Filip Robar Dorin (born 8 September 1940 in Bor) is a

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n film director, screenwriter, and film editor. He studied comparative literature and philosophy at the

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's Faculty of Arts and later screenwriting, directing, cinematography, and film editing at the Columbia College Chicago, from which he graduated in 1969. Dorin has created some 30 short and medium-length documentary and feature films, as well as twelve full-length films and video portraits of prominent Slovenian poets, writers, musicians, and painters. He has received several Slovenian and international film awards, including the

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at the 1990

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for his film ''The Windhunter'' (

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: ''Veter v mreži'').

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Filip Robar Dorin biography
at Slovenian Film Fund website {{DEFAULTSORT:Robar Dorin, Filip 1940 births Living people Slovenian film directors Slovenian screenwriters Male screenwriters Golden Arena for Best Director winners People from Bor, Serbia Yugoslav film directors University of Ljubljana alumni Columbia College Chicago alumni