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Miroslav Ondříček

Czech cinematographer

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Miroslav Ondříček (4 November 1934 – 28 March 2015) was a Czech cinematographer. He worked on over 40 films, including Amadeus, Ragtime and If.....

Miroslav Ondříček was born in Prague, Czechoslovakia (now the Czech Republic). He studied filmmaking at the Barrandov Studio Training School and began making movies during the Czech New Wave. His first feature film work was on Miloš Forman's Talent Competition. He continued his long working relationship with Forman in the US on such films as Hair (1979), Ragtime (1981) and Amadeus (1984). He also collaborated with the British film director Lindsay Anderson on three films: the short The White Bus (1967), If.... (1968) and O Lucky Man! (1973).

He is the father of the film director David Ondříček, and was a member of the board of the Film School in Pisek.

Ondříček died in Prague at the age of 80.

Riding in Cars with Boys (2001)

The World According to Garp (1982)

Nominated – 1984 Best Achievement in Cinematography for Amadeus

Nominated – 1981 Best Achievement in Cinematography for Ragtime

Won – 1984 Best Cinematography for Amadeus

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