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Date of Birth
23 February 1938, Prague, Czechoslovakia (now Czech Republic)

Spouse
Olga Menzelová-Kelymanová (2004 - present)

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Worked as an actor as well as director. Gave his debut in directing in 1965.

His film Closely Watched Trains (1966) (Closely Watched Trains) won an Academy Award.

Biography in: John Wakeman, editor. "World Film Directors, Volume Two, 1945- 1985". Pages 675-679. New York: The H.W. Wilson Company, 1988.

Member of the jury at the Berlin International Film Festival 1987


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