Director screenwriter and producer one of the most distinctive postrevolution Czech directors He debuted with the film Whisper Šeptej 1996 followed by Loners Samotá?i 2000 which was produced by his own company Lucky Man Films Next came the comedy One Hand Cant Clap Jedna ruka netleská 2003 and the film Grandhotel 2006 which premiered at the Berlinale film festival His film In the Shadow Ve stínu 2012 took all of the main awards at the Czech Film Critics Awards and at the annual Czech Lion Awards and was the Czech Republics nominee for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film In 2013 David Ond?í?ek received Variety magazines 10 Directors to Watch award which recognizes the most noteworthy directors of the previous year His recent film Zátopek 2021 was also selected as Czech Republic entry for the Oscars 2022