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Vlado Kristl (1923-2004)

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Alias:
Vladislav "Vlado" Kristl
Vladislav Kristl

Birthplace:
Zagreb

Born:
January 24, 1923

Died:
July 7, 2004

Biography from TheMovieDB

Vladislav "Vlado" Kristl (24 January 1923, Zagreb, Croatia – 7 July 2004, Munich, Germany) was a filmmaker and artist, best known for his animations and short films.  Vladislav "Vlado" Kristl was born 24 January 1923 in Zagreb, Croatia.[citation needed] Kristl first came to international prominence for his formally challenging and rigorous animations, particularly Don Kihot (freely inspired by Cervantes' Don Quixote). The film is a "graphical and abstract masterpiece which went beyond all existing conventions" and was awarded the main prize at the Oberhausen International Short Film Festival. Kristl regarded this film, which was not his first, as the one where he "was finally given a free rein".  In 1962 Kristl made General i resni clovek (The General and the real man), a satirical live action short film which got him into trouble with the board of censors.  He died in 2004, aged 81, in Munich, Germany. With his partner Jelena he had two children, Madeleine (b. 1966) and Pepe Stephan (b. 1968).  He published two books of poetry: Neznatna lirika (Insignificant lyrics, 1959), and Pet bijelih stepenica (Five white steps, 1961) in Croatian, and several books in German.

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Cinematography:
1968  A Pad of 100 Leaves
1971  The Film of the Authority

Director:
1959  All the Drawings of the Town
1959  Theft of Jewels
1960  Shagreen Leather
1961  Don Quixote
1962  The General
1963  Madeleine, Madeleine
1963  Poor People
1964  The Dam
1964  The Pot
1965  Car Race
1966  Prometheus
1966  The Letter
1967  Utopia
1968  A Pad of 100 Leaves
1969  Films That Last Seconds
1969  Italian Capriccio
1970  Film or Power
1971  The Film of the Authority
1971  Tiger Cage
1988  The Last Clone
1990  School of the Postmodern
1993  When People Were Still Living for Personal Reasons
1994  One Half of Wealth for One Half of Beauty
2002  Art Is Only Outside Human Society
2003  Conference of the Homeless

Producer:
1959  All the Drawings of the Town
1959  Theft of Jewels
1960  Shagreen Leather
1961  Don Quixote
1962  The General
1963  Madeleine, Madeleine
1963  Poor People
1964  The Dam
1964  The Pot
1965  Car Race
1966  Prometheus
1966  The Letter
1967  Utopia
1968  A Pad of 100 Leaves
1969  Films That Last Seconds
1969  Italian Capriccio
1970  Film or Power
1971  The Film of the Authority
1971  Tiger Cage
1988  The Last Clone
1990  School of the Postmodern
1993  When People Were Still Living for Personal Reasons
1994  One Half of Wealth for One Half of Beauty
2002  Art Is Only Outside Human Society
2003  Conference of the Homeless

Writer:
1959  All the Drawings of the Town
1959  Theft of Jewels
1960  Shagreen Leather
1961  Don Quixote
1962  The General
1963  Madeleine, Madeleine
1963  Poor People
1964  The Dam
1964  The Pot
1965  Car Race
1966  Prometheus
1966  The Letter
1967  Utopia
1968  A Pad of 100 Leaves
1969  Films That Last Seconds
1969  Italian Capriccio
1970  Film or Power
1971  The Film of the Authority
1971  Tiger Cage
1988  The Last Clone
1990  School of the Postmodern
1993  When People Were Still Living for Personal Reasons
1994  One Half of Wealth for One Half of Beauty
2002  Art Is Only Outside Human Society
2003  Conference of the Homeless

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