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Jiří Menzel
A close-up of Menzel's face
Jiří Menzel in 2016
Born(1938-02-23)February 23, 1938
Prague, Czechoslovakia
DiedSeptember 5, 2020(2020-09-05) (aged 82)
Prague, Czech Republic
OccupationFilm director
SpouseOlga Menzelová

Jiří Menzel (Template:IPA-cs) (23 February 1938 – 5 September 2020)[1] 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.[2] Some of these films are adapted from works by Czech writers such as Bohumil Hrabal and Vladislav Vančura.[3][4]

Early life

Menzel was born in Prague in 1938 to Josef Menzel and Božena Jindřichová.[5] His father Josef was a journalist, translator and children's book writer.[6] Menzel studied directing at the Film and TV School of the Academy of Performing Arts in Prague (FAMU) in Prague. His teachers at the academy included Czech Director Otakar Vávra.[7]

Career

Menzel was a member of the Czech New Wave cinema in the 1960s. His first feature film, Closely Watched Trains, won the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film in 1967.[8][2] The film was World War II drama based on a book by Bohumil Hrabal.[4] His film Larks on a String was filmed in 1969, but was 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 in 1990.[9] The film was also based on a book by Bohumil Hrabal, and spoke about life in a re-education camp in Czechoslovakia under the communist rule.[4][10]

Menzel was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film again in 1986 with his dark comedy My Sweet Little Village.[11] In 1987, he was a member of the jury at the 37th Berlin International Film Festival.[12] In 1989 he was a member of the jury at the 16th Moscow International Film Festival.[13] In 1995 he was a member of the jury at the 19th Moscow International Film Festival.[14] He was awarded an IIFA Lifetime Achievement Award in November 2013.[15] He was also awarded the French title of Knight of Arts and Letters and the Czech Lion for lifetime artistic contribution.[4][10]

His last appearance in a feature film was in the 2018 Slovak film, The Interpreter, which was based on the story of a man's interactions with an SS soldier who had executed his parents. The film was Slovakia's official entry to the Oscars.[16][17]

Death

Menzel died on September 5, 2020, aged 82, after battling prolonged illness.[18] He had undergone a brain surgery earlier in 2017.[16] He is survived by his wife Olga Menzelová, and daughters, Anna Karolina and Eva Maria.[4][19]

Filmography

Sources: [20][21][22]

As a Director
Year English title Original title Notes
1960 Prefabricated Houses[23] Domy z panelů School film
1963 Our Mr. Foerster Died[citation needed] Umřel nám pan Foerster School film
1965 Concert '65[citation needed] 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" (The Death of Mr. Balthazar)
1966 Closely Watched Trains Ostře sledované vlaky Academy Award winner
1968 Crime in a Music Hall [citation needed] 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[citation needed] TV theatre
1982 Krasosmutnění[citation needed] TV film
Dr. Johann Faust, Praha II., Karlovo nám. 40[citation needed] TV theatre
1983 Best Wishes From Planet Earth Srdečný pozdrav ze zeměkoule
1984 The Snowdrop Festival Slavnosti sněženek
1985 My Sweet Little Village Vesničko má středisková Nominated for Academy Award
1986 Chocolate Cop Die Schokoladenschnüffler
1989 End of Old Times [cs] Konec starých časů
1991 Audience[citation needed] TV film
1991 Beggar's Opera Žebrácká opera
1993 Life and Extraordinary Adventures of Private Ivan Chonkin Život a neobyčejná dobrodružství vojáka Ivana Čonkina Nominated for 8 Czech Lion Awards[24]
1998 Jacobowski a plukovník[citation needed] TV film
2002 Ten Minutes Older Segment "One Moment"
2006 I Served the King of England Obsluhoval jsem anglického krále Nominated for 11 Czech Lion Awards[25], won 5[26]
2013 The Don Juans Donšajni[27]

