Theodor Pištěk (costume designer), Date of Birth, Place of Birth

Theodor Pištěk (costume designer)

Czech car racer, comics painter and artist

Date of Birth: 25-Oct-1932

Place of Birth: Prague, Czech Republic

Profession: painter, costume designer

Nationality: Czech Republic

Zodiac Sign: Scorpio

Theodor Pištek (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 Pištek 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 Clovek a jeho svet (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, Pištek created cartoons for the children's magazine Ohnícek.
He is the creator of the Prague Castle Guard uniforms.