Miroslav Ondricek


Director Of Photography

About

Also Known As
Mirek Ondricek
Born
November 04, 1934
Died
March 28, 2015

Biography

Cinematographer who began his career with the emergence of the Czech New Wave in the early 1960s. Ondricek made his professional debut with Milos Forman's 1962 feature, "Talent Competition," beginning an association with the director which has lasted for over 25 years. Ondricek has also worked with countrymen Jan Nemec and Ivan Passer and shot three films for Lindsay Anderson, including ...

Biography

Cinematographer who began his career with the emergence of the Czech New Wave in the early 1960s. Ondricek made his professional debut with Milos Forman's 1962 feature, "Talent Competition," beginning an association with the director which has lasted for over 25 years. Ondricek has also worked with countrymen Jan Nemec and Ivan Passer and shot three films for Lindsay Anderson, including his landmark feature, "If" (1968). He left Czechoslovakia with Forman to make "Taking Off" (1971) and has worked regularly in the US since then, winning acclaim for his richly textured work on Forman's "Ragtime" (1981) and "Valmont" (1989).

Life Events

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League Of Their Own, A (1992) -- (Movie Clip) Don't Swing At That Pitch Joining director Penny Marhsall’s opening, the mature Dottie Hinson, at a reunion, after documentary footage, recalls herself (Geena Davis) and sister Kit (Lori Petty) playing softball in Willamette, Oregon, observed at some distance by Jon Lovitz, a professional scout, in A League Of Their Own, 1992.
League Of Their Own, A (1992) -- (Movie Clip) She's Got An Eye Like DiMaggio Capadino (Jon Lovitz), scouting for the wartime Girls Professional Baseball League, is nonplussed when sisters Dottie (Geena Davis) and Kit (Lori Petty) catch up with his train, before they visit Colorado, meeting Marla (Megan Cavanagh) and her dad (Eddie Jones), in A League Of Their Own, 1992.
League Of Their Own, A (1992) -- (Movie Clip) Great To Meet You Before the first game for the Rockford Peaches, their manager, washed-up major league power hitter Jimmy Dugan (Tom Hanks) makes a crude entrance, Madonna, Rosie O’Donnell, Geena Davis, Lori Petty, among the players, in director Penny Marshall’s A League Of Their Own, 1992.
League Of Their Own, A (1992) -- (Movie Clip) Somebody's Gotta Run The Team After Mae (Madonna) hits a triple, de facto manager Dottie (Geena Davis) gives a signal to the next batter, power hitter Marla (Megan Cavanagh), before their drunken manager Jimmy (Tom Hanks) finally shows some interest, in director Penny Marshall’s A League Of Their Own, 1992.
Amadeus (1984) -- (Movie Clip) Proper German Virtues In his first meeting with the Holy Roman Emperor Joseph (Jeffrey Jones) and court composer Salieri (F. Murray Abraham), Mozart (Tom Hulce) pitches an opera, then shreds the welcoming tune Salieri wrote for him, in Milos Forman's Amadeus, 1984.
Amadeus (1984) -- (Movie Clip) Open, I Confess! Director Milos Forman's chilling opening, two servants (Vincent Schiavelli, Brian Pettifer) panic upon finding their master, the composer Salieri (F. Murray Abraham), in extremis, in Amadeus, 1984, from Peter Shaffer's play and screenplay.
Amadeus (1984) -- (Movie Clip) You're A Fiend! Composer Salieri (F. Murray Abraham), hiding after being caught indulging his sweet tooth, does not at first realize that the cad (Tom Hulce) pursuing Constanze (Elizabeth Berridge) is his new rival composer Mozart, during an occasion at court in Vienna, in Milos Forman's Amadeus, 1984.
Hair (1979) -- (Movie Clip) Age Of Aquarius Claude (John Savage) arriving on the bus from Oklahoma, Berger (Treat Williams) and friends (Don Dacus, Annie Golden, Dorsey Wright) burning draft cards in Central Park, Ren Woods' terrific vocal for the hit song, Twyla Tharp dancers, opening Milos Forman's production of Hair, 1979.
Hair (1979) -- (Movie Clip) I Got Life Berger (Treat Williams, singing dubbed) speaks for his wedding-crashing gang, noting draftee pal Claude (John Savage) and bride Sheila (Beverly D'Angelo), before launching I Got Life by MacDermot, Ragni and Rado, in Milos Forman's version of the Broadway hit Hair, 1979.

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