Jiří Menzel
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.
92 acting credits · 26 directing credits
Acting · 92
Vyprávěj
2009
Krásný ztráty
2000
Golden Sixties
2009
Daisies
1966
Hospoda
1996
Příběhy slavných
2000
The Cremator
1969
Pražský písničkář
1997
Closely Watched Trains
1966
Slnko v sieti
2006
Draculův švagr
1996
The Elementary School
1991
Ceiling
1962
Veselé příhody z natáčení
1988
Ferat Vampire
1982
All My Loved Ones
1999
Larks on a String
1969
Everything I Like
1993
CzechMate: In Search of Jiří Menzel
2018
The Apple Game
1978
To Make a Comedy Is No Fun
2016
Signál
2012
Dita Saxová
1968
Capricious Summer
1968
The Interpreter
2018
Pearls of the Deep
1966
The Gentle Barbarian
1990
The Presence of Arnošt Lustig
2012
Teddy Bear
2007
The Wolf from Royal Vineyard Street
2016
An Occasion to Speak
1966
Švédská zápalka
1983
Operation Dunaj
2009
Zimní víla
2006
Straw Hat
1972
Crime in the Night Club
1968
How to Deserve a Princess
1995
The Return of the Prodigal Son
1967
Volejte Martina
1966
Vengeance Is Mine
1995
30 Maidens and Pythagoras
1977
Setkání v Praze, s vraždou
2009
Defendant
1964
Nobody Will Laugh
1966
Run, He Is Coming!
1987
Útek do Budína
2002
Hory hory
1964
Martin Speaking
1966
Pension pro svobodné pány
1965
Joint Venture
1995
Courage for Every Day
1965
Sechse kommen durch die Welt
1972
Albert
1985
Martha and I
1990
The Little Apocalypse
1993
Those Wonderful Movie Cranks
1979
Nevěsta
1970
A Place in the Crowd
1964
If a Thousand Clarinets
1965
Fandy ó Fandy
1983
Als Großvater Rita Hayworth liebte
2001
Blue Planet
1980
Povídka Malostranská
1981
Flám
1966
Milan Čorba
2014
Strange Creatures
1990
Dr. Hrabal
1993
Bulldogs and Cherries
1981
Hotel for Strangers
1967
Zvonokosy
1990
Windstorm
1967
Hearty Greetings from the Globe
1983
Searching
1966
Bohumil Hrabal „Takže se stalo, že...“
2014
Hra na telo
1980
Dámská jízda
1987
More Than Words
2018
Pocta V+W
2005
Too Loud A Solitude
1995
Koportos
1980
Minden szerdán
1979
Heart Tremors
1981
The Sunken Cemetery
2002
Daddy
2004
Babička se zbláznila
1982
Passing Fancy
1983
Jiří Menzel: 7 Questions
2011
Dobrá rada je nad zlato
1964
A bárány utolsó megkísértése
2006
Stvoření světa
1989
Tady vím, proč jsem
1991
Franciska vasárnapjai
1996
Directing · 26
The Life and Extraordinary Adventures of Private Ivan Chonkin
1994
My Sweet Little Village
1985
Closely Watched Trains
1966
Secluded, Near Woods
1976
I Served the King of England
2007
Ten Minutes Older: The Cello
2002
The End of Old Times
1990
Larks on a String
1969
Crime at the Girls School
1966
The Snowdrop Festival
1984
Capricious Summer
1968
Pearls of the Deep
1966
Cutting It Short
1981
The Beggar's Opera
1991
Crime in the Night Club
1968
Die Schokoladenschnüffler
1986
The Don Juans
2013
Those Wonderful Movie Cranks
1979
Who Looks for Gold?
1974
Mandragora
1971
One Moment
2002
Tři v tom
1981
Our Dear Mr. Foerster Died
1963
Audience
1990
Blocks of Flats
1960
Jiří Menzel: 7 Questions
2011