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Director

Vanča Kljaković

20 Mar 1930Born
16 Sep 2010Died
80Age at death
21Credits

Biography

Vanca Kljakovic was born on 20 March 1930 in Split, Croatia, Yugoslavia. He was a director and writer, known for Hotelska soba (1975), Kljuc (1965) and Kuzis stari moj (1973). He was married to Vida Tucan and Zdenka Hersak. He died on 16 September 2010 in Croatia.

Kljaković graduated from classical high school in his native Split . He studied and graduated in acting at the Academy of Theater Arts in Belgrade , and then at the Academy of Dramatic Art in Zagreb, he studied and graduated in directing in the class of Dr. Branko Gavella.

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Kljaković appeared in Croatian theater and film life at the end of the 1950s , first as an actor and screenwriter and then, in the early 1960s , as a director at the then Zagreb Drama Theater (today GDK Gavella ). He was employed at the "Gavella" theater until 1970 , and then worked as a freelance artist. From 1996 until his retirement, he worked at the Croatian National Theater in Split : after that engagement, he became almost the "house director" of the Split City Youth Theater , where his wife, costume designer Vida Tućan , was one of his most loyal collaborators . For the past fifteen years, he has successfully collaborated with the City Puppet Theater in Split.

Vanča Kljaković made his debut as a film director in 1965 with the film Duga ulica , the first part of the Ključ omnibus . Then followed the films The Eleventh Commandment (1970), My Old Man's Home (1973) and Slow Motion (1979). In 1987, he directed the film Marjuča ili smrt , and a year later Buža , perhaps his most valuable film production based on the story and screenplay of the same name by Živko Jeličić .

Known for

Filmography

  1. 2000Ours and YoursSeries: Director (23 episodes)
  2. 1999I Wish I Were a SharkFilm: Domeniko
  3. 1997A Little Inscription of Marko Uvodic from SplitFilm: Director
  4. 1989The HoleFilm: Director
  5. 1988The Experiment of Professor HincicFilm: Director, Writer
  6. 1987Marjuca or DeathFilm: Writer, Director
  7. 1985SuiciderFilm: Director, Writer
  8. 1983The PianistFilm: Writer, Director
  9. 1982Unconquered CitySeries: Director (14 episodes)
  10. 1979Slow MotionFilm: Director
  11. 1979Devil's DueSeries: Director, Writer, Creator (2 episodes)
  12. 1977Either We Are or Aren'tFilm: Director
  13. 1976GiovanniFilm: Director
  14. 1974The Organ and the FiremenFilm: Director
  15. 1973Ya Know, MateFilm: Writer, Director
  16. 1970My Dear BenefactorsFilm: Director
  17. 1970The Eleventh CommandmentFilm: Director
  18. 1965The KeyFilm: Director, Writer
  19. 1962JusticeFilm
  20. 1959Mamula CampFilm: Italijanski oficir
  21. 1956The SiegeFilm: Mladen, partizanski komandir

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