As an Actor

  • Strop (Short film) (1962)
  • Place in the Crowd (1964)
  • Obžalovaný (1964)
  • Courage for Every Day (1964)
  • If a Thousand Clarinets (1965)
  • Pension pro svobodné pány (TV Movie) (1965)
  • Pearls of the Deep (1965)
  • Nobody Will Laugh (1965)
  • Searching (1966)
  • Volejte Martina (1966)
  • Closely Watched Trains (1966)
  • Flám (1966)
  • Return of the Prodigal Son (1967)
  • Hotel for Strangers (1967)
  • Private Hurricane (1967)
  • Dita Saxová (1968)
  • Capricious Summer (1968)
  • Crime in a Music Hall (1968)
  • The Cremator (1969)
  • Larks on a String (1969)
  • Houslista (Short film) (1969)
  • Nevěsta (1970)
  • Straw Hat (1972)
  • Sechse kommen durch die Welt (1972)
  • Thirty Maidens and Pythagoras (1977)
  • The Apple Game (1977)
  • Modrá planeta (1977)
  • The Woman Across the Way (1978)
  • Those Wonderful Movie Cranks (1979)
  • Every Wednesday (1979)
  • Hra na telo (1979)
  • Koportos (1980)
  • Bulldogs and Cherries [cs] (1981)
  • Tale of the Little Quarter (TV Movie)(1981)
  • Szívzür (1982)
  • Ferat Vampire (1982)
  • Švédská zápalka (TV Movie) (1982)
  • Babicka se zbláznila (TV Movie) (1982)
  • Srdečný pozdrav ze zeměkoule (1983)
  • Fandy, ó Fandy (1983)
  • Sedm křížků (TV Movie)(1983)
  • Felhöjáték (1984)
  • Albert (TV Movie) (1985)
  • Run, He Is Coming! (1987)
  • Veselé příhody z natáčení (TV Series) (1988)
  • Dámská jízda (TV Movie) (1988)
  • Stvoření světa (TV Movie) (1989)
  • Zvláštní bytosti (1990)
  • Něžný barbar [cs] (1990)
  • Martha and I (1990)
  • Zvonokosy (TV Movie)(1990)
  • Praski student (TV Mini-Series)(1990)
  • The Elementary School (1991)
  • Das lange Gespräch mit dem Vogel (TV Movie)(1992)
  • The Little Apocalypse (1993)
  • Vsetko co mam rad (1993)
  • Joint Venture (1994)
  • Revenge (1995)
  • How to Deserve a Princess [cs] (1995)
  • Too Loud a Solitude (1996)
  • Truck Stop (1996)
  • Drákulův švagr (TV Mini-Series) (1996)
  • Franciska vasárnapjai (1997)
  • Hospoda (TV Series) (1996-1997)
  • All My Loved Ones (1999)
  • Zimni vila (TV Movie) (1999)
  • When Grandpa Loved Rita Hayworth (2000)
  • The Sunken Cemetery (2002)
  • Útěk do Budína [cs] (2002)
  • Colossal Sensation! (2004)
  • Rokonok ( 2006)
  • Teddy Bear (2007)
  • A bárány utolsó megkísértése (TV Movie) (2008)
  • Setkání v Praze, s vrazdou (TV Movie) (2009)
  • Operation Dunaj (2009)
  • Wonderful Times (TV Series) (2009)
  • The Door (2012)
  • Head Over Heels (TV Series) (2012-14)
  • The Interpreter (2018)

See also

References

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  2. ^ a b "Menzel receives lifetime achievement award". Radio Prague International. 2016-12-11. Retrieved 2020-09-06.
  3. ^ "CILECT". www.cilect.org. Retrieved 2020-09-08.
  4. ^ a b c d e France-Presse, Agence (2020-09-07). "Jiri Menzel, Oscar-winning Czech film director, dies at 82". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 2020-09-08.
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  6. ^ "Josef Menzel". aleph.nkp.cz. Czech National Library. Retrieved 2020-09-07.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  7. ^ "Vávra mě naučil vše, co má filmař umět, vzpomíná Menzel - Novinky.cz". www.novinky.cz. Retrieved 2020-09-07.
  8. ^ "The 40th Academy Awards (1968) Nominees and Winners". oscars.org. Retrieved 2011-11-12.
  9. ^ "Berlinale: 1990 Prize Winners". berlinale.de. Retrieved 2011-03-20.
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  11. ^ "The 59th Academy Awards (1987) Nominees and Winners". oscars.org. Retrieved 5 October 2014.
  12. ^ "Berlinale: Juries". berlinale.de. Retrieved 2011-02-27.
  13. ^ "16th Moscow International Film Festival (1989)". MIFF. Archived from the original on 2013-03-16. Retrieved 2013-02-24.
  14. ^ "19th Moscow International Film Festival (1995)". MIFF. Archived from the original on 2013-03-22. Retrieved 2013-03-16.
  15. ^ "IFFI 2013 to open with Malayalam Film Kanyaka Talkies". Biharprabha News. Retrieved 17 November 2013.
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  17. ^ TZ. "Film Tlmocnik to Compete in 2019 Oscars Race | NEWS NOW". Retrieved 2020-09-08.
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  19. ^ Ramos, Dino-Ray; Ramos, Dino-Ray (2020-09-06). "Jiri Menzel Dies: Oscar-Winning Czech Director Of 'Closely Watched Trains' Was 82". Deadline. Retrieved 2020-09-08.
  20. ^ "Reni Santoni". Rotten Tomatoes. Retrieved September 7, 2020.
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  23. ^ Prefabricated Houses, retrieved 2020-09-08
  24. ^ "Český lev / 1994 / Nominace". www.filmovaakademie.cz (in Czech). Retrieved 2020-09-07.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  25. ^ "Český lev / 2006 / Nominace". www.filmovaakademie.cz (in Czech). Retrieved 2020-09-07.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  26. ^ "Český lev / 2006 / Držitelé ceny 14. Český lev". www.filmovaakademie.cz (in Czech). Retrieved 2020-09-07.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  27. ^ "Česko-Slovenská filmová databáze: Donšajni". csfd.cz. Retrieved 14 September 2013.
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