Fedor Škubonja (22 July 1924 – 24 April 2008) was a Yugoslav and Croatian film director.
Biography
Škubonja spent most of his career making
children's film
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s. His most notable film was the award-winning 1960 Yugoslav film ''The Lost Pencil'' (), which won the Golden Lion for Best Children's Film at the 1961
Venice Film Festival
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, and was named as one of the top ten children's films of all time at the 1966
Cannes Film Festival
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Held in Cannes, France, it previews new films of all genres, including documentaries, from all around ...
.
His other notable film was the 1969 film ''Downstream from the Sun'' (''Nizvodno od sunca''), a social drama set in a remote mountain village, which earned him a
Golden Arena for Best Director at the 1969
Pula Film Festival
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.
Škubonja was married to screenwriter Stanislava Borisavljević who wrote screenplays for most of his films.
References
External links
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Fedor Škubonja biographyat Filmski-Programi.hr
Fedor Škubonja's obituaryat
Vjesnik
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.hr
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1924 births
2008 deaths
Croatian film directors
Golden Arena for Best Director winners
Yugoslav film directors
People from Murter