Radislav Jovanov (born 9 August 1964), also known as Gonzo, is a

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music video A music video is a video of variable duration, that integrates a music song or a music album with imagery that is produced for promotion (marketing), promotional or musical artistic purposes. Modern music videos are primarily made and used as a m ...

director and

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. Jovanov was born in

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. After graduating from high school, he worked for several years as a photographer for ''Polet'', a popular student newspaper, and then as a

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at the Radiotelevision Zagreb, working on a number of documentaries, TV films and TV series. At the same time, Jovanov studied cinematography at the

Academy of Dramatic Art, University of Zagreb 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 ...

. Jovanov's first music video was award-winning "Leteći odred" for

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in 1988. After he left his television job in 1993, he became a professional music video director. He has directed more than 350 music videos for various Croatian pop and rock artists such as

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, Severina,

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, E.N.I., Hladno pivo,

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, Gibonni,

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and Colonia. Most of his videos are

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by his wife Anita. Jovanov is a ten-time winner of Porin Award for the Best Video: "Starfucker" for

(1996), "Mene ne zanima" for

(1997), "Apokalipso" for

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(1998), "Ay Mi Cuba" for

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(2001), "Ero s onoga svijeta" for

(2006), "Dijete u vremenu" for Let 3 (2007), "Smak svita" for

(2008), "Donna" for Psihomodo Pop (2014), "Bejbi" for Psihomodo Pop (2015), and "Ima ih" for Rundek Cargo Trio (2016). Apart from his music video work, Jovanov directed ''Cubismo turismo'' (2000), a documentary about

, a Croatian

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band, and worked as a cinematographer on two feature films, ''Spare Parts'' by

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(2003) and ''Life Is a Trumpet'' by

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(2015).

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