Theodor Pištěk
Known for
Costume & Make-Up
Born
October 25, 1932
Birthplace
Prague, Czechoslovakia (now Czech Republic)
Died
December 3, 2025 (aged 93)
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.
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Best known work
Amadeus
1984
The People vs. Larry Flynt
1996
Three Wishes for Cinderella
1973
Frank Herbert's Dune
2000
Valmont
1989
Frank Herbert's Children of Dune
2003
Marketa Lazarová
1967
Marecek, Pass Me the Pen!
1976
Adela Has Not Had Supper Yet
1978
Happy End
1967Filmography
2020
Karel Svoboda: Šťastná létaas Self
2003
2002
The Making of 'Amadeus'as Self - Costume & Make-up
2000
1996
The People vs. Larry FlyntCostume Design
1989
ValmontCostume Design
1986
Shades of FernCostume Design
1984
RumburakCostume Design
1984
AmadeusCostume Design
1983
1983
Salt & GoldCostume Design
1982
The Balad of MameloukCostume Design
1982
Zelená vlnaCostume Design
1982
Ferat VampireTitle Designer, Costume Design, Special Props
1982
Serpent's PoisonCostume Design
1982
DostihCostume Design
1981
Mature WineCostume Design
1981
ConcertCostume Design
1981
Blázni, vodníci a podvodníciCostume Design
1981
Cutting It ShortCostume Design
1980
1980
BrontosaurusCostume Design
1979
Postavení mimo hruCostume Design
1979
Prince and the Evening StarCostume Design
1979
Death of Hitch-HikersCostume Design