Background
Miroslav Ondříček was born in Prague, Czechoslovakia (now Prague, Czechoslovakian Republic).
Miroslav Ondříček was born in Prague, Czechoslovakia (now Prague, Czechoslovakian Republic).
He studied filmmaking at the Barrandov Studio Training School and began making movies during the Czechoslovakian New Wave.
His first feature film work was on Miloš Forman"s Talent Competition. He continued his long working relationship with Forman in the United States on such films as Hair, Ragtime and Amadeus. Ondříček died in Prague at the age of 80.
He is the father of the film director David Ondříček, and was a member of the board of the Film School in Pisek.