Fadil Hadžić
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Born | Bileća, Bosnia and Herzegovina |
23 April 1922
Died | Script error: The function "death_date_and_age" does not exist. Zagreb, Croatia |
Occupation | Playwright, screenwriter, film director |
Language | Bosnian language |
Period | 1952–2008 |
Fadil Hadžić (23 April 1922 – 3 January 2011) was a Bosnian-Croatian film director, screenwriter, playwright and journalist, mainly known for his comedy films and plays. He was of Bosnian origin,[1] but mainly lived and worked in Croatia, and was well known in the former Yugoslavia.
Biography
Hadžić was born in Bileća in Bosnia and Herzegovina. He studied painting at the Academy of Fine Arts Zagreb and then went on to edit several popular magazines (Kerempuh, Vjesnik u srijedu, Telegram). He was also one of the founders of the prominent theatres Kerempuh (then called Jazavac) and Komedija in Zagreb, and also worked as the intendant at the Croatian National Theatre in Zagreb.[2]
He had his screenwriting debut in 1952 with the animated film The Haunted Castle at Dudinci (Croatian: Začarani dvorac u Dudincima), directed by Dušan Vukotić. In 1961 Hadžić had his directorial debut with Alphabet of Fear (Abeceda straha). He was a prolific and versatile filmmaker throughout the 1960s and his film Official Position (Službeni položaj) won the Big Golden Arena for Best Film at the 1964 Pula Film Festival. In the 1970s and 1980s his output was lower, but in spite of this he won the Golden Arena for Best Director for his 1979 film Journalist (Novinar).
Hadžić also wrote and directed the 1972 film, Lov na jelene, starring Boris Dvornik and the famous Bosnian singer Silvana Armenulić, a subversive thriller-drama about an emigrant suspected of Ustaša activity, which was timely and popular because of its relation to the Croatian Spring.[3]
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.[4] In the early 2000s he became active in film again, directing a couple of film adaptations of his comedy plays in 2003 and 2005, followed by the war drama Remember Vukovar (Zapamtite Vukovar) in 2008. He died in Zagreb.
References
- Notes
- ↑ Subversive Film Festival.
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Further reading
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External links
- Fadil Hadžić at the Internet Movie Database
- Fadil Hadžić biography at Film.hr (Croatian)
- http://www.jutarnji.hr/kerempuh--preminuo-hrvatski-komediograf-fadil-hadzic/915265/ (Croatian)
- Articles containing Croatian-language text
- Articles with Croatian-language external links
- 1922 births
- 2011 deaths
- People from Bileća
- Golden Arena for Best Director winners
- Vladimir Nazor Award winners
- Academy of Fine Arts, University of Zagreb alumni
- Yugoslav film directors
- Croatian film directors
- Croatian screenwriters
- Croatian satirists
- Croatian dramatists and playwrights
- 20th-century dramatists and playwrights