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Fadil Hadžić

Known For
Directing

Known Credits
1

Gender
Male

Birthday
April 23, 1922 (104 years old)

Place of Birth
Bileca, Bosnia and Hercegovina, Yugoslavia

Fadil Hadžić

Biography

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.

Born in Bileća in Herzegovina, in what was then Yugoslavia, he went to study painting at the Academy of Fine Arts, University of Zagreb. He then worked on editing several popular magazines (Kerempuh, Vjesnik u srijedu, Telegram). He was also one of the founders of the prominent theatres Kerempuh (then called Jazavac) and Komedija in Zagreb, and also worked as the intendant at the Zagreb's Croatian National Theatre.

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. 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).

Hadžić also wrote and directed the 1972 film, The Deer Hunt (Lov na jelene), starring Boris Dvornik and Silvana Armenulić, a subversive thriller-drama about an émigré suspected of Ustasha activity, which was timely and popular because of its relation to the Croatian Spring.

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. 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.

Known For

Writing

2008Remember Vukovar...Writer
2005First Class Thieves...Writer
2003The Insanity Doctor...Writer
1987Gentlemen and Comrades...Writer
1984The Ambassador...Writer
1979Journalist...Writer
1972The Deer Hunt...Writer
1970Passing Days...Writer
1969Wild Angels...Writer
1968Three Hours to Love...Writer
1968The Sarajevo Assassination...Writer
1967Protest...Writer
1966On the Mountain of Konjuh...Writer
1965Back of the Medal...Writer
1964Official Position...Writer
1963The Descent Upon Drvar...Writer
1962Did a Good Man Die?...Writer
1961The Alphabet of Fear...Writer
1952The Enchanted Castle at Dudinci...Writer
1951The Secret of I.B. Castle...Writer

Directing

2008Remember Vukovar...Director
2005First Class Thieves...Director
2003The Insanity Doctor...Director
1984The Ambassador...Director
1979Journalist...Director
1972The Deer Hunt...Director
1970Passing Days...Director
1969Wild Angels...Director
1968Three Hours to Love...Director
1968The Sarajevo Assassination...Director
1967Protest...Director
1966On the Mountain of Konjuh...Director
1965Back of the Medal...Director
1964Official Position...Director
1963The Descent Upon Drvar...Director
1962Did a Good Man Die?...Director
1961The Alphabet of Fear...Director
1957There, By the Dangerous River...Director

Acting

2003Pula Confidentialas Himself