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Theodor Pištěk

Known For
Costume & Make-Up

Known Credits
3

Gender
Male

Birthday
October 25, 1932 (93 years old)

Place of Birth
Prague, Czechoslovakia (now Czech Republic)

Theodor Pištěk

Biography

Theodor Pištěk (born 25 October 1932 in Prague) is a Czech artist known for creating photo-realistic drawings and paintings, movie costumes and decorations. He won the Academy Award for Best Costume Design for the film Amadeus, and received an Academy Award nomination in the same category for the film Valmont.

He is the son of actor Theodor Pištěk and Marie Ženíšková. He studied at the Academy of Fine Arts in Prague as a pupil of Vratislav Nejezchleba. In 1967, he designed the art concept for the pavilion Člověk a jeho svět (Man and his World) at the Expo Montreal. In the 1970s, after he left the career of a car racer, he focused more on painting and art installation.

He participated in around 105 films, his works were exhibited at dozens of exhibitions around the world. In the 1970s, Pištěk created cartoons for the children's magazine Ohníček. He is the creator of the Prague Castle Guard uniforms.

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Known For

Costume & Make-Up

2003Frank Herbert's Children of Dune...Costume Design
2000Frank Herbert's Dune...Costume Design
1996The People vs. Larry Flynt...Costume Design
1989Valmont...Costume Design
1986Shades of Fern...Costume Design
1984Rumburak...Costume Design
1984Amadeus...Costume Design
1983The Visitors...Costume Design
1983Salt & Gold...Costume Design
1982The Balad of Mamelouk...Costume Design
1982Zelená vlna...Costume Design
1982Ferat Vampire...Costume Design
1982Serpent's Poison...Costume Design
1982Dostih...Costume Design
1981Mature Wine...Costume Design
1981Concert...Costume Design
1981Blázni, vodníci a podvodníci...Costume Design
1981Cutting It Short...Costume Design
1980Arabela...Costume Design
1980Brontosaurus...Costume Design
1979Postavení mimo hru...Costume Design
1979Prince and the Evening Star...Costume Design
1979Death of Hitch-Hikers...Costume Design
1979The Cat Prince...Costume Design
1979Those Wonderful Movie Cranks...Costume Design
1979House Call...Costume Design
1978On the Great River...Costume Design
1978Alarm in the Clouds...Costume Design
1978Shadows of a Hot Summer...Costume Design
1978Settlement of Crows...Costume Design
1978Adela Has Not Had Supper Yet...Costume Design
1978How to Wake a Princess...Costume Design
1977Long Live Ghosts!...Costume Design
1977A Nice Plate of Spinach...Costume Design
1977Tomorrow I'll Wake Up and Scald Myself with Tea...Costume Design
1977Přikázaný směr jízdy...Costume Design
1976We'll Kick Up a Fuss Tomorrow, Darling......Costume Design
1976Summer with a Cowboy...Costume Design
1976Marecek, Pass Me the Pen!...Costume Design
1976The Bride with the Most Beautiful Eyes...Costume Design
1976Wine Working...Costume Design
1976Boys Will Be Boys...Costume Design
1975Na konci světa...Costume Design
1975Hotel Pacific...Costume Design
1975This Is How Love Begins......Costume Design
1975Dva muži hlásí příchod...Costume Design
1975Zbraně pro Prahu...Costume Design
1975Kto odchádza v daždi......Costume Design
1975How to Drown Dr. Mracek, the Lawyer...Costume Design
1975Poslední ples na rožnovské plovárně...Costume Design
1974Robinson Girl...Costume Design
1974The Fair Is Here...Costume Design
1974Pavlínka...Costume Design
1974Joachim, Put It in the Machine...Costume Design
1974Tři nevinní...Costume Design
1974Jakou barvu má láska...Costume Design
1974Siroty...Costume Design
1974Vodník a Zuzana...Costume Design
1973Three Men Travelling...Costume Design
1973Three Wishes for Cinderella...Costume Design
1973Love...Costume Design
1973Death Chooses...Costume Design
1973Legenda, the Robber...Costume Design
1973Čertova stěna...Costume Designer
1972Six Bears and a Clown...Costume Design
1972We, the Lost Girls...Costume Design
1972Vlak do stanice Nebe...Costume Design
1972The Girl on the Broomstick...Costume Design
1972The Girl on the Broomstick...Makeup Designer
1972About Show-White...Costume Design
1972Poslední výstřel Davida Sandela...Costume Design
1972Touha Sherlocka Holmese...Costume Design
1972Vím, že jsi vrah......Costume Design
1971Hry lásky šálivé...Costume Design
1971Four Murders Are Enough, Darling...Costume Design
1971Luk královny Dorotky...Costume Design
1971You Are a Widow, Sir...Costume Design
1970Pan Tau...Costume Design
1970A Case for a Rookie Hangman...Costume Design
1970I Killed Einstein, Gentlemen...Costume Design
1970Adelheid...Costume Design
1969Prague Nights...Costume Design
1968Lanfieri Colony...Costume Design
1968The Valley of the Bees...Costume Design
1967Marketa Lazarová...Costume Design
1967Happy End...Costume Design
1967Poklad byzantského kupce...Costume Design
1965Bubny...Costume Design
1963Blbec z Xeenemünde...Costume Design
1963Tarzanova smrt...Costume Design
1962The Devil's Trap...Costume Design
1960The White Dove...Costume Design

Art

1982Ferat Vampire...Special Props
1982Ferat Vampire...Title Designer
1977Tomorrow I'll Wake Up and Scald Myself with Tea...Art Direction
1967Marketa Lazarová...Art Designer
1960The White Dove...Art Designer

Acting

2020Karel Svoboda: Šťastná létaas Self
2002The Making of 'Amadeus'as Self - Costume & Make-up
1957Florenc 13,30as