Fadil Hadžić

Fadil Hadžić 23 April 1922 3 January 2011 was a Croatian and Yugoslav film director screenwriter playwright and journalist mainly known for his comedy films and plays He was born in Bileća in Bosnia and Herzegovina but mainly lived and worked in Zagreb with the Croatian and wider Yugoslav productions Born in Bileća in Herzegovina in what was then Yugoslavia he went to study painting at the Academy of Fine Arts University of Zagreb He then worked on editing several popular magazines Kerempuh Vjesnik u srijedu Telegram He was also one of the founders of the prominent theatres Kerempuh then called Jazavac and Komedija in Zagreb and also worked as the intendant at the Zagrebs Croatian National Theatre He had his screenwriting debut in 1952 with the animated film The Haunted Castle at Dudinci Croatian Začarani dvorac u Dudincima directed by Dušan Vukotić In 1961 Hadžić had his directorial debut with Alphabet of Fear Abeceda straha He was a prolific and versatile filmmaker throughout the 1960s and his film Official Position Službeni položaj won the Big Golden Arena for Best Film at the 1964 Pula Film Festival In the 1970s and 1980s his output was lower but in spite of this he won the Golden Arena for Best Director for his 1979 film Journalist Novinar Hadžić also wrote and directed the 1972 film The Deer Hunt Lov na jelene starring Boris Dvornik and Silvana Armenulić a subversive thrillerdrama about an émigré suspected of Ustasha activity which was timely and popular because of its relation to the Croatian Spring In the early 1980s he effectively stopped making films and turned to playwriting In this period he wrote more than 57 popular plays and had 14 solo exhibitions of his paintings In the early 2000s he became active in film again directing a couple of film adaptations of his comedy plays in 2003 and 2005 followed by the war drama Remember Vukovar Zapamtite Vukovar in 2008 He died in Zagreb