Background
Menzel, Jiri was born on February 23, 1938 in Prague, Czechoslovakia. Son of Josef and Bozena Menzel.
Actor Film and theater director
Menzel, Jiri was born on February 23, 1938 in Prague, Czechoslovakia. Son of Josef and Bozena Menzel.
Student specialization in film directing, Film Academy Performing Arts, Prague, 1961.
Film director, actor, since 1962. Head, department film directing Film Academy Performing Arts, Prague, Czech Republic, 1990-1992. Producer Studio 89, 1991-1998.
Artistic director Theater Vinohrady, Prague, Czech Republic, 2000—2003. Working in theaters Prague, Zagreb, Sofia, Budapest.
Director: (films) Pearls of the Deep, 1965, Crime at a Girl's School, 1965, Closely Watched Trains, 1966 (Best Foreign Language Film Academy award), Capricious Summer, 1968, Crime in a Night Club, 1968, Larks on a String, 1969, Who Looks for Gold?, 1974, Seclusion Near a Forest, 1976, Those Wonderful Men with a Crank, 1978, Short Cut, 1980, The Snowdrop Festival, My Sweet Little Village, 1986, The End of Old Times, 1989, The Beggar's Opera, 1991, The Life and Extraordinary Adventures of Private Ivan Chonkin, 1994, short film, "One Moment" part of the project "The Cello", I Served The King Of England, 2006.