Goran Trbuljak (born 21 April 1948 in

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n cinematographer, photographer and conceptual artist. Trbuljak had first studied at the graphic arts department of the Zagreb Academy of Fine Arts, where he graduated from in 1972. After spending two years of apprenticeship at the ''

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, he returned to Croatia and enrolled at the Zagreb Academy of Drama Arts and studied cinematography until he graduated in 1980. His filmmaking career started in 1980 with

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's film ''Lost Homeland'' (''Izgubljeni zavičaj''), after which he went on to shoot some 25

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s, as well as a number of television films and series. Trbuljak worked with many prominent Croatian directors, such as

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, Zoran Tadić, Davor Žmegač, and others. He is also a five-time winner of the

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award at the

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, the national film awards festival. Trbuljak also worked as a graphic designer for a number of notable magazines, such as ''Film'', ''Polet'' and ''Gordogan'', and wrote articles about film, photography and arts for popular dailies and weeklies such as ''

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''. In addition, he has been teaching at the Zagreb Academy of Drama Arts since 1988. Trbuljak has also made significant contribution to Croatian conceptual art since early 70s, exhibiting highly intriguing works that bend the boundaries between written word, theory, painting and photography.

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