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Živko Zalar is a Writer and Cinematography Croate born on 24 april 1948 at Zagreb (Croatie)
Živko Zalar (born 24 April 1948 in Zagreb) is an award-winning Croatian cinematographer, son of Croatian cinematographer Slavko Zalar.
Zalar began making films as an amateur at the Kino Klub Zagreb, before going on to study cinematography at the Academy of Performing Arts in Prague in 1968. He graduated in 1973 and made several short films, before shooting his first feature film in 1974, Rajko Grlić's Whichever Way the Ball Bounces (Kud puklo da puklo), which was originally shot on 16 mm film and later transferred to 35 mm.
After that he shot Krešo Golik's Violet (Ljubica, 1978), and that same year he won the Golden Arena for Best Cinematography for his work on Rajko Grlić's Bravo Maestro and Srđan Karanović's Fragrance of Wild Flowers (Miris poljskog cveća).
His second Golden Arena came in 1983 for Something In-Between and his other notable films in the 1980s and 1990s were Fadil Hadžić's The Ambassador (Ambasador, 1984), It takes three for happiness (Za sreću je potrebno troje, 1985), How the War Started on My Island (Kako je rat počeo na mom otoku, 1996). In 2003 he won his third Golden Arena for Witnesses (Svjedoci), directed by Vinko Brešan.
After working with many Yugoslav and Croatian directors, Zalar moved to Germany in the late 1990s, where he continued to work on a number of television films, series and documentaries, as well as international feature film co-productions.
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Zalar began making films as an amateur at the Kino Klub Zagreb, before going on to study cinematography at the Academy of Performing Arts in Prague in 1968. He graduated in 1973 and made several short films, before shooting his first feature film in 1974, Rajko Grlić's Whichever Way the Ball Bounces (Kud puklo da puklo), which was originally shot on 16 mm film and later transferred to 35 mm.
After that he shot Krešo Golik's Violet (Ljubica, 1978), and that same year he won the Golden Arena for Best Cinematography for his work on Rajko Grlić's Bravo Maestro and Srđan Karanović's Fragrance of Wild Flowers (Miris poljskog cveća).
His second Golden Arena came in 1983 for Something In-Between and his other notable films in the 1980s and 1990s were Fadil Hadžić's The Ambassador (Ambasador, 1984), It takes three for happiness (Za sreću je potrebno troje, 1985), How the War Started on My Island (Kako je rat počeo na mom otoku, 1996). In 2003 he won his third Golden Arena for Witnesses (Svjedoci), directed by Vinko Brešan.
After working with many Yugoslav and Croatian directors, Zalar moved to Germany in the late 1990s, where he continued to work on a number of television films, series and documentaries, as well as international feature film co-productions.
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Witnesses (2003)
, 1h30Directed by Vinko Brešan
Genres Drama, War
Actors Leon Lučev, Alma Prica, Mirjana Karanović, Dražen Kühn, Krešimir Mikić, Krešimir Mikić
Roles Writer
Rating67%
The plot of the movie is centered in the city of Karlovac in 1992, during the Croatian War of Independence. The front lines, where Croatian and Serbian forces fight each other, lie near the city. Meanwhile, in the city of Karlovac, a Serbian civilian Vasić is murdered. The story follows the local police officer Barbir (Dražen Kühn), who tries to solve the murder in spite of ethnic hatred and war revolving nearby.
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Witnesses (2003)
, 1h30Directed by Vinko Brešan
Genres Drama, War
Actors Leon Lučev, Alma Prica, Mirjana Karanović, Dražen Kühn, Krešimir Mikić, Krešimir Mikić
Roles Cinematography
Rating67%
The plot of the movie is centered in the city of Karlovac in 1992, during the Croatian War of Independence. The front lines, where Croatian and Serbian forces fight each other, lie near the city. Meanwhile, in the city of Karlovac, a Serbian civilian Vasić is murdered. The story follows the local police officer Barbir (Dražen Kühn), who tries to solve the murder in spite of ethnic hatred and war revolving nearby.
Genres Drama
Actors Rade Šerbedžija, Sanja Vejnović, Ana Karić, Žarko Potočnjak, Božidar Alić
Roles Cinematography
Rating71%
If It Kills Me (1974)
, 1h29Directed by Rajko Grlić
Genres Drama
Actors Mladen Budiščak
Roles Cinematography
Rating74%