Igor Pretnar (3 April 1924 – 8 April 1977) was a
Slovenia
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n film director.
Pretnar won the
Golden Arena for Best Director
The Golden Arena for Best Director ''( Croatian: Zlatna arena za režiju'') is an award given for best director at the Pula Film Festival, which was until 1992 the Yugoslav equivalent of the Academy Awards. Since 1992 and the breakup of Yugosl ...
for his film ''Wild Growth'' (''Samorastniki'', 1963) at the 1963
Pula Film Festival
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.
His 1976 film ''
Idealist
In philosophy, the term idealism identifies and describes metaphysical perspectives which assert that reality is indistinguishable and inseparable from perception and understanding; that reality is a mental construct closely connected to id ...
'' was entered into the
10th Moscow International Film Festival
The 10th Moscow International Film Festival was held 7-21 July 1977. The Golden Prizes were awarded to the Hungarian film ''The Fifth Seal'' directed by Zoltán Fábri, the Spanish film '' El puente'' directed by Juan Antonio Bardem and the Sovie ...
.
Selected filmography
*''Five Minutes of Paradise'' (''Pet minuta raja'', 1959)
*''Wild Growth'' (''Samorastniki'', 1963)
*''
Idealist
In philosophy, the term idealism identifies and describes metaphysical perspectives which assert that reality is indistinguishable and inseparable from perception and understanding; that reality is a mental construct closely connected to id ...
'' (1976)
References
External links
*
Igor Pretnarat the Slovenian Film Fund website
Slovenian film directors
1924 births
1977 deaths
Film people from Ljubljana
Prešeren Award laureates
Golden Arena for Best Director winners
Yugoslav film directors
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