Vladimir Tadej
Vladimir Tadej (9 May 1925 – 1 March 2017) was a Croatian production designer, screenwriter and film director. He contributed to more than forty films from 1949 to 1998.
Vladimir Tadej
- Name
- Vladimir Tadej
- Born
- 9 May 1925
- Birthplace
- Novska, Yugoslavia
- Died
- 1 March 2017
- Occupation
- Production designer, screenwriter, film director
- Awards
- Vladimir Nazor Award for Life Achievement in Film (2004)
- Nationality
- Croatia
- Honours
- Grigor Vitez Award
- Languages
- Croatian
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Vladimir Tadej (9 May 1925 – 1 March 2017) was a Croatian production designer, screenwriter and film director. He contributed to more than forty films from 1949 to 1998.
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Vladimir Tadej (1925–2017) was a costume designer, director and production designer, among other activities, of Croatian nationality. The costume designer was born in Novska and died in Zagreb.
Languages used include Croatian. Honours include Grigor Vitez Award.
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• Name — Vladimir Tadej • Born — 9 May 1925 • Birthplace — Novska, Yugoslavia • Died — 1 March 2017 • Occupation — Production designer, screenwriter, film director • Years Active — 1949–1998 • Awards — Vladimir Nazor Award for Life Achievement in Film (2004)
Biography
Biography
Tadej was born in Novska in 1925. In 1945 he enrolled into architecture studies University of Zagreb. His filmographic career was initiated when he was employed as scenography assistant at the Jadran Film in 1947 where he worked on Živjet će ovaj narod, first Croatian postwar movie. He worked as a main scenographer and costuming director at the Battle of Neretva movie, one of the most famous Yugoslav era war movies. In 1998 he released Kanjon opasnih igara, based on Hrvoje Hitrec's novel of the same name. The cast includes Luka Peroš best known for his role of Marseille in Money Heist.
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Selected filmography
• Year — Title — Role — Notes • 1970 — Družba Pere Kvržice — director • 1977 — Daredevil's Time — director • 1984 — Tajna starog tavana — director • 1998 — Kanjon opasnih igara — director
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- 1.UMRO VLADIMIR TADEJ Otišao je čuveni redatelj naših brojnih filmova za djecu i doajen hrvatske i jugoslavenske filmske scenografije. Jutarnji Kultura. HINA. 1 March 2017.
- 2.British Film Institute. Vladimir Tadej.
- 3.Ninoslav Kopač. Svjedok histerije. Serb Democratic Forum. 340. 2012. 978-953-57313-2-0.
- 4.Croatian Radiotelevision. Televizija i hrvatska književnost. Leksikon radija i televizije.
- 5.Škrabalo, Ivo. Dvanaest filmskih portreta: mali hrvatski filmski panoptikum. V.B.Z. 2006. 978-953-201-563-8.
- 6.Kanjon opasnih igara (1998) Tvůrci ČSFD.cz.
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