Theodor Pištěk

Theodor Pištěk

Known for
Costume & Make-Up
Born
October 25, 1932
Died
December 3, 2025 (aged 93)
Birthplace
Prague, Czechoslovakia (now Czech Republic)

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

2003
Frank Herbert's Children of Dune poster

Frank Herbert's Children of Dune

TV · Costume Design · 3 eps

2000
Frank Herbert's Dune poster

Frank Herbert's Dune

TV · Costume Design · 3 eps

1996
The People vs. Larry Flynt poster

The People vs. Larry Flynt

Movie · Costume Design

1989
Valmont poster

Valmont

Movie · Costume Design

1986
Shades of Fern poster

Shades of Fern

Movie · Costume Design

1984
Amadeus poster

Amadeus

Movie · Costume Design

1984
Rumburak poster

Rumburak

Movie · Costume Design

1983
Salt & Gold poster

Salt & Gold

Movie · Costume Design

1983
The Visitors poster

The Visitors

TV · Costume Design · 15 eps

1982
Serpent's Poison poster

Serpent's Poison

Movie · Costume Design

1982
Dostih poster

Dostih

Movie · Costume Design

1982
The Balad of Mamelouk poster

The Balad of Mamelouk

Movie · Costume Design

1982
Zelená vlna poster

Zelená vlna

Movie · Costume Design

1982
Ferat Vampire poster

Ferat Vampire

Movie · Costume Design

1981
Cutting It Short poster

Cutting It Short

Movie · Costume Design

1981
Blázni, vodníci a podvodníci poster

Blázni, vodníci a podvodníci

Movie · Costume Design

1981
Concert poster

Concert

Movie · Costume Design

1981
Mature Wine poster

Mature Wine

Movie · Costume Design

1980
Brontosaurus poster

Brontosaurus

Movie · Costume Design

1980
Arabela poster

Arabela

TV · Costume Design · 13 eps

1979
House Call poster

House Call

Movie · Costume Design

1979
The Cat Prince poster

The Cat Prince

Movie · Costume Design

1979
Death of Hitch-Hikers poster

Death of Hitch-Hikers

Movie · Costume Design

1979
Postavení mimo hru poster

Postavení mimo hru

Movie · Costume Design

1979
Those Wonderful Movie Cranks poster

Those Wonderful Movie Cranks

Movie · Costume Design

1979
Prince and the Evening Star poster

Prince and the Evening Star

Movie · Costume Design

1978
Alarm in the Clouds poster

Alarm in the Clouds

Movie · Costume Design

1978
How to Wake a Princess poster

How to Wake a Princess

Movie · Costume Design

1978
Shadows of a Hot Summer poster

Shadows of a Hot Summer

Movie · Costume Design

1978
On the Great River poster

On the Great River

Movie · Costume Design

1978
Settlement of Crows poster

Settlement of Crows

Movie · Costume Design

1978
Adela Has Not Had Supper Yet poster

Adela Has Not Had Supper Yet

Movie · Costume Design

1977
Long Live Ghosts! poster

Long Live Ghosts!

Movie · Costume Design

1977
A Nice Plate of Spinach poster

A Nice Plate of Spinach

Movie · Costume Design

1977
Tomorrow I'll Wake Up and Scald Myself with Tea poster

Tomorrow I'll Wake Up and Scald Myself with Tea

Movie · Costume Design

1977
Přikázaný směr jízdy

Přikázaný směr jízdy

Movie · Costume Design

1976
Marecek, Pass Me the Pen! poster

Marecek, Pass Me the Pen!

Movie · Costume Design

1976
The Bride with the Most Beautiful Eyes poster

The Bride with the Most Beautiful Eyes

Movie · Costume Design

1976
Wine Working poster

Wine Working

Movie · Costume Design

1976
Summer with a Cowboy poster

Summer with a Cowboy

Movie · Costume Design

1976
We'll Kick Up a Fuss Tomorrow, Darling... poster

We'll Kick Up a Fuss Tomorrow, Darling...

Movie · Costume Design

1976
Boys Will Be Boys poster

Boys Will Be Boys

Movie · Costume Design

1975
Poslední ples na rožnovské plovárně poster

Poslední ples na rožnovské plovárně

Movie · Costume Design

1975
Kto odchádza v daždi...

Kto odchádza v daždi...

