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Tomislav Pinter is a Director of Photography and Cinematography Croate born on 16 june 1926 at Zagreb (Croatie)
Tomislav Pinter (16 June 1926 – 15 August 2008) was an award-winning Croatian cinematographer, regarded as the most significant cinematographer in Croatian cinema due to the artistic quality of his work and his prolific career spanning almost five decades.
After finishing high school Pinter enrolled at the Academy of Fine Arts Zagreb in 1946 to study painting, but he soon dropped out and devoted himself entirely to cinematography. He began working at the Jadran Film studio in 1945, at first assisting more experienced cinematographers, and in 1948 he started working independently. He started shooting documentary shorts in the early 1950s and his first feature was the 1960 film Point 905 (Kota 905, directed by Mate Relja).
Throughout the 1960s and onwards Pinter became the most prolific Croatian cinematographer, filming some 90 feature films, around 100 short films and some 10 television series. Some of his critically praised works include:
In Vatroslav Mimica's 1965 film Prometheus of the Island, where he used a 10 ASA negative film stock which achieved a documentary feel of shots showing plot jumps in time,
In Zvonimir Berković's 1966 film Rondo, where he used diffused lighting and shot composition to successfully illustrate characters' inner life,
In Ante Babaja's 1967 film The Birch Tree, where he combined wide-angle and narrow-angle shots with saturated colors which together produced a visual style mimicking naïve painting).
Pinter received many awards for his work in film, including three Vladimir Nazor Awards and eight Golden Arena for Cinematography awards at the Pula Film Festival (the Yugoslav equivalent of Academy Awards), which made him by far the most decorated cinematographer in both Yugoslav and Croatian cinema. At the 4th Moscow International Film Festival, he won the award for Director of Photography for his work in Vatroslav Mimica's 1965 film Prometheus of the Island.
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Nationality Croatie
Birth 16 june 1926 at Zagreb (Croatie)
Death 15 august 2008 (at 82 years) at Zagreb (Croatie)
Birth 16 june 1926 at Zagreb (Croatie)
Death 15 august 2008 (at 82 years) at Zagreb (Croatie)
Tomislav Pinter (16 June 1926 – 15 August 2008) was an award-winning Croatian cinematographer, regarded as the most significant cinematographer in Croatian cinema due to the artistic quality of his work and his prolific career spanning almost five decades.
After finishing high school Pinter enrolled at the Academy of Fine Arts Zagreb in 1946 to study painting, but he soon dropped out and devoted himself entirely to cinematography. He began working at the Jadran Film studio in 1945, at first assisting more experienced cinematographers, and in 1948 he started working independently. He started shooting documentary shorts in the early 1950s and his first feature was the 1960 film Point 905 (Kota 905, directed by Mate Relja).
Throughout the 1960s and onwards Pinter became the most prolific Croatian cinematographer, filming some 90 feature films, around 100 short films and some 10 television series. Some of his critically praised works include:
In Vatroslav Mimica's 1965 film Prometheus of the Island, where he used a 10 ASA negative film stock which achieved a documentary feel of shots showing plot jumps in time,
In Zvonimir Berković's 1966 film Rondo, where he used diffused lighting and shot composition to successfully illustrate characters' inner life,
In Ante Babaja's 1967 film The Birch Tree, where he combined wide-angle and narrow-angle shots with saturated colors which together produced a visual style mimicking naïve painting).
Pinter received many awards for his work in film, including three Vladimir Nazor Awards and eight Golden Arena for Cinematography awards at the Pula Film Festival (the Yugoslav equivalent of Academy Awards), which made him by far the most decorated cinematographer in both Yugoslav and Croatian cinema. At the 4th Moscow International Film Festival, he won the award for Director of Photography for his work in Vatroslav Mimica's 1965 film Prometheus of the Island.
