
Costume & Make-Up
Theodor Pištěk
CS, EN, SK, AR cinema · 89 credits
Born
25 October 1932
Died
3 December 2025 (aged 93)
Birthplace
Prague, Czechoslovakia (now Czech Republic)
Also known as Theodor Pistek · Theodor Pištěk ml. · Теодор Пиштек · Т. Пиштек
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

The Making of 'Amadeus'
as Self - Costume & Make-up

The People vs. Larry Flynt
Costume Design

Valmont
Costume Design

Shades of Fern
Costume Design

Amadeus
Costume Design

Rumburak
Costume Design

Salt & Gold
Costume Design

Serpent's Poison
Costume Design

Dostih
Costume Design

Ferat Vampire
Title Designer, Special Props, Costume Design

The Balad of Mamelouk
Costume Design

Zelená vlna
Costume Design

Cutting It Short
Costume Design

Blázni, vodníci a podvodníci
Costume Design

Concert
Costume Design

Mature Wine
Costume Design

Brontosaurus
Costume Design

House Call
Costume Design

The Cat Prince
Costume Design

Death of Hitch-Hikers
Costume Design

Postavení mimo hru
Costume Design

Those Wonderful Movie Cranks
Costume Design

Prince and the Evening Star
Costume Design

Alarm in the Clouds
Costume Design

How to Wake a Princess
Costume Design

Shadows of a Hot Summer
Costume Design

On the Great River
Costume Design

Settlement of Crows
Costume Design

Adela Has Not Had Supper Yet
Costume Design

Long Live Ghosts!
Costume Design

A Nice Plate of Spinach
Costume Design

Tomorrow I'll Wake Up and Scald Myself with Tea
Art Direction, Costume Design
Přikázaný směr jízdy
1977
Přikázaný směr jízdy
Costume Design

Marecek, Pass Me the Pen!
Costume Design

The Bride with the Most Beautiful Eyes
Costume Design

Wine Working
Costume Design

Summer with a Cowboy
Costume Design

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

Boys Will Be Boys
Costume Design

Poslední ples na rožnovské plovárně
Costume Design

Dva muži hlásí příchod
Costume Design

Na konci světa
Costume Design

Zbraně pro Prahu
Costume Design

How to Drown Dr. Mracek, the Lawyer
Costume Design

This Is How Love Begins...
Costume Design

Hotel Pacific
Costume Design
Siroty
1974
Siroty
Costume Design

The Fair Is Here
Costume Design

Jakou barvu má láska
Costume Design

Tři nevinní
Costume Design

Joachim, Put It in the Machine
Costume Design

Pavlínka
Costume Design
Vodník a Zuzana
1974
Vodník a Zuzana
Costume Design

Robinson Girl
Costume Design

Legenda, the Robber
Costume Design

Love
Costume Design

Three Wishes for Cinderella
Costume Design

Three Men Travelling
Costume Design

Death Chooses
Costume Design
Čertova stěna
1973
Čertova stěna
Costume Designer

The Girl on the Broomstick
Makeup Designer, Costume Design

Vím, že jsi vrah...
Costume Design

Touha Sherlocka Holmese
Costume Design

About Show-White
Costume Design

Six Bears and a Clown
Costume Design

We, the Lost Girls
Costume Design

Vlak do stanice Nebe
Costume Design

You Are a Widow, Sir
Costume Design

Luk královny Dorotky
Costume Design

Hry lásky šálivé
Costume Design

Four Murders Are Enough, Darling
Costume Design

A Case for a Rookie Hangman
Costume Design

I Killed Einstein, Gentlemen
Costume Design

Adelheid
Costume Design

Prague Nights
Costume Design

The Valley of the Bees
Costume Design

Lanfieri Colony
Costume Design

Poklad byzantského kupce
Costume Design

Marketa Lazarová
Art Designer, Costume Design

Happy End
Costume Design

Bubny
Costume Design

Tarzanova smrt
Costume Design

Blbec z Xeenemünde
Costume Design

The Devil's Trap
Costume Design

The White Dove
Art Designer, Costume Design



