Years active 1945-1976 Name Nikola Tanhofer | Role Film director | |
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Born 25 December 1926 ( 1926-12-25 ) Sesvete, Kingdom of Serbs, Croats, and Slovenes Occupation Film director
Screenwriter
Cinematographer Died November 24, 1998, Zagreb, Croatia Spouse Radojka Tanhofer (m. ?–1998) Movies H‑8, Double Circle, Ciguli Miguli, Plavi 9, It Was Not in Vain Similar People Antun Vrdoljak, Boris Buzancic, Kreso Golik, Mia Oremovic, Ante Babaja | ||
Nikola Tanhofer ([nǐkola tânhoːfer], 25 December 1926 – 24 November 1998) was a Croatian film director, screenwriter and cinematographer. His first film as director, It Was Not in Vain was entered into the 7th Berlin International Film Festival.
His most accomplished film, H-8 (1958), won him a Golden Arena award at the Pula Film Festival. After two less successful films, the psychological war drama Osma vrata (1959) and Sreća dolazi u 9 (1961), the first Yugoslavian feature film with fantastical elements, he directed two somewhat more successful ones, Dvostruki obruč (1963) and Svanuće (1964). After directing Bablje ljeto (1970), he devoted himself to teaching at the Department for Film and Television Cinematography, which he founded in 1969 at the former Academy For Theater, Film And Television in Zagreb. He wrote Filmska fotografija (Film Photography) in 1981.