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Karel Cerný Biography

Birth Name:Karel Cerný

Birth Place:Plzen, Czechoslovakia

Profession Art director, Production designer, Set decorator

Fast Facts

Won a Czech Lion Award for his contributions to Czech cinematography in 2013
Started out as a production designer on the film "The Merry Duel" in 1951 and also worked as an art director on "The Pike in a Fish Pond" in the same year
Best known as an art director for "Amadeus" and as the art director and production designer for "The Firemen's Ball․"
In addition to "Amadeus," he worked with director Milos Forman on several of his early films, including "Black Peter" and "Loves of a Blonde․"