| Josef Illík | |
| Birth Date: | 10 September 1919 |
| Birth Place: | Prague, Czechoslovakia |
| Death Place: | Prague, Czech Republic |
| Occupation: | Cinematographer, photographer |
| Yearsactive: | 1945–1981 |
Josef Illík (10 September 1919 – 21 January 2006) was a Czech cinematographer and photographer.[1]
Josef Illík studied photography in high school. His teachers were Ladislav Sutnar, Jaromír Funke and Josef Ehm. After the World War II he was a successful photographer, but also started working at Barrandov Studios as an assistant cinematographer. From 1952 to 1957 he was a cinematographer for army documentaries in Czechoslovak Army Film. Since 1958 he worked on feature films as a cinematographer. He frequently worked with directors Karel Kachyňa, Václav Krška and Václav Vorlíček.