Ante Peterlić
Ante Peterlić (18 May 1936 – 12 July 2007) was a Croatian film scholar, screenwriter and film director. He is best known for his film Accidental Life (Slucajni zivot, 1969), his debut feature film.
Ante Peterlić
- Name
- Ante Peterlić
- Born
- 18 May 1936
- Birthplace
- Kaštel Novi, Kingdom of Yugoslavia
- Died
- 12 July 2007
- Place of death
- Zagreb, Croatia
- Occupation
- film director · film critic · film historian · film theorist · screenwriter · university teacher · film journalist
- Fields
- history of film · film journalism · film criticism · film theory
- Education
- Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences and University of Zagreb
- Languages
- Croatian
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Ante Peterlić studied at Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, University of Zagreb. The recorded working language is Croatian. The field of work recorded is history of film, film journalism and film criticism. Employment is recorded with University of Zagreb.
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• Name — Ante Peterlić • Born — 18 May 1936 • Birthplace — Kaštel Novi, Kingdom of Yugoslavia • Died — 12 July 2007 • Place of death — Zagreb, Croatia
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Peterlić was a prominent young film critic, assistant director, script advisor and a professor of film theory at the Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences in Zagreb. In the 1960s, he directed his first short TV drama, and was active as an assistant director in several feature films and documentaries, working also as a script doctor. First to hold Ph.D. in film studies in Yugoslavia, with prof. Vera Horvat-Pintarić serving as his thesis advisor, Peterlić wrote several books on theory and history of cinema.
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1936
Ante Peterlić born at Kaštel Novi.
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Ante Peterlić died at Zagreb.
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Ante Peterlić worked in history of film, film journalism, film criticism, film theory and film screenwriting. He was employed by University of Zagreb.
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