Fadil Hadžić (23 April 1922 – 3 January 2011) was a Croatian and Yugoslav

film director A film director or filmmaker is a person who controls a film's artistic and dramatic aspects and visualizes the screenplay (or script) while guiding the film crew and actors in the fulfillment of that Goal, vision. The director has a key role ...

screenwriter A screenwriter (also called scriptwriter, scribe, or scenarist) is a person who practices the craft of writing for visual mass media, known as screenwriting. These can include short films, feature-length films, television programs, television ...

, playwright and journalist, mainly known for his comedy films and plays. He was born in Bileća in

Bosnia and Herzegovina Bosnia and Herzegovina, sometimes known as Bosnia-Herzegovina and informally as Bosnia, is a country in Southeast Europe. Situated on the Balkans, Balkan Peninsula, it borders Serbia to the east, Montenegro to the southeast, and Croatia to th ...

, but mainly lived and worked in

Zagreb Zagreb ( ) is the capital (political), capital and List of cities and towns in Croatia#List of cities and towns, largest city of Croatia. It is in the Northern Croatia, north of the country, along the Sava river, at the southern slopes of the ...

, with the Croatian and wider Yugoslav productions.

Biography

Born in Bileća in

Herzegovina Herzegovina ( or ; sh-Latn-Cyrl, Hercegovina, separator=" / ", Херцеговина, ) is the southern and smaller of two main geographical Regions of Bosnia and Herzegovina, regions of Bosnia and Herzegovina, the other being Bosnia (reg ...

, in what was then

Yugoslavia , common_name = Yugoslavia , life_span = 1918–19921941–1945: World War II in Yugoslavia#Axis invasion and dismemberment of Yugoslavia, Axis occupation , p1 = Kingdom of SerbiaSerbia , flag_p ...

, he went to study painting at the Academy of Fine Arts,

University of Zagreb The University of Zagreb (, ) is a public university, public research university in Zagreb, Croatia. It is the largest Croatian university and one of the oldest continuously operating universities in Europe. The University of Zagreb and the Unive ...

. He then worked on editing several popular magazines (''Kerempuh, Vjesnik u srijedu, Telegram''). He was also one of the founders of the prominent theatres Kerempuh (then called Jazavac) and Komedija in

, and also worked as the

intendant An intendant (; ; ) was, and sometimes still is, a public official, especially in France, Spain, Portugal, and Latin America. The intendancy system was a centralizing administrative system developed in France. In the War of the Spanish Success ...

at the Zagreb's Croatian National Theatre. He had his screenwriting debut in 1952 with the animated film ''The Haunted Castle at Dudinci'' (), directed by Dušan Vukotić. In 1961, Hadžić had his directorial debut with '' Alphabet of Fear'' (''Abeceda straha''). He was a prolific and versatile filmmaker throughout the

1960s File:1960s montage.png, Clockwise from top left: U.S. soldiers during the Vietnam War; the Beatles led the British Invasion of the U.S. music market; a half-a-million people participate in the Woodstock, 1969 Woodstock Festival; Neil Armstrong ...

and his film ''Official Position'' (''Službeni položaj'') won the Big Golden Arena for Best Film at the 1964

Pula Film Festival Pula Film Festival () is an annual Croatian film festival, established in 1954. It is held in a Roman amphitheater known as the Pula Arena. Pula Film Festival is the oldest Croatian film festival and is usually held in the summer, in July or Aug ...

. In the 1970s and

1980s File:1980s replacement montage02.PNG, 335px, From left, clockwise: The first Space Shuttle, ''Space Shuttle Columbia, Columbia'', lifts off in 1981; US president Ronald Reagan and Soviet Union, Soviet General Secretary of the Communist Party of ...

his output was lower, but in spite of this he won the Golden Arena for Best Director for his 1979 film ''

Journalist A journalist is a person who gathers information in the form of text, audio or pictures, processes it into a newsworthy form and disseminates it to the public. This is called journalism. Roles Journalists can work in broadcast, print, advertis ...

'' (''Novinar''). Hadžić also wrote and directed the 1972 film, '' The Deer Hunt'' (''Lov na jelene''), starring

Boris Dvornik Boris Dvornik (; 16 April 1939 – 24 March 2008) was a Croatian actor. Biography Born in Split to the family of a carpenter, Dvornik discovered acting talent at an early age, while performing in children's plays. After studying to become an el ...

and Silvana Armenulić, a subversive thriller-drama about an

émigré An ''émigré'' () is a person who has emigrated, often with a connotation of political or social exile or self-exile. The word is the past participle of the French verb ''émigrer'' meaning "to emigrate". French Huguenots Many French Hugueno ...

suspected of Ustasha activity, which was timely and popular because of its relation to the

Croatian Spring The Croatian Spring (), or Maspok, was a political conflict that took place from 1967 to 1971 in the Socialist Republic of Croatia, at the time part of the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia. As one of six republics comprising Yugoslavi ...

. In the early 1980s, he effectively stopped making films, and turned to playwriting. In this period he wrote more than 57 popular plays and had 14 solo exhibitions of his paintings. In the early

2000s File:2000s decade montage3.png, From top left, clockwise: The Twin Towers of the original World Trade Center (1973–2001), World Trade Center on fire and the Statue of Liberty on the left during the September 11 attacks, terrorist attacks on Sep ...

, he became active in film again, directing a couple of film adaptations of his comedy plays in 2003 and 2005, followed by the war drama ''Remember Vukovar'' (''Zapamtite Vukovar'') in 2008. He died in Zagreb.

References

;Notes ;Other sources *

External links

*
Fadil Hadžić biography
at Film.hr *http://www.jutarnji.hr/kerempuh--preminuo-hrvatski-komediograf-fadil-hadzic/915265/ {{DEFAULTSORT:Hadzic, Fadil 1922 births 2011 deaths People from Bileća Golden Arena for Best Director winners Vladimir Nazor Award winners Academy of Fine Arts, University of Zagreb alumni Yugoslav film directors Yugoslav screenwriters Male screenwriters Croatian film directors Croatian screenwriters Croatian satirists Croatian dramatists and playwrights 20th-century dramatists and playwrights Burials at Mirogoj Cemetery

Biography

References

Further reading

External links