Rajko Grlić
Rajko Grlić | |
|---|---|
 Grlić at the Nije kraj premiere in May 2008. | |
| Born | 2 September 1947 |
| Years active | 1974 – present |
| Parents | |
| Awards | Cannes Palme d'Or Nominated 1978 Bravo Maestro Golden Arena for Best Director 1984 In the Jaws of Life Tokyo Grand Prix 1989 That Summer of White Roses San Sebastián Golden Shell Nominated 2006 Karaula |
Rajko Grlić (born 2 September 1947) is a Croatian film director, producer and screenwriter. He is a professor of film theory at Ohio University and artistic director of the Motovun Film Festival in Motovun, Croatia.[1]
Biography
[edit]Rajko Grlić was born in 1947 in Zagreb, SR Croatia, FPR Yugoslavia. His father was Danko Grlić, famous Croatian philosopher. Grlić's (Gerlich) family by father's side came to Zagreb from Schwarzwald, Germany in the 19th century, while his mother Eva (née Izrael) is from Jewish family of Sarajevo.[2][3]
He graduated from the Film Faculty of the Academy of Performing Arts in Prague (FAMU)[4] at the same time as Emir Kusturica, a Bosnian film director. During the Croatian war of independence Grlić moved to the USA.
In 2017, Grlić signed the Declaration on the Common Language of the Croats, Serbs, Bosniaks and Montenegrins.[5]
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Filmography
[edit]As director
[edit]- Whichever Way the Ball Bounces (Kud puklo da puklo, 1974)
- Bravo Maestro (Bravo maestro, 1978)
- The Melody Haunts My Memory (Samo jednom se ljubi, 1981)
- In the Jaws of Life (U raljama života, 1984)
- Three for Happiness (Za sreću je potrebno troje, 1985)
- That Summer of White Roses (Đavolji raj, 1989)
- Charuga (Čaruga, 1991)
- Josephine (2002)
- The Border Post (Karaula, 2006)
- Just Between Us (Neka ostane među nama, 2010)
- The Constitution (Ustav Republike Hrvatske, 2016)
As producer
[edit]- Whichever Way the Ball Bounces (Kud puklo da puklo, 1974)
- In the Jaws of Life (U raljama života, 1984)
- Three for Happiness (Za sreću je potrebno troje, 1985)
- That Summer of White Roses (Đavolji raj, 1989)
- Čaruga (1991)
- Who Wants to be a President (2001)
- Happy Kid (Sretno dijete) (2004)
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ ":: School of Film @ Ohio University – Rajko Grlic ::". finearts.ohio.edu. Archived from the original on 2 September 2006.
- ^ Šuvar, Mira (6 July 2008). "U Beograd rado dolazim" (in Serbian). Blic. Retrieved 18 January 2013.
- ^ "Rajko Grlić: Pizdarija je kad danas vele da se nije smjelo slaviti Božić" (in Serbian). Buka. 16 August 2015. Retrieved 16 August 2015.
- ^ "Rajko Grlic". Archived from the original on 30 December 2008. Retrieved 28 July 2009.
- ^ Derk, Denis (28 March 2017). "Donosi se Deklaracija o zajedničkom jeziku Hrvata, Srba, Bošnjaka i Crnogoraca" [A Declaration on the Common Language of Croats, Serbs, Bosniaks and Montenegrins is About to Appear]. Večernji list (in Serbo-Croatian). Zagreb. pp. 6–7. ISSN 0350-5006. Archived from the original on 20 September 2017. Retrieved 5 June 2019.
External links
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- 1947 births
- Living people
- Film people from Zagreb
- Croatian atheists
- Croatian film directors
- Croatian screenwriters
- Vladimir Nazor Award winners
- Academy of Performing Arts in Prague alumni
- Golden Arena for Best Director winners
- Yugoslav film directors
- Croatian male film actors
- Croatian emigrants to the United States
- Signatories of the Declaration on the Common Language
- Golden Arena winners
- Croatian Jews