About

Known credits:
35
Birthday:
1930-12-12
Place of birth:
Osijek, Croatia, Yugoslavia
Website:
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Borivoj Dovniković 'Bordo'

Overview

Borivoj Dovniković (12 December 1930 – 8 February 2022) was a Croatian film director, animator, comic artist and caricaturist. He was a prominent member of the Zagreb school of animated films style.

Dovniković was born in Osijek, Yugoslavia, on 12 December 1930. During the World War II in Yugoslavia and the existence of the Independent State of Croatia Borivoj and his father escaped to Serbia. In 1949, he arrived in Zagreb where he enrolled at the Academy of Fine Arts and started to work as a caricaturist and illustrator in newspapers. Subsequently, he got a job at a local newspaper called Kerempuh in 1950. He participated in the making of the first Croatian animated art film Veliki Miting (The Great Meeting) and, in 1957, he joins the Zagreb Film company, from where he created and worked on animated shorts and movies. This led to the creation of Lutkica (The Doll) in 1961, his first fully own creation. From 1977 to 1982 he was a member of the International Animated Film Association and was a board member of Animafest Zagreb festival. Between 1994 and 2022 Dovniković wrote a comic the "Čipko and Grampa Filip" for youth magazine Bijela pčela published in Rijeka by SKD Prosvjeta.

Dovniković died in Zagreb on 8 February 2022, at the age of 91. In 2024, the City Assembly of Zagreb named a park in Trešnjevka-north after Borivoj Dovniković.

Known for

Directing
1989 Animated Self-Portraits Directing Director 58
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1989 The Exciting Love Story Directing Director 59
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1982 One Day of Life Directing Director N/A
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1978 Learning to Walk Directing Director 59
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1977 N. N. Directing Director 59
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1973 Second Class Passenger Directing Director N/A
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1970 The Flower Lovers Directing Director 59
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1969 Strange Bird Directing Director 58
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1968 Krek Directing Director 59
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1967 Curiosity Directing Director 59
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1965 The Ceremony Directing Director 59
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1964 Without Title Directing Director 58
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1963 Inspector Mask: ¡Olé torero! Directing Director N/A
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1961 A Doll Directing Director N/A
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Writing
1989 Animated Self-Portraits Writing Writer 58
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1989 The Exciting Love Story Writing Writer 59
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1982 One Day of Life Writing Writer N/A
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1978 Learning to Walk Writing Writer 59
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1977 N. N. Writing Writer 59
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1973 Second Class Passenger Writing Writer N/A
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1970 The Flower Lovers Writing Writer 59
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1969 Strange Bird Writing Writer 58
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1968 Krek Writing Writer 59
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1967 The Musical Pig Writing Writer 59
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1967 Curiosity Writing Writer 59
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1967 Professor Balthazar Writing Writer 59
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1965 The Ceremony Writing Writer 59
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1964 Without Title Writing Writer 58
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1963 Inspector Mask: ¡Olé torero! Writing Writer N/A
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1961 A Doll Writing Writer N/A
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Visual Effects
1989 The Exciting Love Story Visual Effects Animation 59
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1973 Second Class Passenger Visual Effects Animation N/A
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1963 Inspector Mask: ¡Olé torero! Visual Effects Animation N/A
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1961 A Doll Visual Effects Animation Director N/A
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1952 Goal! Visual Effects Animation N/A
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