Jiří Menzel
Jiří Menzel( born 23 February 1938, Prague) is 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, 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 controversial film" Larks on a String" was filmed in 1969, but was initially 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 a IIFA Lifetime Achievement Award in November 2013.
Ian Barry (director)
Ian Barry is an Australian director of film and TV.
Peter Levin
Peter Levin is an American director of film, television and theatre.
Un soir au club (film)
Un soir au club is a 2009 French film directed by Jean Achache based on the novel of the same name" Un soir au club" by Christian Gailly.
Jean Achache
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Vladimir Voinovich
Vladimir Nikolayevich Voinovich, also spelled Voynovich( 26 September 1932 – 27 July 2018), was a Russian writer and former Soviet dissident.
Among his most well- known works are the satirical epic" The Life and Extraordinary Adventures of Private Ivan Chonkin" and the dystopian" Moscow 2042".
He was forced into exile and stripped of his citizenship by Soviet authorities in 1980 but later rehabilitated and moved back to Moscow in 1990.
After the fall of the Soviet Union, he continued to be an outspoken critic of Russian politics under the rule of Vladimir Putin.
Howard W. Koch
Howard Winchel Koch( April 11, 1916 – February 16, 2001) was an American producer and director of film and television.
Life and Extraordinary Adventures of Private Ivan Chonkin
The Life and Extraordinary Adventures of Private Ivan Chonkin is a 1994 comedy drama film directed by Jiří Menzel.
The film entered the competition at the 51st Venice International Film Festival, in which it won the President of the Italian Senate's Gold Medal.
It is based on the novel" The Life and Extraordinary Adventures of Private Ivan Chonkin" by Vladimir Voinovich and the scenario by Zdeněk Svěrák.
It is a coproduction between Russia, Czech Republic, United Kingdom, France and Italy.
Hanro Smitsman
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Brian Johnson (special effects artist)
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Question: Are director of film Un Soir Au Club (Film) and director of film Life And Extraordinary Adventures Of Private Ivan Chonkin both from the same country?
Answer: no