How tall is Jiri Menzel? Height of Jiri Menzel

How tall is Jiri Menzel?
Jiri Menzel's Height is 5ft 8in (172 cm)

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Celebirty name: MENZEL, Jiri (Original: Jiří Menzel)
Birth: 1938-02-23 (Czech Republic) , Died: 2020-09-05 (aged 82)
Occupation: director

Source: WIKIPEDIA.ORG

Jiří Menzel 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. Menzel was born in Prague, the son of Josef Menzel and Božena Jindřichová. His father Josef was a journalist, translator and children's book writer. Menzel studied directing at the Film and TV School of the Academy of Performing Arts in Prague (FAMU), his teacher was Otakar Vávra. Menzel, a member of the Czech New Wave, became internationally famous in 1967, when his first feature film, Closely Watched Trains, won the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film. His film Larks on a String was filmed in 1969, but was banned by the Czechoslovakian government. It was finally released in 1990 after the fall of the Communist regime. The film won the Golden Bear at the 40th Berlin International Film Festival. Menzel was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film again in 1986 with his dark comedy My Sweet Little Village. In 1987, he was a member of the jury at the 37th Berlin International Film Festival. In 1989 he was a member of the jury at the 16th Moscow International Film Festival. In 1995 he was a member of the jury at the 19th Moscow International Film Festival. He was awarded an IIFA Lifetime Achievement Award in November 2013. He was married to Olga Menzelová-Kelymanová. He died on September 5, 2020 in the Czech Republic.

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