David Ondříček Explained

David Ondříček
Birth Date:23 June 1969
Birth Place:Prague, Czechoslovakia
Occupation:Film director, screenwriter
Yearsactive:1996–present
Spouse:Martha Issová

David Ondříček (born 23 June 1969)[1] is a Czech film director, screenwriter and producer. In 2021, he won the Best Director Czech Lion Award for Zátopek.[2] His 2012 film In the Shadow won nine Czech Lion Awards.

Ondříček is the son of the late Czech cinematographer Miroslav Ondříček. He attended the Film and TV School of the Academy of Performing Arts in Prague from 1987 to 1992. In 1999, Ondříček founded Lucky Man Films, a film production company.

Ondříček has two daughters (born 2012 and 2018) by fiancé Martha Issová.

Selected filmography

Film
YearTitleRoleNotes
2021Zátopekdirector[3]
2018Dukla 61
2012In the Shadow
2006Grandhotel
2003One Hand Can't Clap
2000Samotáři
1996Šeptejthis was Ondříček's debut film

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: David Ondříček: Kariéra, osobní život . David Ondříček: Career, personal life . 7 May 2023 . eXtra.cz . cs.
  2. Chapman . Wilson . 5 March 2022 . David Ondříček’s ‘Zátopek’ Leads 2022 Czech Lion Awards With Eight Wins . . 7 May 2023.
  3. Lodge . Guy . 25 August 2021 . ‘Zátopek’ Review: A Legendary Czech Olympian Gets an Appealingly Low-Key Biopic . . Film review . 7 May 2023.