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Date of Birth
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25-October-1932
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Place of Birth
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Prague
(Bohemia, Austria-Hungary, Czechoslovakia, Czech Republic)
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Nationality
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Czech Republic
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Also know as
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Theodor Pištěk, Dodo, Theodor Pistek, Theodor Pištek
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Profession
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Costume Designer, Cartoonist
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Theodor Pištěk 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 PiÅ¡tÄ›k and Marie ŽenÃÅ¡ková. 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 ÄŒlovÄ›k a jeho svÄ›t 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, PiÅ¡tÄ›k created cartoons for the magazine OhnÃÄek. He is the creator of the Prague Castle Guard uniforms.
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