Veljko Bulajic
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Veljko Bulajić today (Montenegro
) is a Croatian
film director and actor
of Montenegrin descent, most of his life working in Croatia
. He wrote and directed the 1969 Yugoslavia
n war film Battle of Neretva, which was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film
.
Montenegro
Montenegro Montenegrin: Crna Gora Црна Гора , meaning "Black Mountain") is a country located in Southeastern Europe. It has a coast on the Adriatic Sea to the south-west and is bordered by Croatia to the west, Bosnia and Herzegovina to the northwest, Serbia to the northeast and Albania to the...
) is a Croatian
Croats
Croats are a South Slavic ethnic group mostly living in Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina and nearby countries. There are around 4 million Croats living inside Croatia and up to 4.5 million throughout the rest of the world. Responding to political, social and economic pressure, many Croats have...
film director and actor
Actor
An actor is a person who acts in a dramatic production and who works in film, television, theatre, or radio in that capacity...
of Montenegrin descent, most of his life working in Croatia
Croatia
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. He wrote and directed the 1969 Yugoslavia
Yugoslavia
Yugoslavia refers to three political entities that existed successively on the western part of the Balkans during most of the 20th century....
n war film Battle of Neretva, which was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film
Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film
The Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film is one of the Academy Awards of Merit, popularly known as the Oscars, handed out annually by the U.S.-based Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences...
.
Selected filmography
- Train Without a TimetableTrain Without a TimetableTrain Without a Timetable is a 1959 Yugoslav film directed by Veljko Bulajić. It was entered into the 1959 Cannes Film Festival. The film was also selected as the Yugoslav entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 32nd Academy Awards, but was not accepted as a nominee.-Cast:* Stole...
(1959) - Atomic War BrideAtomic War BrideAtomic War Bride , is a 1960 Yugoslav science fiction drama film directed by Veljko Bulajić.The film won three Golden Arena awards at the 1960 Pula Film Festival, including for Best Director , Best Actor and Best Scenography , and was nominated for the Golden Lion award at the 1960 Venice Film...
(1960) - KozaraKozara (film)Kozara is a 1962 Yugoslav film directed by Veljko Bulajić. It is a well known film of the partisan film subgenre which was popular in Yugoslavia in the 1960s and 1970s and it depicts events surrounding the Battle of Kozara....
(1962) - Battle of Neretva (1969)
- Skoplje '63Skoplje '63Skoplje '63 is a 1964 Yugoslavian documentary film directed by Veljko Bulajić about the 1963 Skopje earthquake. It was screened at the 1964 Cannes Film Festival, but wasn't entered into the main competition...
(1964) - Looking Into the Eyes of the SunLooking Into the Eyes of the SunPogled u zjenicu sunca is a Croatian film directed by Veljko Bulajić. It was released in 1966....
(1966) - The Day That Shook the WorldThe Day That Shook the WorldThe Day That Shook the World is the English language title for the 1975 Czechoslovakian/Yugoslavian/German co-production film called Sarajevski atentat...
(1975) - The Man to DestroyThe Man to DestroyThe Man to Destroy is a Croatian film directed by Veljko Bulajić. It was released in 1979....
(1979) - High VoltageHigh Voltage (1981 film)High Voltage is a Croatian film directed by Veljko Bulajić. It was released in 1981....
(1981) - LibertasLibertas (film)Libertas is a 2006 Croatian-Italian co-production film directed by Veljko Bulajić. It is a biographical film about the 16th-century playwright Marin Držić and his conflict with authorities of the Republic of Ragusa....
(2006)
External links
- Veljko Bulajić at Filmski-Programi.hr