Jiří Menzel
Born: 1938-02-23 in Prague, Czechoslovakia [now Czech Republic]
Died: 2020-09-05
Known For: Acting
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.
Filmography
2020
- Brouk v hlavě ... (Stage Director)
2018
- More Than Words as Self
- The Interpreter as Ali Ungár
- CzechMate: In Search of Jiří Menzel as Self
2016
- To Make a Comedy Is No Fun as Self
- The Wolf from Royal Vineyard Street as Self
2014
2013
- The Don Juans ... (Director)
2012
- The Presence of Arnošt Lustig as Self
- Signál as Prokeš
2011
- Jiří Menzel: 7 Questions as Self
2009
- Vyprávěj as Professor Sládeček
- Golden Sixties as Self
- Operation Dunaj as Oskar Hazuka
- Setkání v Praze, s vraždou as Hořejší
2007
- I Served the King of England ... (Director)
- Teddy Bear as Romanuv otec
2006
- Slnko v sieti
- A bárány utolsó megkísértése as Leopold Blum
- Zimní víla as Komorí
2005
- Pocta V+W as Self
2004
- Daddy as Self
2002
- Ten Minutes Older: The Cello ... (Director)
- One Moment ... (Director)
- Útek do Budína as hrabě
- The Sunken Cemetery as Doktor Javorski
2001
- As Rita Hayworth's Grandfather Loved as Pfarrer
2000
- Krásný ztráty as Self
- Příběhy slavných as Self
1999
- All My Loved Ones as Stein
1997
1996
- Hospoda as MUDr. Prášek - psychiatr
- Draculův švagr
- Franciska vasárnapjai as államtitkár
1995
- Too Loud A Solitude as Professor
- How to Deserve a Princess as dvorní malíř
- Joint Venture as Prof. Adamec
- Vengeance Is Mine as Director
1994
1993
- Dr. Hrabal
- Everything I Like as Vasek
- The Little Apocalypse as Stan
- Helimadoe ... (Dramaturgy)
1991
- The Elementary School as Gynecologist MUDr. Kalaban
- The Beggar's Opera ... (Director)
- Tady vím, proč jsem as Self
1990
- Larks on a String as Convict
- The End of Old Times ... (Director)
- Martha and I as Doctor Benda
- Strange Creatures
- The Gentle Barbarian as Doktor
- Audience ... (Director)
- Zvonokosy as Vincek
1989
1988
- Veselé příhody z natáčení as Self
1986
- Die Schokoladenschnüffler ... (Director)
1985
- My Sweet Little Village ... (Director)
- Albert as Dustojník
1984
- The Snowdrop Festival ... (Director)
1983
1982
- Ferat Vampire as Dr. Marek
- Babička se zbláznila
1981
- Cutting It Short ... (Director)
- Heart Tremors
- Bulldogs and Cherries as Waiter
- Povídka Malostranská as Dr. Krumlovský
- Tři v tom ... (Director)
1980
- Koportos as A pap
- Blue Planet as Štěpán Pavlík
- Hra na telo
1979
- Minden szerdán as János - államtitkár
- Those Wonderful Movie Cranks
1978
- The Apple Game as MUDr. Josef John
1977
- 30 Maidens and Pythagoras as profesor matematiky Ludolf
1976
- Secluded, Near Woods ... (Director)
1974
- Who Looks for Gold? ... (Director)
1972
- Straw Hat
- Sechse kommen durch die Welt as Soldat
1971
- Mandragora ... (Stage Director)
1970
1969
- The Cremator as Dvorak
1968
- Capricious Summer as Arnoštek
- Dita Saxová as Herbert Lagus
- Crime in the Night Club as Klaun
1967
- Windstorm
- The Return of the Prodigal Son as Jirí
- Hotel for Strangers as Pot-boy
1966
- Daisies as Jan (voice)
- Closely Watched Trains as Dr. Brabec
- Searching
- Crime at the Girls School ... (Director)
- An Occasion to Speak as Self
- Nobody Will Laugh
- Pearls of the Deep as Cyclist (segment "Smrt pana Baltazara")
- Martin Speaking
- Flám
- Volejte Martina
1965
- If a Thousand Clarinets as Schulze
- Pension pro svobodné pány
- Courage for Every Day as Jarduv kolega
1964
- Defendant as obhájce Frantisek Horácek
- Dobrá rada je nad zlato
- A Place in the Crowd as (segment "Jak se kalí ocel")
- Hory hory
1963
- Our Dear Mr. Foerster Died ... (Screenplay)
- Something Different ... (First Assistant Director)
1962
1960
- Blocks of Flats ... (Director)