Igor Pretnar
Igor Pretnar (3 April 1924 – 8 April 1977) was a Slovenian film director. Pretnar won the Golden Arena for Best Director for his film Wild Growth (Samorastniki, 1963) at the 1963 Pula Film Festival. His 1976 film Idealist was entered into the 10th Moscow International Film Festival.
Igor Pretnar
- Name
- Igor Pretnar
- Born
- 3 April 1924
- Birthplace
- Ljubljana, Kingdom of Yugoslavia
- Died
- 8 April 1977
- Place of death
- Ljubljana, Yugoslavia (present-day Slovenia)
- Nationality
- Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia · Kingdom of Yugoslavia · Kingdom of Serbs and Croats and Slovenes
- Occupation
- director
- Honours
- Prešeren Award
- Languages
- Slovene
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Igor Pretnar (3 April 1924 – 8 April 1977) was a Slovenian film director. Pretnar won the Golden Arena for Best Director for his film Wild Growth (Samorastniki, 1963) at the 1963 Pula Film Festival. His 1976 film Idealist was entered into the 10th Moscow International Film Festival.
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• Name — Igor Pretnar • Born — 3 April 1924 • Birthplace — Ljubljana, Kingdom of Yugoslavia • Died — 8 April 1977 • Place of death — Ljubljana, Yugoslavia (present-day Slovenia) • Years Active — 1948–1976
Selected filmography
Selected filmography
• Five Minutes of Paradise (Pet minuta raja, 1959) • Wild Growth (Samorastniki, 1963) • Idealist (1976)
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Igor Pretnar is recorded as having received Prešeren Award.
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1924
Igor Pretnar born at Ljubljana.
1977
Igor Pretnar died at Ljubljana.
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