About

Known credits:
21
Birthday:
1930-03-20
Place of birth:
Split, Croatia, Yugoslavia
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Vanča Kljaković

Overview

Vanca Kljakovic was born on 20 March 1930 in Split, Croatia, Yugoslavia. He was a director and writer, known for Hotelska soba (1975), Kljuc (1965) and Kuzis stari moj (1973). He was married to Vida Tucan and Zdenka Hersak. He died on 16 September 2010 in Croatia.

Kljaković graduated from classical high school in his native Split . He studied and graduated in acting at the Academy of Theater Arts in Belgrade , and then at the Academy of Dramatic Art in Zagreb, he studied and graduated in directing in the class of Dr. Branko Gavella. Kljaković appeared in Croatian theater and film life at the end of the 1950s , first as an actor and screenwriter and then, in the early 1960s , as a director at the then Zagreb Drama Theater (today GDK Gavella ). He was employed at the "Gavella" theater until 1970 , and then worked as a freelance artist. From 1996 until his retirement, he worked at the Croatian National Theater in Split : after that engagement, he became almost the "house director" of the Split City Youth Theater , where his wife, costume designer Vida Tućan , was one of his most loyal collaborators . For the past fifteen years, he has successfully collaborated with the City Puppet Theater in Split.

Vanča Kljaković made his debut as a film director in 1965 with the film Duga ulica , the first part of the Ključ omnibus . Then followed the films The Eleventh Commandment (1970), My Old Man's Home (1973) and Slow Motion (1979). In 1987, he directed the film Marjuča ili smrt , and a year later Buža , perhaps his most valuable film production based on the story and screenplay of the same name by Živko Jeličić .

Known for

Acting
1999 Wish I Were a Shark Actor Domeniko 58
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1962 Justice Actor 59
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1959 Mamula Camp Actor Italijanski oficir 58
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1956 The Siege Actor Mladen, partizanski komandir 59
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1956 The Siege Actor 59
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Directing
2000 Ours and Yours Directing Director N/A
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1997 A Little Inscription of Marko Uvodic from Split Directing Director N/A
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1989 The Hole Directing Director 59
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1987 Marjuca or Death Directing Director 58
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1982 Unconquered City Directing Director N/A
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1979 Slow Motion Directing Director 58
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1979 Devil's Due Directing Director N/A
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1977 Either We Are or Aren't Directing Director N/A
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1974 The Organ and the Firemen Directing Director N/A
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1973 You Get It, Man Directing Director 59
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1970 The Eleventh Commandment Directing Director N/A
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1965 The Key Directing Director 59
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Writing
1987 Marjuca or Death Writing Writer 58
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1979 Devil's Due Writing Writer N/A
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1973 You Get It, Man Writing Writer 59
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1965 The Key Writing Writer 59
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