Nikola Tanhofer (; 25 December 1926 – 24 November 1998) was a Croatian
film director
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,
screenwriter
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and
cinematographer
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. His first film as director, ''
It Was Not in Vain'' was entered into the
7th Berlin International Film Festival.
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His most accomplished film, ''
H-8'' (1958), won him a Golden Arena award at the
Pula Film Festival. After two less successful films, the psychological war drama ''Osma vrata'' (1959) and ''Sreća dolazi u 9'' (1961), the first Yugoslavian feature film with fantastical elements, he directed two somewhat more successful ones, ''Dvostruki obruč'' (1963) and ''Svanuće'' (1964). After directing ''Bablje ljeto'' (1970), he devoted himself to teaching at the Department for Film and Television Cinematography, which he founded in 1969 at the former Academy For Theater, Film And Television in Zagreb. He wrote ''Filmska fotografija'' (''Film Photography'') in 1981.
Filmography
* ''
Plavi 9'' (1950)
* ''
It Was Not in Vain'' (1957)
* ''
H-8'' (1958)
* ''Klempo'' (1958)
* ''Osma vrata'' (1959)
* ''
Sreća dolazi u 9'' (1961)
* ''
Dvostruki obruč'' (1963)
* ''
Svanuće'' (1964)
* ''
Bablje ljeto'' (1970)
Notes
* Yugoslavian Film Encyclopedia, Yugoslavian Lexicographic Institute "Miroslav Krleža", 1986–1990
References
Further reading
A Superior Film Decathlete
External links
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1926 births
1998 deaths
Croatian film directors
Croatian cinematographers
Croatian screenwriters
Vladimir Nazor Award winners
Golden Arena for Best Director winners
Film people from Zagreb
Yugoslav film directors
Burials at Mirogoj Cemetery
20th-century screenwriters
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