Theodor Pištěk
Prague, Czechoslovakia (now Czech Republic)

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