Known For
Costume & Make-Up
Born
Oct 25, 1932
Died
Dec 03, 2025
Place of Birth
Prague, Czechoslovakia (now Czech Republic)
Credits
94 titles
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. From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Known For
Filmography
Karel Svoboda: Šťastná léta
Self
Frank Herbert's Children of Dune
Costume Design
The Making of 'Amadeus'
Self - Costume & Make-up
Frank Herbert's Dune
Costume Design
The People vs. Larry Flynt
Costume Design
Valmont
Costume Design
Shades of Fern
Costume Design
Rumburak
Costume Design
Amadeus
Costume Design
The Visitors
Costume Design
Salt & Gold
Costume Design
The Balad of Mamelouk
Costume Design
Zelená vlna
Costume Design
Ferat Vampire
Title Designer
Serpent's Poison
Costume Design
Dostih
Costume Design
Mature Wine
Costume Design
Concert
Costume Design
Blázni, vodníci a podvodníci
Costume Design
Cutting It Short
Costume Design
Arabela
Costume Design
Brontosaurus
Costume Design
Postavení mimo hru
Costume Design
Prince and the Evening Star
Costume Design
Death of Hitch-Hikers
Costume Design
The Cat Prince
Costume Design
Those Wonderful Movie Cranks
Costume Design
House Call
Costume Design
On the Great River
Costume Design
Alarm in the Clouds
Costume Design
Shadows of a Hot Summer
Costume Design
Settlement of Crows
Costume Design
Adela Has Not Had Supper Yet
Costume Design
How to Wake a Princess
Costume Design
Long Live Ghosts!
Costume Design
A Nice Plate of Spinach
Costume Design
Tomorrow I'll Wake Up and Scald Myself with Tea
Art Direction
Přikázaný směr jízdy
Costume Design
We'll Kick Up a Fuss Tomorrow, Darling...
Costume Design
Summer with a Cowboy
Costume Design
Marecek, Pass Me the Pen!
Costume Design
The Bride with the Most Beautiful Eyes
Costume Design
Wine Working
Costume Design
Boys Will Be Boys
Costume Design
Na konci světa
Costume Design
Hotel Pacific
Costume Design
This Is How Love Begins...
Costume Design
Dva muži hlásí příchod
Costume Design
Zbraně pro Prahu
Costume Design
Kto odchádza v daždi...
Costume Design