
Larks on a String
The Beggar's Opera
Those Wonderful Movie Cranks
Crime at the Girls School
Other credits
13 credits
Slnko v sieti
Dr. Hrabal
Passing Fancy
Straw Hat
Pražský písničkář
Draculův švagr
Searching
Heart Tremors
Nevěsta
Martin Speaking
Flám
Run, He Is Coming!
Ceiling
Writing
13 credits
The Don Juans
Capricious Summer
I Served the King of England
Closely Watched Trains
Ten Minutes Older: The Cello
Cutting It Short
Who Looks for Gold?
The Snowdrop Festival
Pearls of the Deep
Larks on a String
The Beggar's Opera
Those Wonderful Movie Cranks
Crime at the Girls School
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