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- Died
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- Mirek
- Miroslav Ondříček was born on November 4, 1934 in Prague, Czechoslovakia [now Czech Republic]. He was a cinematographer, known for Amadeus (1984), If.... (1968) and Hair (1979). He was married to Eva. He died on March 28, 2015 in Prague, Czech Republic.
- SpouseEva(19?? - 2014) (her death, 1 child)
- Children
- He shot 7 feature films and 2 documentaries for director Miloš Forman, more than any other cinematographer.
- Member of the American Society of Cinematographers (ASC) and the Association of Czech Cinematographers (Asociace Ceských Kameramanu - ACK).
- In Milan Kundera's short story "La pomme d'or de l'éternel désir" (in the collection "Risibles amours"), Martin, the narrator's womanizing friend, introduces himself as Miloš Forman to a naive country girl, that he tries to pick up, and claims that the narrator is Forman's regular cinematographer Miroslav Ondříček [Folio edition, 1987, pg. 75].
- Studied filmmaking at the Barrandov Studio Training School.
- He shot 4 feature films for director Penny Marshall, more than any other cinematographer, including her 'Best Picture' Academy Award nominee Awakenings (1990).
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