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That Summer of White Roses (1989)
, 1h38Directed by Rajko Grlić
Genres Drama
Actors Tom Conti, Rod Steiger, Susan George, Alun Armstrong, Vanja Drach, John Sharp
Roles Director of Photography
Rating59%
Yougoslavie, le dernier été de la guerre. Andrija, maître-nageur sauveteur, n'a encore jamais sorti quelqu'un des profondeurs de la "Fairy Waters". Il ne va pas tarder à découvrir à sa première intervention qu'il a sauvé un commandant allemand. Comment un innocent comme lui pourra-t-il prouver ce hasard, et surtout qu'il n'est pas un traître ?
, 1h40Directed by Lee H. Katzin
Origin USA
Genres Drama, War, Thriller, Action, Adventure
Themes Political films
Actors Telly Savalas, Ernest Borgnine, Hunt Block, Jeff Conaway, Alex Cord, Heather Thomas
Roles Director of Photography
Rating50%
Twelve top Nazis are ordered to the Middle East, where they are to organize a Fourth Reich, and only Major Wright and his convict commando squad can stop them.
The Girl (1987)
Directed by Arne Mattsson
Genres Drama, Thriller, Romance
Actors Franco Nero, Bernice Stegers, Christopher Lee, Clifford Rose, Lenore Zann
Roles Director of Photography
Rating51%
A middle-aged man becomes involved with a much younger girl, leading to a scandal.
, 1h30Directed by Lee H. Katzin
Origin USA
Genres War, Action, Adventure
Themes Political films
Actors Telly Savalas, Ernest Borgnine, Bo Svenson, Vince Edwards, Wolf Kähler, Vincent Van Patten
Roles Director of Photography
Rating52%
The film opens with Major Wright fighting alongside Italian partisans in a town near Turin. While the partisans battle the occupying German soldiers in the streets, Major Wright enters a bordello in search of Benito Mussolini. However, after shooting up a closet only to find a dead German officer, Wright is informed by one of the women that 'Il Duce' had already left town. Disappointed, Major Wright opens the window to the sound of the victorious partisans and lifts a glass of brandy to "Franklin Delano Roosevelt and Winston Spencer Churchill."
Transylvania 6-5000 (1985)
, 1h33Origin USA
Genres Fantastic, Comedy, Horror comedy, Horror
Themes Films about animals, Films about computing, Films about magic and magicians, Films based on science fiction novels, Wolves in film, Frankenstein films, Werewolves in film, Vampires in film, Comedy horror films, Cyberpunk films, Mise en scène d'un mammifère
Actors Jeff Goldblum, Ed Begley Jr., Joseph Bologna, Carol Kane, Jeffrey Jones, John Byner
Roles Director of Photography
Rating50%
Jack Harrison (Goldblum) and Gil Turner (Begley) are writers for The Sensation, a supermarket-grade tabloid run by Turner's father, Mac (Norman Fell). Jack is a more serious journalist using The Sensation as a stepping stone to a better career, while Gil is a gangling yes-man ever ready to win his father's approval.
Montenegro (1981)
, 1h36Directed by Dušan Makavejev
Origin Suede
Genres Drama, Comedy, Comedy-drama, Romance
Themes Films about sexuality, Erotic films, Political films
Actors Susan Anspach, Erland Josephson, Jamie Marsh, Bora Todorović, Per Oscarsson, Svetozar Cvetković
Roles Director of Photography
Rating65%
Marianne Faithfull sings "The Ballad of Lucy Jordan" over the opening credit sequence.
Petria's Wreath (1980)
, 1h39Directed by Srdjan Karanovic
Genres Drama
Actors Mirjana Karanović, Pavle Vuisić, Dragan Maksimović, Olivera Marković, Marko Nikolić, Ljiljana Krstić
Roles Director of Photography
Rating81%
See You in the Next War (1980)
, 1h58Directed by Živojin Pavlović
Genres Drama, War
Themes Political films
Actors Hans Christian Blech, Demeter Bitenc
Roles Director of Photography
Rating67%
Les deux ennemis de guerre, le partisan slovène Berk et le soldat allemand Bitter, se rencontrent lors de vacances en Espagne. Se remémorant la guerre à travers la conversation, Berk se souvient d'Anton, son camarade avec qui il avait passé le plus de temps.
