Vjekoslav Vrdoljak (born 28 August 1954, in

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n cinematographer, son of film director

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. Vrdoljak had studied philosophy and comparative literature at the University of Zagreb Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences before graduating from the Zagreb Academy of Dramatic Arts' cinematography department in 1981. At first he worked as a photo reporter and then moved on to filmmaking, assisting other cinematographers. His first major work was his father's 1988 film ''

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''. This was followed by

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's film ''

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'' and

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's ''The Time of Warriors'' in 1991. He went on to work with other notable Croatian directors such as

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and

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in the 1990s, until working with his father again on ''

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'' (''Duga mračna noć'') in 2004. After that he filmed several other award-winning feature films in the 2000s, along with a number of television documentaries. Vrdoljak won three

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awards at the 1996, 1999 and 2005 editions of the

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, the Croatian national film awards.

Selected filmography

*''

'' (''Glembajevi'', 1988) *''

'' (''Priča iz Hrvatske'', 1991) *''The Time of Warriors'' (''Vrijeme ratnika'', 1991) *''

Gospa ''Gospa'' is a 1995 religious drama starring Martin Sheen and Morgan Fairchild about pilgrimages to a small village in Herzegovina where six school children say the Virgin Mary ("Our Lady", hr, Gospa) appeared in 1981 (see Our Lady of Međugor ...

'' (1995) *''

Nausikaya ''Nausikaya'' (''Nausikaja'') is a 1995 Croatian film directed, written and produced by Vicko Ruić. It is based on "The Spider", a horror short story by Hanns Heinz Ewers. The film was selected as the Croatian entry for the Academy Award for Best ...

'' (''Nausikaja'', 1996) *''

'' (''Duga mračna noć'', 2004) *''

The Melon Route ''The Melon Route'' ( hr, Put lubenica) is a Croatian drama film directed by Branko Schmidt. It was released in 2006. Cast * Krešimir Mikić - Mirko * Sun Mei - Chinese girl * Leon Lučev - Seki * Armin Omerović - Meho * Emir Hadžihafizbeg ...

'' (''Put lubenica'', 2006)

References

External links

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Vjekoslav Vrdoljak biography
at Filmski-Programi.hr {{DEFAULTSORT:Vrdoljak, Vjekoslav 1954 births Living people Film people from Zagreb Croatian cinematographers Academy of Dramatic Art, University of Zagreb alumni Golden Arena winners