- His debut feature Closely Watched Trains (1966) (Closely Watched Trains) was the 2nd Czechoslovakian feature to win the Academy Award for 'Best Foreign Language Film' after The Shop on Main Street (1965). Menzel was later nominated again for My Sweet Little Village (1985).
- Studied at the Prague Film Faculty and first worked as assistant to the director Vera Chytilova in 1961.
- Worked as an actor as well as a film director.
- Member of the 'Official Competition' jury at the 19th Moscow International Film Festival in 1995.
- He was awarded a IIFA (International Indian Film Academy) Lifetime Achievement Award in 2013.
- Also stage director, he is the son of Josef Menzel.
- 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 'Official Competition' jury at the 37th Berlin International Film Festival in 1987.
- He was considered for the leading part of Pavel in Jako jed (1986), eventually played by Zdenek Sverák.
- In a very early stage of its preproduction, he was briefly considered as a director of Three Wishes for Cinderella (1973), eventually directed by Václav Vorlícek.
- He was considered as a director of Dva muzi hlásí príchod (1975), eventually directed by Václav Vorlícek.
- He was considered as director of Run, Waiter, Run! (1981), eventually directed by Ladislav Smoljak.
- He was considered as director of Mesto nic neví (1976), eventually directed by Dusan Klein.
- He was considered as director of Rozpustený a vypustený (1985), eventually directed by Ladislav Smoljak.
- Member of the 'Official Competition' jury at the 16th Moscow International Film Festival in 1989.
- He was originally considered as director of Sest cerných dívek aneb Proc zmizel Zajíc? (1969), eventually directed by Ladislav Rychman.
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