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Director, Screenwriter, Actor Born: February 23, 1938 in Prague, Czechoslovakia Biography:With his debut feature film "Closely Watched Trains" (1966), Czechoslovakian filmmaker Jiøí Menzel became an important member in Czech New Wave cinema and won an Academy Award. Menzel started out as an assistant director and occasional actor for "Vera Chytilova" following his graduation from the Prague film school F.A.M.U. In 1965, Menzel directed an episode ("The Death of Mr. Baltazar") for the feature anthology "Pearls of the Deep", a tribute to distinguished Czech author "Bohumil Hrabal". Later that year, he contributed an episode in a similar tribute to the writings of "Josef Skvorecky", "Crime at the Girls School". Following the success of "Closely Watched Trains", Menzel directed "Capricious Summer" (1968) and turned in a great performance as a tightrope walker (Menzel is actually an accomplished balancer and performs regularly on-stage). In 1969, he made "Larks on a String", considered by many... Full Biography
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