Franci Slak

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Franci Slak
Born	(1953-02-01)1 February 1953 Krško, Slovenia
Died	27 October 2007(2007-10-27) (aged 54) Ljubljana, Slovenia
Occupation(s)	Film director Film producer Screenwriter Lecturer Politician
Years active	1981-2007

Franci Slak (1 February 1953 – 27 October 2007) was a Slovenian

Early life

Slak, alongside his family, moved to the coastal town of

, where he finished his studies as a Master of Filmmaking in 1978. He became a regular lecturer at his Ljubljana alma mater in 1980 and stayed employed there until his death.

He received the

Prešeren Fund Award

to his name in 1988.

He was the president of the Board of programming of Active Slovenia. As a candidate of the party, he bid unsuccessfully for the position of the Mayor of Ljubljana.

He died after a severe illness in 2007. Right before his death, he filmed a low-budget autobiographical film called "Kakor v nebesih, tako na zemlji" (On Earth as it is in Heaven), which aired publicly on

in December of that year.

Filmography

Directed

• Eva (1983)
• Butnskala (1985)
• Pesnikov portret z dvojnikom (2002)

Produced

• Outsider (1997)
• Slepa pega (2002)
• Tu pa tam (2004)

Directed and wrote the script of

• Hudodelci
  (1987)
• Krizno obdobje (1981)
• Kakor v nebesih, tako na zemlji (2007)

Directed, produced and wrote the script of

• Ko zaprem oči
  (1993)

References

External links

• Franci Slak at
  IMDb
• Aktivna Slovenija - Franci Slak bio (in Slovene)

Candidacy page (in Slovene)^{[permanent dead link]}

• Vič High - Franci Slak (in Slovene)
• eKumba AGRFT - Franci Slak (in Slovene)
• AGRFT - Franci Slak (in Slovene)