Dušan Vukotić
Dušan Vukotić | |
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Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes | |
Died | 8 July 1998 | (aged 71)
Occupation(s) | Film director, screenwriter |
Years active | 1951–1995 |
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Dušan Vukotić (Serbian Cyrillic: Душан Вукотић; 7 February 1927 – 8 July 1998) was a Yugoslav and Croatian-Montenegrin cartoonist, author and director of animated films. He is the best known member of the Zagreb school of animated films.
Biography
Vukotić was born in
Career
In 1953, Vukotić became one of the founding members of Zagreb Film. He worked there for over four decades and directed cartoons such as Cow on the Moon.
He directed
After the 1960s, he rarely made short animated films, making three full-length movies - a fantasy tale for children, Sedmi kontinent ("The Seventh Continent", 1966), an action movie, Akcija Stadion ("Operation Stadium") about the resistance of
Personal life
He also taught film directing at the
After 1973, he was a member of the Montenegrin Academy of Sciences and Arts.
In 1994 he received Lifetime Achievement Award at the World Festival of Animated Film - Animafest Zagreb.[7]
At the time of his death, Vukotić was preparing a production of his new science fiction movie, co-written by the Croatian science fiction writer Aleksandar Žiljak.
Vukotić died in Krapinske Toplice near Zagreb at the age of 71.
References
- ^ САГА О ВУКОТИЋИМА: Како је црногорско чобанче постало славни командант са Мојковца|ИСКРА
- ^ 1962|Oscars.org
- ^ Short Film Winners: 1962 Oscars
- ^ "Cartoons Considered For An Academy Award – 1961 -". cartoonresearch.com.
- ^ "Cartoons Considered For the Academy Award – 1963 -". cartoonresearch.com.
- ^ "3rd Moscow International Film Festival (1963)". MIFF. Archived from the original on 2013-01-16. Retrieved 2012-11-25.
- ^ "Animafest 1994".
External links
- Dusan Vukotic at IMDb