Fadil Hadžić
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Born | Bileća, Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes | 23 April 1922
Died | 3 January 2011 Zagreb, Croatia | (aged 88)
Occupation | Playwright, screenwriter, film director |
Language | Serbo-Croatian |
Period | 1952–2008 |
Fadil Hadžić (23 April 1922 – 3 January 2011) was a Croatian and Yugoslav film director, screenwriter, playwright and journalist, mainly known for his comedy films and plays. He was born in Bileća in Bosnia and Herzegovina, but mainly lived and worked in Zagreb, with the Croatian and wider Yugoslav productions.
Biography
Born in
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.[1] 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).[3]
Hadžić also wrote and directed the 1972 film,
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 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.[6]
References
- Notes
- ^ a b Subversive Film Festival.
- ^ "FILM.HR ::: Fadil Hadžić" (in Croatian). Film.hr. Archived from the original on 8 January 2011. Retrieved 18 May 2010.
- ^ "Novinar". hrfilm.hr (in Croatian). Croatian Film Association. Retrieved 1 August 2016.
- ^ Nenad Polimac (2011-01-05). "Portret autora/Fadil Hadžić: Bosanac koji je obilježio kulturni život Zagreba 20. stoljeća" (in Croatian). Archived from the original on 2011-01-08. Retrieved 2012-11-19.
[...] 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 [...]
- ^ Polimac, Nenad (16 October 2002). "Fadil Hadžić - zanemareni filmski klasik" [Fadil Hadžić - neglected film classic] (in Croatian). Nacional. Archived from the original on 6 April 2012. Retrieved 18 May 2010.
- ^ "Jutarnji list - Umro proslavljeni komediograf Fadil Hadžić". www.jutarnji.hr (in Croatian). 3 January 2011. Retrieved 23 August 2021.
- Other sources
- "Druga strana medalje, Fadil Hadžić, 1965" (in Croatian). Subversive Film Festival. Archived from the original on 23 September 2015. Retrieved 25 March 2015.
Further reading
- Pavičić, Jurica (June 2003). "Igrani filmovi Fadila Hadžića" (PDF). Hrvatski filmski ljetopis (in Croatian) (34): 3–38. Retrieved 12 November 2014.
- Radić, Damir (17 October 2002). "Portret redatelja: Fadil Hadžić". Vijenac (in Croatian) (225). Retrieved 11 July 2015.
External links
- Fadil Hadžić at IMDb
- Fadil Hadžić biography at Film.hr (in Croatian)
- http://www.jutarnji.hr/kerempuh--preminuo-hrvatski-komediograf-fadil-hadzic/915265/ Archived 2016-03-03 at the Wayback Machine (in Croatian)