Viktor Gjika (23 June 1937 – 3 March 2009) was an Albanian director, filmmaker and screenwriter. For his distinguished and remarkable contribution to the cinema, he was awarded the highest title as
People's Artist
People's Artist is an honorary title in the Soviet Union, Union republics, in some other Eastern bloc states (and communist states in general), as well as in a number of post-Soviet states, modeled after the title of the People's Artist of the U ...
in 1985.
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/ref> He graduated from VKIG Cinematographic Institute of Moscow in Russia. Together with a classmate, presenting their academic degree when graduated, they shot the short film ''Nobody Ever Dies'', based on Ernest Hemingway
Ernest Miller Hemingway (July 21, 1899 – July 2, 1961) was an American novelist, short-story writer, and journalist. His economical and understated style—which he termed the iceberg theory—had a strong influence on 20th-century f ...
's story of the same name, which was awarded the First Prize at the Worldwide Cinematographic Institutes Film Festival in the Netherlands in 1961. He created more than 15 movies and over 25 documentary films.
He was the general director of Shqiperia e Re National Film Studio in Tirana
Tirana ( , ; aln, Tirona) is the capital and largest city of Albania. It is located in the centre of the country, enclosed by mountains and hills with Dajti rising to the east and a slight valley to the northwest overlooking the Adriatic Sea ...
for almost 10 years in the 1980s, until 1991.
He was a member of several international film festival juries such as Giffoni Film Festival, Annecy Film Festival, and others.
Filmography
As film director
* (2004)
* (2002)
* (2000)
* (1997)
* (1997)
* (1995)
* (1988)
* (1985)
* (1983)
* ''The Second November
''The Second November'' ( sq, Nëntori i dytë) is a 1983 Albanian historical drama film directed by Viktor Gjika. The film is based on the true events leading to the independence of Albania
Albania ( ; sq, Shqipëri or ), or , also or ...
'' (1982)
* (1981)
* (1980)
* (1980)
* (1979)
* '' The General Gramophone'' (1978)
* '' The Man with the Cannon'' (1977)
* (1976)
* (1974)
* (1974)
* (1974)
* (1972)
* (1970)
* (1970)
* (1970)
* (1968)
* (1966)
* (1965)
* (1964)
* (1964)
* (1962)
* (1961)
As screenwriter
* (2000)
* (1997)
* (1995)
* (1989)
* (1980)
* (1977)
* (1974)
* (1972)
* (1970)
* (1970)
* (1970)
* (1966)
* (1964)
* (1964)
* (1961)
As cameraman
* (1996)
* (1980)
* '' The General Gramophone'' (1978)
* (1968)
* (1966)
* (1965)
* (1964)
* (1964)
* (1964)
* (1963)
* (1962)
* '' Debatik'' (1961)
* (1961)
* (1961)
References
1937 births
2009 deaths
People from Korçë
Albanian film directors
Albanian screenwriters
20th-century screenwriters
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