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Viktor Gjika (1937-2009)

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Birthplace:
Korçë, Albania

Born:
June 23, 1937

Died:
March 3, 2009

Biography from TheMovieDB

Viktor Gjika was an Albanian director, filmmaker and screenwriter. For his distinguished and remarkable contribution to the cinema, he was awarded the highest title as People's Artist in 1985. He graduated from VKIG Cinematographic Institute of Moscow in Russia.  Viktor Gjika (23 June 1937 – 3 March 2009) was an Albanian director, filmmaker and screenwriter. For his distinguished and remarkable contribution to the cinema, he was awarded the highest title as People's Artist in 1985. He graduated from VKIG Cinematographic Institute of Moscow in Russia. Together with a classmate, presenting their academic degree when graduated, they shot the short film Nobody Ever Dies, based on Ernest Hemingway's story of the same name, which was awarded the First Prize at the Worldwide Cinematographic Institutes Film Festival in the Netherlands in 1961. He created more than 15 movies and over 25 documentary films.  He was the general director of Shqipëria e Re National Film Studio in Tirana for almost 10 years in the 1980s, until 1991.  He was a member of several international film festival juries such as Giffoni Film Festival, Annecy Film Festival, and others.

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Film Performances

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Film Production

Assistant Camera:
1996  Vendetta - Obliged to kill

Cinematography:
1961  The Discussion
1963  Special Task
1996  Vendetta - Obliged to kill

Director:
1961  The Discussion
1963  Special Task
1968  Broad Horizons
1970  The Bronze Bust
1972  Stars of Long Nights
1974  White Roads
1976  Confrontation
1977  The Man with the Cannon
1978  General Gramophone
1980  In Every Season
1982  The Second November
1996  Vendetta - Obliged to kill

Screenplay:
1961  The Discussion
1963  Special Task
1968  Broad Horizons
1970  The Bronze Bust
1972  Stars of Long Nights
1974  White Roads
1976  Confrontation
1977  The Man with the Cannon
1978  General Gramophone
1980  In Every Season
1982  The Second November
1985  Hot Autumn of '41
1996  Vendetta - Obliged to kill

Supervising Producer:
1961  The Discussion
1963  Special Task
1968  Broad Horizons
1970  The Bronze Bust
1972  Stars of Long Nights
1974  White Roads
1976  Confrontation
1977  The Man with the Cannon
1978  General Gramophone
1980  In Every Season
1982  The Second November
1985  Hot Autumn of '41
1985  Nothing is Forgotten
1996  Vendetta - Obliged to kill

Writer:
1961  The Discussion
1963  Special Task
1968  Broad Horizons
1970  The Bronze Bust
1972  Stars of Long Nights
1974  White Roads
1976  Confrontation
1977  The Man with the Cannon
1978  General Gramophone
1980  In Every Season
1982  The Second November
1985  Hot Autumn of '41
1985  Nothing is Forgotten
1996  Vendetta - Obliged to kill

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