Miroslav Ondříček was born in Prague, Czechoslovakia (now Prague, Czech Republic). He studied filmmaking at the Barrandov Studio Training School and began making movies during the Czech New Wave. His first feature film work was on Miloš Forman's "Talent Competition". He continued his long working relationship with Forman in the US on such films as "Hair", "Ragtime" and "Amadeus".
Czechoslovakia is now the Czech Republic