Jiří Menzel (Czech: [ˈjɪr̝iː ˈmɛntsl̩] ( listen)) (born February 23, 1938, Prague) is 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.
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Jiří Menzel (Czech: [ˈjɪr̝iː ˈmɛntsl̩] ( listen)) (born February 23, 1938, Prague) is 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.
He became 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 [Czechoslovakia] 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.

Filmography as director [edit]

Year
English title
Original title
Notes

1960
Prefabricated Houses
Domy z panelů
School film

1963
Our Mr. Foerster Died
Umřel nám pan Foerster
School film

1965
Concert '65
Koncert 65
Short documentary

1965
Crime at the Girls School
Zločin v dívčí škole
Segment "Crime at the Girls School"

1966
Pearls of the Deep
Perličky na dně
Segment "Smrt pana Baltazara"

1966
Closely Watched Trains
Ostře sledované vlaky

1968
Crime in a Music Hall
Zločin v šantánu

1968
Capricious Summer
Rozmarné léto

1969
Larks on a String
Skřivánci na niti
Banned and not released until 1990

1974
Altered Landscapes
Proměny krajiny
Short documentary

1974
Who Looks for Gold?
Kdo hledá zlaté dno

1976
Seclusion Near a Forest
Na samotě u lesa

1978
Those Wonderful Movie Cranks
Báječní muži s klikou

1980
Cutting It Short
Postřižiny

1981
Tři v tom
TV theatre

1982
Krasosmutnění
TV film

Dr. Johann Faust, Praha II., Karlovo nám. 40
TV theatre

1984
The Snowdrop Festival
Slavnosti sněženek

1985
My Sweet Little Village
Vesničko má středisková

1986
Chocolate Cop
Die Schokoladenschnüffler

1989
End of Old Times
Konec starých časů

1981
Audience
TV film

1991
Beggar's Opera
Žebrácká opera

1993
Life and Extraordinary Adventures of Private Ivan Chonkin
Život a neobyčejná dobrodružství vojáka Ivana Čonkina

1998
Jacobowski a plukovník
TV film

2002
Ten Minutes Older
Segment "One Moment"

2006
I Served the King of England
Obsluhoval jsem anglického krále
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