Radislav Jovanov (born 9 August 1964), also known as Gonzo, is a

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director and

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. Jovanov was born in

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. After graduating from high school, he worked for several years as a photographer for ''Polet'', a popular student newspaper, and then as a

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at the Radiotelevision Zagreb, working on a number of documentaries, TV films and TV series. At the same time, Jovanov studied cinematography at the

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. Jovanov's first music video was award-winning "Leteći odred" for Psihomodo Pop in 1988. After he left his television job in 1993, he became a professional music video director. He has directed more than 350 music videos for various Croatian pop and rock artists such as Majke,

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, Let 3, The Beat Fleet, Pips, Chips & Videoclips, Severina,

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, E.N.I., Hladno pivo, Natali Dizdar, Gibonni,

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and Colonia. Most of his videos are edited by his wife Anita. Jovanov is a ten-time winner of Porin Award for the Best Video: "Starfucker" for Psihomodo Pop (1996), "Mene ne zanima" for Majke (1997), "Apokalipso" for Darko Rundek (1998), "Ay Mi Cuba" for Cubismo (2001), "Ero s onoga svijeta" for Let 3 (2006), "Dijete u vremenu" for Let 3 (2007), "Smak svita" for The Beat Fleet (2008), "Donna" for Psihomodo Pop (2014), "Bejbi" for Psihomodo Pop (2015), and "Ima ih" for Rundek Cargo Trio (2016). Apart from his music video work, Jovanov directed ''Cubismo turismo'' (2000), a documentary about Cubismo, a Croatian

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band, and worked as a cinematographer on two feature films, ''Spare Parts'' by Damjan Kozole (2003) and ''Life Is a Trumpet'' by Antonio Nuić (2015).

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