Miroslav Ondricek, a prolific Czech cinematographer whose career stretched from the Czech New Wave of the 1960s to A League of Their Own, has died. He was 80.
His son, David, announced his father’s death on Czech television, reports Variety. However, he did not announce a cause of death.
Ondricek’s career includes 40 credits, and he often worked with two-time Oscar-winning director Milos Forman. Their relationship went back to the trailblazing days of the Czech New Wave, including The Loves Of A Blonde and The Fireman’s Ball.
When Forman moved to Hollywood, Ondriceck was there to photograph his films. While he wasn’t the cinematographer on One Flew Over The Cuckoo’s Nest, he was there for Hair, Ragtime and the 1984 Best Picture winner Amadeus. His work on Ragtime and Amadeus was nominated for Oscars.
He started working with English-language filmmakers in the late ‘60s, working with director Lindsay Anderson on the acclaimed if.... The two later worked together again on O Lucky Man!.
In the ‘90s, Ondricek began an unlikely partnership with director Penny Marshall, lensing both 1990’s Awakenings and the 1992 hit A League of Their Own. They also worked together on 2001’s Riding in Cars with Boys with Drew Barrymore.
According to Deadline, while he never won an Oscar, he did win a BAFTA for Amadeus and received the American Society of Cinematographers’ International Achievement Award in 2004.
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