Director

David Ondříček

Directing

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Directed movies: 6Directed series: 2All crew credits: 11

TMDB ID: 1081564

IMDb ID: nm0648576

Known for: Directing

Born: June 23, 1969

Age: 56

Place of birth: Prague, Czechoslovakia

Gender: Male

Adult content flag: No

Career span: 1972 - 2022

Years active: 51

Average TMDB rating: 6.75

Wikidata: Q3018560

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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.

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