Menzel, Jirí (1938-), Cineasta tcheco:Trens Estreitamente Vigiados (1966);
Minha Doce Aldeia (1985).
Nationality: Czech. Born: Prague, 23 February 1938. Education: Film Academy (FAMU), Prague, 1957–62. Career: Assistant director on Vera Chytilová'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.
