Matjaž Klopčič
Matjaž Klopčič (4 December 1934 – 15 December 2007) was a Slovenian film director and screenwriter. He directed 28 films between 1959 and 2005. His film Heritage (Dediščina) was screened in the Un Certain Regard section at the 1985 Cannes Film Festival.
Matjaž Klopčič
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- Name
- Matjaž Klopčič
- Born
- 4 December 1934
- Birthplace
- Ljubljana, Slovenia
- Died
- 15 December 2007
- Occupation
- Film director Screenwriter
- Nationality
- Slovenia · Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia · Kingdom of Yugoslavia
- Fields
- film direction · film screenwriting
- Education
- University of Ljubljana
- Honours
- Prešeren Award · Župančič Award · Decoration of Merit
- Languages
- Slovene
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Matjaž Klopčič (4 December 1934 – 15 December 2007) was a Slovenian film director and screenwriter. He directed 28 films between 1959 and 2005. His film Heritage (Dediščina) was screened in the Un Certain Regard section at the 1985 Cannes Film Festival.
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Matjaž Klopčič (1934–2007) was a director, fencer and screenwriter, among other activities and a national of the Kingdom of Yugoslavia and Slovenia. The director was born and died in Ljubljana.
Matjaž Klopčič studied at University of Ljubljana. The director was active in film direction and film screenwriting.
Languages used include Slovene. Matjaž Klopčič received Decoration of Merit, Prešeren Award and Župančič Award.
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Many of his films starred Polde Bibič. He was the son of the poet Mile Klopčič, and the nephew of the Communist activist and historian France Klopčič.
Matjaž Klopčič režira Sedmino.
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• Name — Matjaž Klopčič • Born — 4 December 1934 • Birthplace — Ljubljana, Slovenia • Died — 15 December 2007 • Place of death — Ljubljana, Slovenia • Occupation — Film director Screenwriter • Years Active — 1963–1996
Selected filmography
Selected filmography
• On the Sunny Side of the Street (1959), (short) • The Widowhood of Karolina Zasler (1976) • Heritage (1984) • My Dad, the Socialist Kulak (1987)
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Matjaž Klopčič is recorded as screenwriter, university teacher, fencer and director.
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1934
Matjaž Klopčič born at Ljubljana.
2007
Matjaž Klopčič died at Ljubljana.
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