Aleksandar Sekulović
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Aleksandar Sekulović was an award-winning Yugoslavia
n cinematographer.
Sekulović started his career in the late 1940s, shooting newsreel
s commissioned by the Yugoslav People's Army
. His first experience with filmmaking came in 1947, when he was assistant to cinematographer Žorž Skrigin during the making of the war drama Slavica (directed by Vjekoslav Afrić). The following year Sekulović shot his first feature film, Immortal Youth (Besmrtna mladost). He went on to shoot some 20 feature films in a prolific career which spaned almost three decades and which earned him four Golden Arena for Best Cinematography
awards at the Pula Film Festival
, the Yugoslav national film awards festival.
Sekulović also worked on several international productions with renowned directors such as Gillo Pontecorvo
, Andrzej Wajda
and Robert Siodmak
. Most notable of these is Pontecorvo's 1959 film Kapò
which was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film
at the 33rd Academy Awards
.
Yugoslavia
Yugoslavia refers to three political entities that existed successively on the western part of the Balkans during most of the 20th century....
n cinematographer.
Sekulović started his career in the late 1940s, shooting newsreel
Newsreel
A newsreel was a form of short documentary film prevalent in the first half of the 20th century, regularly released in a public presentation place and containing filmed news stories and items of topical interest. It was a source of news, current affairs and entertainment for millions of moviegoers...
s commissioned by the Yugoslav People's Army
Yugoslav People's Army
The Yugoslav People's Army , also referred to as the Yugoslav National Army , was the military of the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia.-Origins:The origins of the JNA can...
. His first experience with filmmaking came in 1947, when he was assistant to cinematographer Žorž Skrigin during the making of the war drama Slavica (directed by Vjekoslav Afrić). The following year Sekulović shot his first feature film, Immortal Youth (Besmrtna mladost). He went on to shoot some 20 feature films in a prolific career which spaned almost three decades and which earned him four Golden Arena for Best Cinematography
Golden Arena for Best Cinematography
-List of winners:The following is a list of winners of the Golden Arena for Best Cinematography at the Pula Film Festival.-Yugoslav competition :-Croatian competition :-Multiple winners:...
awards at the Pula Film Festival
Pula Film Festival
The Pula Film Festival is the oldest Croatian film festival which is held annually in a Roman amphitheater known as the Pula arena since 1954. The festival is usually held in the summer, in July or August....
, the Yugoslav national film awards festival.
Sekulović also worked on several international productions with renowned directors such as Gillo Pontecorvo
Gillo Pontecorvo
Gillo Pontecorvo was an Italian filmmaker. He worked as a film director for more than a decade before his best known film La battaglia di Algeri was released...
, Andrzej Wajda
Andrzej Wajda
Andrzej Wajda is a Polish film director. Recipient of an honorary Oscar, he is possibly the most prominent member of the unofficial "Polish Film School"...
and Robert Siodmak
Robert Siodmak
Robert Siodmak was a German born American film director. He is best remembered as a thriller specialist and for the series of Hollywood film noirs he made in the 1940s.-Early life:...
. Most notable of these is Pontecorvo's 1959 film Kapò
Kapò
Kapò is an Italian film about the Holocaust directed by Gillo Pontecorvo in 1959. It was nominated for the Academy Award as Best Foreign Language Film. It was an Italian-French co-production filmed in Yugoslavia.-Plot:...
which was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film
Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film
The Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film is one of the Academy Awards of Merit, popularly known as the Oscars, handed out annually by the U.S.-based Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences...
at the 33rd Academy Awards
33rd Academy Awards
The 33rd Academy Awards, honoring the best in film for 1960, were held on April 17, 1961 at the Santa Monica Civic Auditorium in Santa Monica, California...
.
Selected filmography
- Legends of AnikaLegends of AnikaLegends of Anika , is a 1954 Yugoslav drama film directed by Vladimir Pogačić.The film is based on the same-titled short novel penned by the Nobel Prize-winning Yugoslav author Ivo Andrić, continuing Pogačić's series of screen adaptations of literary works by local authors Legends of Anika , is a...
(Anikina vremena, 1954; directed by Vladimir PogačićVladimir PogačićVladimir Pogačić was a Yugoslav film director.-Education:Before World War II, Pogačić studied art history at the University of Zagreb Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences...
) - Big and Small (Veliki i mali, 1956; directed by Vladimir Pogačić)
- Saturday Night (Subotom uveče, 1957; directed by Vladimir Pogačić)
- Sam (Alone, 1959; directed by Vladimir Pogačić)
- KapòKapòKapò is an Italian film about the Holocaust directed by Gillo Pontecorvo in 1959. It was nominated for the Academy Award as Best Foreign Language Film. It was an Italian-French co-production filmed in Yugoslavia.-Plot:...
(1959; directed by Gillo PontecorvoGillo PontecorvoGillo Pontecorvo was an Italian filmmaker. He worked as a film director for more than a decade before his best known film La battaglia di Algeri was released...
) - Siberian Lady MacbethSiberian Lady MacbethSiberian Lady Macbeth , also translated as Fury Is a Woman, is a 1962 film directed by Andrzej Wajda, based on the novella Lady Macbeth of the Mtsensk District by Nikolai Leskov....
(Sibirska Ledi Magbet, 1961; directed by Andrzej WajdaAndrzej WajdaAndrzej Wajda is a Polish film director. Recipient of an honorary Oscar, he is possibly the most prominent member of the unofficial "Polish Film School"...
) - KozaraKozara (film)Kozara is a 1962 Yugoslav film directed by Veljko Bulajić. It is a well known film of the partisan film subgenre which was popular in Yugoslavia in the 1960s and 1970s and it depicts events surrounding the Battle of Kozara....
(1962; directed by Veljko BulajićVeljko BulajicVeljko Bulajić , today is a Croatian film director and actor of Montenegrin descent, most of his life working in Croatia...
) - Der Schut (1964; directed by Robert SiodmakRobert SiodmakRobert Siodmak was a German born American film director. He is best remembered as a thriller specialist and for the series of Hollywood film noirs he made in the 1940s.-Early life:...
) - Downstream from the Sun (Nizvodno od sunca, 1969; directed by Fedor ŠkubonjaFedor ŠkubonjaFedor Škubonja was a Croatian film director.Škubonja spent most of his career making children's films. His most notable film was the award-winning 1960 Yugoslav film The Lost Pencil , which won the Golden Lion for Best Children's Film at the 1961 Venice Film Festival, and was named as one of the...
)
External links
- Aleksandar Sekulović biography at Filmski-Programi.hr