Franci Slak

Franci Slak
Born	(1953-02-01)1 February 1953 Krško,Slovenia
Died	27 October 2007(2007-10-27)(aged 54) Ljubljana,Slovenia
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.

Early life

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

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)

External links

• Franci SlakatIMDb
• Aktivna Slovenija - Franci Slak bio (in Slovene)

Candidacy page (in Slovene)

• Vič High - Franci Slak (in Slovene)
• eKumba AGRFT - Franci Slak (in Slovene)
• AGRFT - Franci Slak (in Slovene)