Petar Gligorovski
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Petar Gligorovski was a Yugoslav
and Macedonian
academic painter
and an animated movies director. After education on Academy of Fine Arts
in Belgrade
and specialization of animation
in Zagreb
, he started authoring animated films for TV Skopje from 1963-1968. Prior to shift of his artistic authorship to cinema, he was one of the pioneers of Yugoslav comics in 1950's and technical animator mostly working within the prestigious Zagreb-centered circle of animators. He created several movies, a number of technique-experimental unaccounted footage and left two unfinished projects designed under auspices of the production house "Vardar Film".
The hallmarks of his movies, all of which are technically authored with polychromatic, predominantly biomorph shapes in recurring and subdued patterns, constituted a unique and recognizable style. Thematically the movies express universal combined mythical themes (birth, fall of man, apocalypse
, phoenix
), through broad ranges of visual allegories and metaphors. In some of authors works, documentary sequences were embedded, in line with symbolic augmentation of script's leitmotiv, rather than for reasons of visual appeal or exploration of technical limits.
Among his main works are:
-Na Vrhu, 1969 (art director
, with Ante Šamanić)
As director, scriptwriter, scenographer and animator:
-Embrion № M, 1971
-Feniks, 1976
-Adam: 5 do 12, 1977
-A
, 1985
Awards:
1971 YFDSF, Belgrade, Special Diploma for direction of animated film / “Embrion № M”
1977 IFF, Annecy, The First Special Award / “Feniks”
1977 IFF, Berlin, Silver Bear / “Feniks”
1977 YFDSF, Belgrade, Golden Medal-Belgrade / “Adam: 5 do 12”
1982 YFDSF, Belgrade, Special Charter for the pioneer and creative work in the field of animation
Yugoslavia
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and Macedonian
Republic of Macedonia
Macedonia , officially the Republic of Macedonia , is a country located in the central Balkan peninsula in Southeast Europe. It is one of the successor states of the former Yugoslavia, from which it declared independence in 1991...
academic painter
Painting
Painting is the practice of applying paint, pigment, color or other medium to a surface . The application of the medium is commonly applied to the base with a brush but other objects can be used. In art, the term painting describes both the act and the result of the action. However, painting is...
and an animated movies director. After education on Academy of Fine Arts
Academy of Fine Arts, Belgrade
The Faculty of Fine Arts is a higher education institution in Belgrade, Serbia. It was founded in 1937, by Toma Rosandić, Milo Milunović and Petar Dobrović. The Faculty is organized in three departments, of painting, sculpture and printmaking.- External links :*...
in Belgrade
Belgrade
Belgrade is the capital and largest city of Serbia. It is located at the confluence of the Sava and Danube rivers, where the Pannonian Plain meets the Balkans. According to official results of Census 2011, the city has a population of 1,639,121. It is one of the 15 largest cities in Europe...
and specialization of animation
Animation
Animation is the rapid display of a sequence of images of 2-D or 3-D artwork or model positions in order to create an illusion of movement. The effect is an optical illusion of motion due to the phenomenon of persistence of vision, and can be created and demonstrated in several ways...
in Zagreb
Zagreb
Zagreb is the capital and the largest city of the Republic of Croatia. It is in the northwest of the country, along the Sava river, at the southern slopes of the Medvednica mountain. Zagreb lies at an elevation of approximately above sea level. According to the last official census, Zagreb's city...
, he started authoring animated films for TV Skopje from 1963-1968. Prior to shift of his artistic authorship to cinema, he was one of the pioneers of Yugoslav comics in 1950's and technical animator mostly working within the prestigious Zagreb-centered circle of animators. He created several movies, a number of technique-experimental unaccounted footage and left two unfinished projects designed under auspices of the production house "Vardar Film".
The hallmarks of his movies, all of which are technically authored with polychromatic, predominantly biomorph shapes in recurring and subdued patterns, constituted a unique and recognizable style. Thematically the movies express universal combined mythical themes (birth, fall of man, apocalypse
Apocalypse
An Apocalypse is a disclosure of something hidden from the majority of mankind in an era dominated by falsehood and misconception, i.e. the veil to be lifted. The Apocalypse of John is the Book of Revelation, the last book of the New Testament...
, phoenix
Phoenix (mythology)
The phoenix or phenix is a mythical sacred firebird that can be found in the mythologies of the Arabian, Persians, Greeks, Romans, Egyptians, Chinese, Indian and Phoenicians....
), through broad ranges of visual allegories and metaphors. In some of authors works, documentary sequences were embedded, in line with symbolic augmentation of script's leitmotiv, rather than for reasons of visual appeal or exploration of technical limits.
Among his main works are:
-Na Vrhu, 1969 (art director
Art director
The art director is a person who supervise the creative process of a design.The term 'art director' is a blanket title for a variety of similar job functions in advertising, publishing, film and television, the Internet, and video games....
, with Ante Šamanić)
As director, scriptwriter, scenographer and animator:
-Embrion № M, 1971
-Feniks, 1976
-Adam: 5 do 12, 1977
-A
A (disambiguation)
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, 1985
Awards:
1971 YFDSF, Belgrade, Special Diploma for direction of animated film / “Embrion № M”
1977 IFF, Annecy, The First Special Award / “Feniks”
1977 IFF, Berlin, Silver Bear / “Feniks”
1977 YFDSF, Belgrade, Golden Medal-Belgrade / “Adam: 5 do 12”
1982 YFDSF, Belgrade, Special Charter for the pioneer and creative work in the field of animation