Nedeljko Dragić (born 13 September 1936) is a

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n director, animator, cartoonist and illustrator. Since 1953 he has been a cartoonist and had exhibitions and published a book called ''Lexicon for Illiterate People'' in 1966. In 1960 he began working as a designer and animator at Zagreb Film, contributing to the works of N. Kostelac, I. Vrbanić, B. Dovniković and others. Since 1965 he has owned the rights to the movie ''Elegy'' and has become one of the most important representatives of the Zagreb School of Animation.

Career

His works rank among the most original among world animation. He is the creator of the award-winning films ''Tamer of Wild Horses'' (1966), ''Perhaps Diogenes'' (1968), ''The Days Are Going'' (1969), ''

Tup Tup ''Tup Tup'' is a 1972 Yugoslav animated short by Nedeljko Dragić at Zagreb Film animation studio, in cooperation with Corona Cinematografica in Italy. Plot A man is trying to go to sleep but a noise keeps him up. In the process of trying to sto ...

'' (1972), '' The Diary'' (1974), ''Put k susjedu'' (1982), ''Pictures of Memories'' (1989) and others, as well as a series of short films (''Per aspera ad astra'', ''Striptiz'', 1969), of which he was the scriptwriter, cartoonist and animator. He developed a distinctive visual style in which animation grows from the caricatures with pronounced symbolic elements, and linking art and poetic elements usually varies the theme of the absurdity of man's fate in modern civilization. His films have been awarded at international festivals in

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and elsewhere, and ''Tup Tup'' received an

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nomination in early 1973. He adapted several films by other authors (e.g., ''

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'', 1971, M. Blažeković, author of the

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series ''Dopey'' and book illustrator). Since the beginning of the 1990s he has lived and worked in

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. He was given the Vladimir Nazor Award for Lifetime Achievement in 2013.

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