Actor, Director
23 February 1938 to 5 September 2020
A Czech actor and director best known for Closely Observed Trains (1966), Menzel directed the coming-of-age film which received a Best Film BAFTA nomination and won the Oscar for Best Foreign Language Film. His further work included Larks on a String (1969), My Sweet Little Village (1985) and I Served the King of England (2006).
Read Jiří Menzel's Guardian obituary
Read Jiří Menzel's BFI obituary
