- Oktavijan Miletić
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Oktavijan Miletić Born 1 October 1902
Zagreb, Austria-HungaryDied 17 August 1987 (aged 84)
Zagreb, SFR YugoslaviaOccupation Cinematographer, film director Years active 1932–1978 Oktavijan Miletić (October 1, 1902 – August 17, 1987) was a Croatian cinematographer and director. His avant-garde work in the period from 1928 to 1945 remains as one of the foundations of Croatian film.[1]
Miletić was one of the founders of the Zagreb film club in 1928.[2]
Miletić participated in an amateur film competition in Paris in 1933 with his Poslovi konzula Dorgena and received an award from Louis Lumière.[3] His 1937 film Šešir was the first Croatian movie filmed with sound.[3] In the Independent State of Croatia, Miletić filmed three cultural films for Germany's Tobis Film: Hrvatski kipari, Hrvatski seljački život and Agram, die Hauptstadt Kroatien.[4] While all three films were originally thought lost, Daniel Rafaelić discovered Hrvatski seljački život in a Vienna film archive in 2004 and in 2008 discovered Agram, die Hauptstadt Kroatien in a German film archive.[4]
In 1942 he filmed Barok u Hrvatskoj, about the life of count Janko Drašković.[5] In 1944 Miletić filmed the full-length feature Lisinski about the Croatian composer Vatroslav Lisinski.[6] He spent the waning months of the Second World War working to safekeep the films of the Croatian state institute Hrvatski slikopis.[6]
In 1967 he received the Vladimir Nazor Award for lifetime achievement in film arts.[7] The Oktavijan Award is awarded annually by the Croatian Association of Film Critics as part of the Days of Croatian Film.[8]
He was born in Zagreb, which is also where he died.
Filmography
- Most (1938)
- Barok u Hrvatskoj (1942)
- Agram, die Hauptstadt Kroatien (1943)
- Lisinski (1944)
References
- ^ Croatian Film Archive
- ^ A look at the current problems in the protection of audio-visual works
- ^ a b http://www.vjesnik.hr/pdf/2001%5C01%5C26%5C19A19.PDF
- ^ a b Miletić's film from '42 found, Jutarnji list
- ^ Phenom Lisinski
- ^ a b Oktavijan Miletić
- ^ Vladimir Nazor Award
- ^ 17th Days of Croatian Film
External links
- Oktavijan Miletić at the Internet Movie Database
- Oktavijan Miletić biography at Filmski-Programi.hr (Croatian)
Vladimir Nazor Award for Life Achievement in Film Oktavijan Miletić (1967) · Branko Marjanović (1970) · Fedor Hanžeković (1973) · Branko Blažina (1974) · Antun Nalis (1975) · Rudolf Sremec (1976) · Branko Majer (1977) · Obrad Gluščević (1978) · Branko Belan (1979) · Branko Bauer (1980) · Aleksandar Marks (1981) · Mate Relja (1982) · Krešo Golik (1983) · Fadil Hadžić (1984) · Nikola Tanhofer (1985) · Vatroslav Mimica (1986) · Ante Babaja (1987) · Tomislav Pinter (1988) · Frano Vodopivec (1989) · Antun Vrdoljak (1990) · Fabijan Šovagović (1991) · Zvonimir Berković (1992) · Radojka Tanhofer (1993) · Pavao Štalter (1994) · Željko Senečić (1995) · Mia Oremović (1996) · Tea Brunšmid (1997) · Boris Dvornik (1998) · Ante Peterlić (1999) · Duško Jeričević (2000) · Ernest Gregl (2001) · Borivoj Dovniković (2002) · Ilija Ivezić (2003) · Vladimir Tadej (2004) · Zoran Tadić (2005) · Krsto Papić (2006) · Arsen Dedić (2007) · Bogdan Žižić (2008) · Veljko Bulajić (2009) · Božidarka Frajt (2010)
Categories:- 1902 births
- 1987 deaths
- Croatian cinematographers
- Croatian film directors
- People from Zagreb
- Vladimir Nazor Award winners
- Short film directors
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