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Vjekoslav Vrdoljak is a Director of Photography and Cinematography Croate born on 28 august 1954 at Zagreb (Croatie)
Vjekoslav Vrdoljak (born 28 August 1954 in Zagreb) is a Croatian cinematographer, son of film director Antun Vrdoljak.
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 The Glembays.
This was followed by Krsto Papić's film Story from Croatia and Dejan Šorak's The Time of Warriors in 1991. He went on to work with other notable Croatian directors such as Jakov Sedlar, Vicko Ruić and Branko Schmidt in the 1990s, until working with his father again on Long Dark Night (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 Golden Arena for Best Cinematography awards at the 1996, 1999 and 2005 editions of the Pula Film Festival, the Croatian national film awards.
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Vjekoslav Vrdoljak
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 The Glembays.
This was followed by Krsto Papić's film Story from Croatia and Dejan Šorak's The Time of Warriors in 1991. He went on to work with other notable Croatian directors such as Jakov Sedlar, Vicko Ruić and Branko Schmidt in the 1990s, until working with his father again on Long Dark Night (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 Golden Arena for Best Cinematography awards at the 1996, 1999 and 2005 editions of the Pula Film Festival, the Croatian national film awards.
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Filmography of Vjekoslav Vrdoljak (4 films)
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Long Dark Night (2004)
, 3h20Directed by Antun Vrdoljak
Genres Drama, War, Historical
Themes Political films
Actors Goran Višnjić, Mustafa Nadarević, Ivo Gregurević, Goran Navojec, Tarik Filipović, Žarko Potočnjak
Roles Director of Photography
Rating66%
When the Dead Start Singing (1998)
Directed by Krsto Papić
Genres Drama, Comedy, Adventure
Actors Ivo Gregurević, Ksenija Pajic, Matija Prskalo, Boris Miholjević, Dražen Kühn, Predrag Vušović
Roles Director of Photography
Rating75%
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The Recollection Thief (2006)
Genres Crime
Themes Political films
Actors Goran Grgić, Nataša Janjić, Marija Karan, Ivo Gregurević, Stéphane Henon, Ilija Ivezić
Roles Cinematography
Rating61%
Two Players from the Bench (2005)
, 1h52Genres Comedy
Actors Tarik Filipović, Goran Navojec, Ksenija Pajic
Roles Cinematography
Rating72%