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Czech film director and screenwriter

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David Ondříček
David Ondříček (2007)
Born	(1969-06-23) 23 June 1969 (age 55) Prague, Czechoslovakia
Occupation(s)	Film director, screenwriter
Years active	1996–present
Spouse	Martha Issová

David Ondříček (born 23 June 1969) is a Czech film director, screenwriter and producer. In 2021, he won the Best Director Czech Lion Award for Zátopek. His 2012 film In the Shadow won nine Czech Lion Awards.

Ondříček is the son of the late Czech cinematographer Miroslav Ondříček. He attended the Film and TV School of the Academy of Performing Arts in Prague from 1987 to 1992. In 1999, Ondříček founded Lucky Man Films, a film production company.

Ondříček has two daughters (born 2012 and 2018) by fiancé Martha Issová.

Selected filmography

Film
Year	Title	Role	Notes
2021	Zátopek	director
2018	Dukla 61
2012	In the Shadow
2006	Grandhotel
2003	One Hand Can't Clap
2000	Samotáři
1996	Šeptej		this was Ondříček's debut film

^ "David Ondříček: Kariéra, osobní život" [David Ondříček: Career, personal life]. eXtra.cz (in Czech). Retrieved 7 May 2023.
Chapman, Wilson (5 March 2022). "David Ondříček's 'Zátopek' Leads 2022 Czech Lion Awards With Eight Wins". Variety. Retrieved 7 May 2023.
Lodge, Guy (25 August 2021). "'Zátopek' Review: A Legendary Czech Olympian Gets an Appealingly Low-Key Biopic". Variety (Film review). Retrieved 7 May 2023.

v t e Czech Lion for Best Director
Jan Hřebejk (1993) Milan Šteindler (1994) Martin Šulík (1995) Jan Svěrák (1996) Petr Zelenka (1997) Vladimír Michálek (1998) Saša Gedeon (1999) Jan Hřebejk (2000) Jan Svěrák (2001) Petr Zelenka (2002) Vladimír Morávek (2003) Jan Hřebejk (2004) Bohdan Sláma (2005) Jiří Menzel (2006) Jan Svěrák (2007) Petr Zelenka (2008) Marek Najbrt (2009) Radim Špaček (2010) Zdeněk Jiráský (2011) David Ondříček (2012) Agnieszka Holland (2013) Petr Václav (2014) Jan Prušinovský (2015) Julius Ševčík (2016) Bohdan Sláma (2017) Olmo Omerzu (2018) Václav Marhoul (2019) Agnieszka Holland (2020) David Ondříček (2021) Petr Václav (2022) Tomáš Pavlíček and Jan Vejnar (2023)