Czech Oscar-winning film director Jiri Menzel dies aged 82

***FILE PHOTO*** Czech Oscar-winning film director Jiri Menzel died on Saturday evening on September 5, 2020, aged 82, his wife Olga Menzelova wrote on Facebook late on Sunday and Menzel's assistant Mila Radova confirmed the information to CTK. *** On the 16th of February, Czech film director Jiri Menzel was awarded a film critics's award by the film critic's association FIPRESCI at the Berlinale 2007 film festival, for his new film entitled I Served the King of England. The award was presented to him after the screening of the film in the main programme of the festival. (CTK Photo/Lubos Sebestik)