Franci Slak
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Franci Slak | |
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Born | Krško,Slovenia | 1 February 1953
Died | 27 October 2007 Ljubljana,Slovenia | (aged 54)
Occupation(s) | Film director Film producer Screenwriter Lecturer Politician |
Years active | 1981-2007 |
Franci Slak(1 February 1953 – 27 October 2007) was a Slovenianfilm director,producer,screenwriter,lecturerandpolitician.His 1987 filmHudodelci(The Felons) was entered into the38th Berlin International Film Festival.[1]
Early life
[edit]Slak, alongside his family, moved to the coastal town ofKoperat an early age. He finished his primary and secondary schooling there. He first enrolled at theAGRFTinLjubljanato studyfilmmaking,but later moved toŁódźinPoland,where he finished his studies as a Master of Filmmaking in 1978. He became a regular lecturer at his Ljubljana alma mater in 1980 and stayed employed there until his death.
He received theBadjur prizethree times (in 1981, 1985 and 1987) and also added thePrešeren Fund Awardto his name in 1988.
He was the president of the Board of programming ofActive Slovenia.As a candidate of the party, he bid unsuccessfully for the position of theMayorofLjubljana.
He died after a severe illness in 2007. Right before his death, he filmed a low-budget autobiographical film called "Kakor v nebesih, tako na zemlji" (On Earth as it is in Heaven), which aired publicly onRTV Sloveniain December of that year.
Filmography
[edit]- Directed
- Eva(1983)
- Butnskala(1985)
- Pesnikov portret z dvojnikom(2002)
- Produced
- Outsider(1997)
- Slepa pega(2002)
- Tu pa tam(2004)
- Directed and wrote the script of
- Hudodelci(1987)
- Krizno obdobje(1981)
- Kakor v nebesih, tako na zemlji(2007)
- Directed, produced and wrote the script of
- Ko zaprem oči(1993)
References
[edit]- ^"Berlinale: 1988 Programme".berlinale.de.Retrieved5 March2011.
External links
[edit]- Vič High - Franci Slak (in Slovene)
- eKumba AGRFT - Franci Slak (in Slovene)
- AGRFT - Franci Slak (in Slovene)
- 1953 births
- 2007 deaths
- Slovenian film directors
- Slovenian film producers
- Slovenian screenwriters
- Slovenian male screenwriters
- People from Krško
- University of Ljubljana alumni
- Academic staff of the University of Ljubljana
- Politicians from Koper
- 20th-century screenwriters
- European film director stubs
- Slovenian artist stubs