David Ondříček (born 23 June 1969)
is a Czech film director, screenwriter and producer. In 2021, he won the
Best Director Czech Lion Award for ''
Zátopek.''
His 2012 film ''
In the Shadow'' won nine
Czech Lion Awards
The Czech Lion Awards () are annual awards that recognize accomplishments in filmmaking and television. It is the highest award of achievement in film awarded in the Czech Republic
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.
Ondříček is the son of the late Czech cinematographer
Miroslav Ondříček
Miroslav Ondříček (4 November 1934 – 28 March 2015) was a Czech cinematographer who worked on over 40 films, including '' Amadeus'', '' Ragtime'' and '' If....''.
Life and career
Miroslav Ondříček was born in Prague, Czechoslovakia (now ...
.
He attended the
Film and TV School of the Academy of Performing Arts in Prague
The Film and TV School of the Academy of Performing Arts in Prague () or FAMU is a film school in Prague, Czech Republic, founded in 1946 as one of three branches of the Academy of Performing Arts in Prague. It is the fifth oldest film school in ...
from 1987 to 1992.
In 1999, Ondříček founded Lucky Man Films, a film production company.
Ondříček has two daughters (born 2012 and 2018) by fiancé Martha Issová.
Selected filmography
References
External links
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David Ondříček(in ) at the Czech-Slovak Film Database (CSFD)
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1969 births
Living people
Film directors from Prague
Academy of Performing Arts in Prague alumni