Jiri Hanzelka was born on December 24, 1920 in Stramberk, Czechoslovakia. He was a director and writer, known for Z Argentiny do Mexika (1954), Afrika I. - Z Maroka na Kilimandzaro (1952) and Setkání v Bukuresti (1954). He died on February 15, 2003 in Prague, Czech Republic.