Fadil Hadžić | |
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| Born | (1922-04-23)23 April 1922 Bileća,Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes |
| Died | 3 January 2011(2011-01-03) (aged 88) Zagreb,Croatia |
| Occupation | Playwright, screenwriter, film director |
| Language | Serbo-Croatian |
| Period | 1952–2008 |
Fadil Hadžić (23 April 1922 – 3 January 2011) was aCroatian andYugoslavfilm director,screenwriter, playwright and journalist, mainly known for his comedy films and plays. He was born inBileća inBosnia and Herzegovina, but mainly lived and worked inZagreb, with the Croatian and wider Yugoslav productions.
Born inBileća inHerzegovina, in what was thenYugoslavia,[1] he went to study painting at theAcademy of Fine Arts,University of Zagreb. He then worked on editing several popular magazines (Kerempuh,Vjesnik u srijedu, Telegram). He was also one of the founders of the prominent theatresKerempuh (then called Jazavac) andKomedija inZagreb, and also worked as theintendant at theZagreb's Croatian National Theatre.[2]
He had his screenwriting debut in 1952 with the animated filmThe Haunted Castle at Dudinci (Croatian:Začarani dvorac u Dudincima), directed byDušan Vukotić. In 1961, Hadžić had his directorial debut withAlphabet of Fear (Abeceda straha). He was a prolific and versatile filmmaker throughout the1960s and his filmOfficial Position (Službeni položaj) won theBig Golden Arena for Best Film at the 1964Pula Film Festival.[1] In the1970s and1980s his output was lower, but in spite of this he won theGolden Arena for Best Director for his 1979 filmJournalist (Novinar).[3]
Hadžić also wrote and directed the 1972 film,The Deer Hunt (Lov na jelene), starringBoris Dvornik andSilvana Armenulić, a subversivethriller-drama about anémigré suspected ofUstasha activity, which was timely and popular because of its relation to theCroatian Spring.[4]
In the early 1980s, he effectively stopped making films, and turned to playwriting. In this period he wrote more than 57 popular plays and had 14 solo exhibitions of his paintings.[5] In the early2000s, he became active in film again, directing a couple of film adaptations of his comedy plays in 2003 and 2005, followed by the war dramaRemember Vukovar (Zapamtite Vukovar) in 2008. He died in Zagreb.[6]
[...] na izmaku Hrvatskog proljeća potpisao je triler-dramu "Lov na jelene" o emigrantu koga sumnjiče za ustaštvo, koja će dospjeti na "crnu listu" nakon što je u zagrebačkim kinima skupila preko sto tisuća gledatelja, s razlogom, jer je bila najsubverzivnije ostvarenje toga razdoblja [...]
