
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

Frank Herbert's Children of Dune
TV · Costume Design · 3 eps

Frank Herbert's Dune
TV · Costume Design · 3 eps

The People vs. Larry Flynt
Movie · Costume Design

Valmont
Movie · Costume Design

Shades of Fern
Movie · Costume Design

Amadeus
Movie · Costume Design

Rumburak
Movie · Costume Design

Salt & Gold
Movie · Costume Design

The Visitors
TV · Costume Design · 15 eps

Serpent's Poison
Movie · Costume Design

Dostih
Movie · Costume Design

The Balad of Mamelouk
Movie · Costume Design

Zelená vlna
Movie · Costume Design

Ferat Vampire
Movie · Costume Design

Cutting It Short
Movie · Costume Design

Blázni, vodníci a podvodníci
Movie · Costume Design

Concert
Movie · Costume Design

Mature Wine
Movie · Costume Design

Brontosaurus
Movie · Costume Design

Arabela
TV · Costume Design · 13 eps

House Call
Movie · Costume Design

The Cat Prince
Movie · Costume Design

Death of Hitch-Hikers
Movie · Costume Design

Postavení mimo hru
Movie · Costume Design

Those Wonderful Movie Cranks
Movie · Costume Design

Prince and the Evening Star
Movie · Costume Design

Alarm in the Clouds
Movie · Costume Design

How to Wake a Princess
Movie · Costume Design

Shadows of a Hot Summer
Movie · Costume Design

On the Great River
Movie · Costume Design

Settlement of Crows
Movie · Costume Design

Adela Has Not Had Supper Yet
Movie · Costume Design

Long Live Ghosts!
Movie · Costume Design

A Nice Plate of Spinach
Movie · Costume Design

Tomorrow I'll Wake Up and Scald Myself with Tea
Movie · Costume Design
Přikázaný směr jízdy
Movie · Costume Design

Marecek, Pass Me the Pen!
Movie · Costume Design

The Bride with the Most Beautiful Eyes
Movie · Costume Design

Wine Working
Movie · Costume Design

Summer with a Cowboy
Movie · Costume Design

We'll Kick Up a Fuss Tomorrow, Darling...
Movie · Costume Design

Boys Will Be Boys
Movie · Costume Design

Poslední ples na rožnovské plovárně
Movie · Costume Design
Kto odchádza v daždi...
Movie · Costume Design

Dva muži hlásí příchod
Movie · Costume Design

Na konci světa
Movie · Costume Design

Zbraně pro Prahu
Movie · Costume Design

How to Drown Dr. Mracek, the Lawyer
Movie · Costume Design

This Is How Love Begins...
Movie · Costume Design

Hotel Pacific
Movie · Costume Design
Siroty
Movie · Costume Design

The Fair Is Here
Movie · Costume Design

Jakou barvu má láska
Movie · Costume Design

Tři nevinní
Movie · Costume Design

Joachim, Put It in the Machine
Movie · Costume Design

Pavlínka
Movie · Costume Design
Vodník a Zuzana
Movie · Costume Design

Robinson Girl
Movie · Costume Design

Legenda, the Robber
Movie · Costume Design

Love
Movie · Costume Design

Three Wishes for Cinderella
Movie · Costume Design

Three Men Travelling
Movie · Costume Design

Death Chooses
Movie · Costume Design
Čertova stěna
Movie · Costume Designer

The Girl on the Broomstick
Movie · Makeup Designer, Costume Design
Poslední výstřel Davida Sandela
Movie · Costume Design

Vím, že jsi vrah...
Movie · Costume Design

Touha Sherlocka Holmese
Movie · Costume Design

About Show-White
Movie · Costume Design

Six Bears and a Clown
Movie · Costume Design

We, the Lost Girls
Movie · Costume Design

Vlak do stanice Nebe
Movie · Costume Design

You Are a Widow, Sir
Movie · Costume Design

Luk královny Dorotky
Movie · Costume Design

Hry lásky šálivé
Movie · Costume Design

Four Murders Are Enough, Darling
Movie · Costume Design

A Case for a Rookie Hangman
Movie · Costume Design

I Killed Einstein, Gentlemen
Movie · Costume Design

Adelheid
Movie · Costume Design

Pan Tau
TV · Costume Design · 7 eps

Prague Nights
Movie · Costume Design

The Valley of the Bees
Movie · Costume Design

Lanfieri Colony
Movie · Costume Design

Poklad byzantského kupce
Movie · Costume Design

Marketa Lazarová
Movie · Costume Design

Happy End
Movie · Costume Design

Bubny
Movie · Costume Design

Tarzanova smrt
Movie · Costume Design

Blbec z Xeenemünde
Movie · Costume Design

The Devil's Trap
Movie · Costume Design

The White Dove
Movie · Costume Design