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Article: Menzel, Jirí
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MENZEL, Jir
í
Nationality:
Czech.
Born:
Prague, 23 February 1938.
Education:
Film Academy (FAMU), Prague, 1957
–
62.
Career:
Assistant director on Vera Chytilov
á
's
Something Different
, 1963; director at Barrandov Studios, from 1965; also stage director for Drama Club and Semafor Theatre, Prague, from 1967.
Awards:
Academy Award for Best Foreign Film, for
Closely Watched Trains
, 1967; Grand Prize, Karlovy Vary Festival, for
Capricious Summer
, 1968.
Address:
Solidarita E/31, 100 00 Praha 10, Czechoslovakia.
Films as Director:
- 1965
Zlo
č
in v d
í
v
č
í
š
kole
(
Crime at a Girls' School
) (+ co-sc);
Smrt
pana Baltisbergra
(
The Death of ...