, 1h44Directed by Miklós Jancsó
Origin Italie
Genres Drama, War
Actors Lajos Balázsovits, Pamela Villoresi, Teresa Ann Savoy, Laura Betti, La Cicciolina, Zvonimir Črnko
Roles Director of Photography
Rating56%
Au XIX siècle, un jeune prince héritier — jamais nommé, mais identifiable comme étant l'archiduc Rodolphe, fils de François-Joseph Ier et héritier du trône austro-hongrois — se désintéresse des affaires de l'État et mène une vie frivole et dissolue dans une villa isolée. Il consacre l'essentiel de ses journées à des relations sexuelles avec sa maîtresse Mary, ainsi qu'avec sa demi-sœur et son demi-frère (enfants adultérins de l'empereur) et sa servante Thérèse. Vers la fin du film, Mary se révèle être un « hermaphrodite ». Le prince fait éconduire sans ménagement les émissaires de son père qui cherchent à le faire revenir à la cour.
Steppenwolf (1974)
, 1h46Origin USA
Genres Drama
Actors Max von Sydow, Dominique Sanda, Pierre Clémenti, Carla Romanelli, Helmut Förnbacher, Alfred Baillou
Roles Director of Photography
Rating60%
L'action se situe dans l'Allemagne des années 1920. Le personnage principal, Harry Haller, est partagé entre son humanité et une nature animale qu'il qualifie de « loup des steppes », et qui ne s'accommode pas de la vie bourgeoise de son temps, et souhaite se donner la mort. La rencontre avec Hermine et son compagnon Pablo l'amène à fréquenter la société, et à un « théâtre magique ».
The Battle of Sutjeska (1973)
, 2h8Directed by Stipe Delić
Genres War
Themes Politique, Political films
Actors Richard Burton, Irène Papas, Günter Meisner, Ljuba Tadić, Bata Živojinović, Miroljub Lešo
Roles Director of Photography
Rating67%
German-occupied Bosnia and Herzegovina, 1943; under the faithful leadership of Marshal Tito, the Yugoslav Partisans have, for a number of years, put up a staunch fight against the occupying Axis powers. Despite being out-gunned, outmaneuvered and vastly outnumbered, they managed to recuperate in a harsh mountainous region called Durmitor in northern Montenegro. However, their respite is short-lived as the combined foreign and domestic Axis powers begin an encirclement offensive, outnumbering them 6:1. The Partisans have no choice but to fight their way out of the encirclement, then head towards eastern Bosnia. They finally clash with the Axis on the plains of Sutjeska in south-eastern Bosnia.
London (1971)
, 29minutesDirected by Orson Welles
Origin USA
Genres Comedy
Actors Orson Welles, Charles Gray, Jonathan Lynn, Tim Brooke-Taylor, Graeme Garden
Roles Director of Photography
Rating71%
Film en 5 épisodes dans lesquels Orson Welles interprète plusieurs personnages.
The Way to Paradise (1970)
Genres Drama
Actors Ljuba Tadić, Relja Bašić, Viktor Starčić
Roles Director of Photography
Rating80%
The Battle of Neretva (1969)
, 2h55Directed by Veljko Bulajić
Origin USA
Genres Drama, War
Themes Politique, Political films
Actors Serge Bondartchouk, Yul Brynner, Curd Jürgens, Anthony Dawson, Hardy Krüger, Milena Dravić
Roles Camera Operator
Rating69%
Début 1943, pendant la Seconde Guerre mondiale, en Yougoslavie occupée, les Partisans sont confrontés à l'offensive Weiss menée par les Allemands et les Italiens. Afin de leur échapper, les résistants communistes doivent traverser la rivière Neretva, mais les Tchetniks, en cheville avec les occupants, leur barrent la route...
The Merchant of Venice (1969)
, 35minutesDirected by Orson Welles
Origin USA
Genres Drama
Themes Films about religion, Films about Jews and Judaism, Films based on plays, Films based on works by William Shakespeare
Actors Charles Gray, Orson Welles, Jonathan Lynn
Roles Director of Photography
Rating76%