PRAGUE (AP) — Theodor Pištěk, a Czech costume and stage designer and painter who won an Academy Award for his work on the 1984 film “Amadeus,” has died. He was 93.
His death was announced on Thursday by the town of Mukařov, just east of Prague, where he lived and was confirmed by his family to the local CTK news agency. They said he died on Wednesday but gave no other details.
Pištěk’s costumes appeared in the films of director František Vláčil from the end of 1950s, including “Marketa Lazarová” and “The Valley of the Bees,” but his most famous work appears in the movies by late Czech-born director Milos Forman.
The two became friends during their mandatory military service in communist Czechoslovakia.
Forman ended up settling in the United States following the 1968 Soviet led invasion of Czechoslovakia, and while Pištěk remained in Czechoslovakia, they two nonetheless cooperated on films.
Pištěk won an Academy Award for best costume design in multiple-Oscar winner “Amadeus," which was filmed in Czechoslovakia.
As he accepted the award in 1985, he called it “the biggest and happiest day of my film career.”
Pištěk was also nominated for an Academy award for Forman's 1989 movie “Valmont.” He won the the French Cesar award for that film.
Pištěk and Forman also worked together on "The People vs. Larry Flynt.”
Pištěk was born on Oct 25, 1932, in Prague to parents who were both actors. He graduated from Prague’s Academy of Fine Arts in 1958. Until the middle of the 1970s, Pištěk was also involved in motor racing as a driver and cars became a subject of paintings he made that were displayed in the United States and elsewhere.
After the 1989 Velvet Revolution led by late Vaclav Havel that ousted the communist regime, Pištěk designed the uniforms for the guards at Prague Castle, the seat of presidency.
As president, Havel awarded him a state decoration in 2000.
FILE - Theodor Pistek, Czech costume and stage designer and painter in Prague, Oct. 18, 2022. Pistek, who won an Academy Award for his work on “Amadeus” has died. He was 93. (Katerina Sulova/CTK via AP, File)
WINNIPEG, Manitoba (AP) — Eric Comrie made 34 saves, Kyle Connor scored his team-leading 15th goal and the Winnipeg Jets beat the Buffalo Sabres 4-1 on Friday night to avenge a road loss to start the week.
Buffalo beat Winnipeg 5-1 at home on Monday night.
Cole Koepke added his first goal with the Jets to go along with an assist after signing in free agency over the summer. Tanner Pearson and Gabriel Vilardi, with an empty-netter, also scored.
Jason Zucker scored for Buffalo, and Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen stopped 19 shots. The Sabres played the second game of six-game trip that they opened with a 5-2 loss to Philadelphia on Wednesday night.
The Jets didn’t get their first shot on goal until 4:03 of the first period, but turned up the pressure quickly when Connor used his own rebound to beat Luukkonen at 4:24. It moved the winger out of a tie with Mark Scheifele for the team lead.
Zucker’s goal came during Buffalo’s second power play of the first when he put the puck past Comrie off his own rebound with 5:16 left in the first.
Pearson scored the go-ahead goal at 2:22 of the second on a breakaway. Koepke used a backhand to bury his goal with 1:18 left in the period.
Sabres: At Calgary on Monday night.
Jets: At Edmonton on Saturday night before returning home for four straight.
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Buffalo Sabres' Jason Zucker (17) celebrates after his goal against Winnipeg Jets goaltender Eric Comrie, bottom right, during first-period NHL hockey game action in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Friday, Dec. 5, 2025. (John Woods/The Canadian Press via AP)
Buffalo Sabres' Jason Zucker (17) celebrates his goal against Winnipeg Jets goaltender Eric Comrie (1) during first period NHL action in Winnipeg on Friday, Dec. 5, 2025. (John Woods/The Canadian Press via AP)
Winnipeg Jets' Dylan DeMelo (2) and Buffalo Sabres' Peyton Krebs (19) collide during first-period NHL hockey game action in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Friday, Dec. 5, 2025. (John Woods/The Canadian Press via AP)
Winnipeg Jets goaltender Eric Comrie (1) keeps his eye on the rebound as Buffalo Sabres' Josh Doan (91) tries to knock it in during first period NHL action in Winnipeg on Friday, Dec. 5, 2025. (John Woods/The Canadian Press via AP)
Winnipeg Jets' Logan Stanley (64) clears Buffalo Sabres' Peyton Krebs (19) from in front of goaltender Eric Comrie (1) during the second period of an NHL hockey game, in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Friday, Dec. 5, 2025. (John Woods/The Canadian Press via AP)
