Person
David Ondříček
Directing · Born 1969-06-23 · Prague, Czechoslovakia
Biography
Director, screenwriter and producer, one of the most distinctive post-revolution Czech directors. He debuted with the film Whisper (Šeptej, 1996) followed by Loners (Samotáři, 2000), which was produced by his own company Lucky Man Films. Next came the comedy One Hand Can't Clap (Jedna ruka netleská, 2003) and the film Grandhotel (2006), which premiered at the Berlinale film festival. His film In the Shadow (Ve stínu, 2012) took all of the main awards at the Czech Film Critics’ Awards and at the annual Czech Lion Awards, and was the Czech Republic’s nominee for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film. In 2013, David Ondříček received Variety magazine’s 10 Directors to Watch award, which recognizes the most noteworthy directors of the previous year. His recent film Zátopek (2021) was also selected as Czech Republic entry for the Oscars 2022.
Known for
Bakaláři
1972
Anthropoid
Executive Producer
King of Shumava: Phantom of the Dark Region
Director
Dukla 61
Director
Loners
Director
Whisper
1996
One Hand Can't Clap
Director
In the Shadow
Producer
Lost in Munich
Producer
Zátopek
Director
Filmography
- 2022King of Shumava: Phantom of the Dark RegionDirector
- 2021ZátopekDirector
- 2018Dukla 61Director
- 2016AnthropoidExecutive Producer
- 2016ZátopekScreenplay
- 2015Lost in MunichProducer
- 2012In the ShadowProducer
- 2006GrandhotelDirector
- 2003One Hand Can't ClapDirector
- 2000LonersDirector
- 1996Whisper
- 1981The HitSchoolboy
- 1978A Story of Love and Honor
- 1972Bakaláři
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