FILM DIRECTOR

Jiří Menzel

1938 - 2020

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Jiří Menzel (Czech: [ˈjɪr̝iː ˈmɛntsl̩] ) (23 February 1938 – 5 September 2020) 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. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Jiří Menzel is the 139th most popular film director (down from 123rd in 2019), the 112th most popular biography from Czechia (down from 88th in 2019) and the 2nd most popular Czech Film Director.

Jiri Menzel is most famous for his 1965 film Closely Watched Trains, which won the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film.

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Among FILM DIRECTORS

Among film directors, Jiří Menzel ranks 139 out of 2,041. Before him are Jean-Pierre Melville, Jerzy Grotowski, George A. Romero, Peter Greenaway, Terrence Malick, and Jonathan Demme. After him are Michael Powell, Henri-Georges Clouzot, Sergei Bondarchuk, Volker Schlöndorff, Bille August, and Jim Jarmusch.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1938, Jiří Menzel ranks 58. Before him are Viktor Chernomyrdin, Princess Désirée, Baroness Silfverschiöld, Kenny Rogers, Robert Nozick, Derek Jacobi, and Lynn Margulis. After him are Anthony James Leggett, Issey Miyake, Jean Giraud, Tufuga Efi, David Irving, and Raymond Carver. Among people deceased in 2020, Jiří Menzel ranks 44. Before him are Little Richard, Juliette Gréco, Kenny Rogers, Dmitry Yazov, Michael Lonsdale, and Luis Sepúlveda. After him are Bill Gates Sr., Qasem Soleimani, Jack Steinberger, Masatoshi Koshiba, Izzat Ibrahim al-Douri, and Nexhmije Hoxha.

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In Czechia

Among people born in Czechia, Jiří Menzel ranks 112 out of 1,200. Before him are Josef Mysliveček (1737), Erich Wolfgang Korngold (1897), Josef Suk (1874), Oldřich Nejedlý (1909), Vratislaus II of Bohemia (1035), and Konrad Henlein (1898). After him are Zdeněk Miler (1921), Archduchess Anna of Austria (1528), Archduke Friedrich, Duke of Teschen (1856), Emil Škoda (1839), Kurt Knispel (1921), and Ivan Lendl (1960).

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Among FILM DIRECTORS In Czechia

Among film directors born in Czechia, Jiří Menzel ranks 2. Before him are Miloš Forman (1932). After him are Jan Švankmajer (1934), G. W. Pabst (1885), Věra Chytilová (1929), Karel Zeman (1910), Jiří Trnka (1912), Karel Reisz (1926), Václav Vorlíček (1930), Otakar Vávra (1911), Karl Freund (1890), and František Čáp (1913).

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