Jiří Menzel

Czech film director, actor, director, scriptwriter, writer and university educator (1938-2020).

Born February 23rd, 1938 in Prague. [ref]

Died September 5th, 2020 at 82 years old in Prague (COVID-19). [ref]

Occupations
actor, film director, pedagogue, screenwriter, theatrical director, writer

Life should not be a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safely in a pretty and well preserved body, but rather to skid in broadside in a cloud of smoke, thoroughly used up, totally worn out, and loudly proclaiming “Wow! What a Ride! Hunter S. Thompson