Mirko Pivčević (born 8 August 1975) is a Croatian cinematographer. Pivčević's career began in the late 1990s, with a string of short documentary films and music videos. His first feature film was ''Alone'' (''Sami'', 2001), which won him his first Golden Arena for Best Cinematography award at the 2001 Pula Film Festival, the Croatian national film awards festival. His next feature film was ''

A Wonderful Night in Split ''A Wonderful Night in Split'' ( hr, Ta divna splitska noć) is a 2004 Croatian drama film directed by Arsen Anton Ostojić and starring Dino Dvornik, Marija Škaričić, Coolio, and Mladen Vulić. Synopsis The film is set over the course of ...

'', a 2004 black-and-white film directed by

Arsen Anton Ostojić Arsen Anton Ostojić (born 29 July 1965) is a Croatian film director and screenwriter. He won the Golden Arena for Best Director at the 2008 Pula Film Festival, and was nominated for the European Discovery of the Year award at the 2004 Europe ...

, which earned him his second Golden Arena and a nomination for the Golden Frog Award at the Camerimage cinematography film festival. Pivčević graduated from the

Zagreb Academy of Drama Arts The Academy of Dramatic Art ( hr, Akademija dramske umjetnosti or ADU) is a Croatian drama school. Since its inception in 1896, the institution grew in prominence resulting in its successful affiliation with the University of Zagreb in 1979, along ...

in 2007, submitting ''A Wonderful Night in Split'' as his graduation work, and that same year he won his third Golden Arena for the World War II film ''The Living and the Dead'' (''Živi i mrtvi''). His next project was

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's drama film ''Donkey'' (''Kenjac'') which earned him his fourth Golden Arena in 2009.

Selected filmography

*''

Alone ALONE is a charity organization in Ireland which was set-up to highlight the issues facing older people living alone. Founded in 1977 by Willie Bermingham, the charity seeks to help elderly people living on their own who may feel isolated and lone ...

'' (''Sami'', 2001) *''

'' (''Ta divna splitska noć'', 2004) *'' The Living and the Dead'' (''Živi i mrtvi'', 2007) *''

Donkey The domestic donkey is a hoofed mammal in the family Equidae, the same family as the horse. It derives from the African wild ass, ''Equus africanus'', and may be classified either as a subspecies thereof, ''Equus africanus asinus'', or as a ...

'' (''Kenjac'', 2009) *'' Josef'' (2011) *'' The Priest's Children'' (''Svećenikova djeca'', 2013) *'' Number 55'' (''Broj 55'', 2014)

References

External links

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Mirko Pivčević biography
at hrfilm.hr {{DEFAULTSORT:Pivcevic, Mirko 1975 births Living people Film people from Split, Croatia Croatian cinematographers Golden Arena winners Academy of Dramatic Art, University of Zagreb alumni