Movie · Costume Design

1975
Dva muži hlásí příchod poster

Dva muži hlásí příchod

Movie · Costume Design

1975
Na konci světa poster

Na konci světa

Movie · Costume Design

1975
Zbraně pro Prahu poster

Zbraně pro Prahu

Movie · Costume Design

1975
How to Drown Dr. Mracek, the Lawyer poster

How to Drown Dr. Mracek, the Lawyer

Movie · Costume Design

1975
This Is How Love Begins... poster

This Is How Love Begins...

Movie · Costume Design

1975
Hotel Pacific poster

Hotel Pacific

Movie · Costume Design

1974
Siroty

Siroty

Movie · Costume Design

1974
The Fair Is Here poster

The Fair Is Here

Movie · Costume Design

1974
Jakou barvu má láska poster

Jakou barvu má láska

Movie · Costume Design

1974
Tři nevinní poster

Tři nevinní

Movie · Costume Design

1974
Joachim, Put It in the Machine poster

Joachim, Put It in the Machine

Movie · Costume Design

1974
Pavlínka poster

Pavlínka

Movie · Costume Design

1974
Vodník a Zuzana

Vodník a Zuzana

Movie · Costume Design

1974
Robinson Girl poster

Robinson Girl

Movie · Costume Design

1973
Legenda, the Robber poster

Legenda, the Robber

Movie · Costume Design

1973
Love poster

Love

Movie · Costume Design

1973
Three Wishes for Cinderella poster

Three Wishes for Cinderella

Movie · Costume Design

1973
Three Men Travelling poster

Three Men Travelling

Movie · Costume Design

1973
Death Chooses poster

Death Chooses

Movie · Costume Design

1973
Čertova stěna

Čertova stěna

Movie · Costume Designer

1972
The Girl on the Broomstick poster

The Girl on the Broomstick

Movie · Makeup Designer, Costume Design

1972
Poslední výstřel Davida Sandela

Poslední výstřel Davida Sandela

Movie · Costume Design

1972
Vím, že jsi vrah... poster

Vím, že jsi vrah...

Movie · Costume Design

1972
Touha Sherlocka Holmese poster

Touha Sherlocka Holmese

Movie · Costume Design

1972
About Show-White poster

About Show-White

Movie · Costume Design

1972
Six Bears and a Clown poster

Six Bears and a Clown

Movie · Costume Design

1972
We, the Lost Girls poster

We, the Lost Girls

Movie · Costume Design

1972
Vlak do stanice Nebe poster

Vlak do stanice Nebe

Movie · Costume Design

1971
You Are a Widow, Sir poster

You Are a Widow, Sir

Movie · Costume Design

1971
Luk královny Dorotky poster

Luk královny Dorotky

Movie · Costume Design

1971
Hry lásky šálivé poster

Hry lásky šálivé

Movie · Costume Design

1971
Four Murders Are Enough, Darling poster

Four Murders Are Enough, Darling

Movie · Costume Design

1970
A Case for a Rookie Hangman poster

A Case for a Rookie Hangman

Movie · Costume Design

1970
I Killed Einstein, Gentlemen poster

I Killed Einstein, Gentlemen

Movie · Costume Design

1970
Adelheid poster

Adelheid

Movie · Costume Design

1970
Pan Tau poster

Pan Tau

TV · Costume Design · 7 eps

1969
Prague Nights poster

Prague Nights

Movie · Costume Design

1968
The Valley of the Bees poster

The Valley of the Bees

Movie · Costume Design

1968
Lanfieri Colony poster

Lanfieri Colony

Movie · Costume Design

1967
Poklad byzantského kupce poster

Poklad byzantského kupce

Movie · Costume Design

1967
Marketa Lazarová poster

Marketa Lazarová

Movie · Costume Design

1967
Happy End poster

Happy End

Movie · Costume Design

1965
Bubny poster

Bubny

Movie · Costume Design

1963
Tarzanova smrt poster

Tarzanova smrt

Movie · Costume Design

1963
Blbec z Xeenemünde poster

Blbec z Xeenemünde

Movie · Costume Design

1962
The Devil's Trap poster

The Devil's Trap

Movie · Costume Design

1960
The White Dove poster

The White Dove

Movie · Costume Design