Fadil Hadžić

Directing·Apr 23, 1922·Bileca, Bosnia and Hercegovina, Yugoslavia

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Fadil Hadžić (23 April 1922 – 3 January 2011) was a Croatian and Yugoslav film director, screenwriter, playwright and journalist, mainly known for his comedy films and plays. He was born in Bileća in Bosnia and Herzegovina, but mainly lived and worked in Zagreb, with the Croatian and wider Yugoslav productions. Born in Bileća in Herzegovina, in what was then Yugoslavia, he went to study painting at the Academy of Fine Arts, University of Zagreb. He then worked on editing several popular magazines (Kerempuh, Vjesnik u srijedu, Telegram). He was also one of the founders of the prominent theatres Kerempuh (then called Jazavac) and Komedija in Zagreb, and also worked as the intendant at the Zagreb's Croatian National Theatre. He had his screenwriting debut in 1952 with the animated film The Haunted Castle at Dudinci (Croatian: Začarani dvorac u Dudincima), directed by Dušan Vukotić. In 1961, Hadžić had his directorial debut with Alphabet of Fear (Abeceda straha). He was a prolific and versatile filmmaker throughout the 1960s and his film Official Position (Službeni položaj) won the Big Golden Arena for Best Film at the 1964 Pula Film Festival. In the 1970s and 1980s his output was lower, but in spite of this he won the Golden Arena for Best Director for his 1979 film Journalist (Novinar). Hadžić also wrote and directed the 1972 film, The Deer Hunt (Lov na jelene), starring Boris Dvornik and Silvana Armenulić, a subversive thriller-drama about an émigré suspected of Ustasha activity, which was timely and popular because of its relation to the Croatian Spring. In the early 1980s, he effectively stopped making films, and turned to playwriting. In this period he wrote more than 57 popular plays and had 14 solo exhibitions of his paintings. In the early 2000s, he became active in film again, directing a couple of film adaptations of his comedy plays in 2003 and 2005, followed by the war drama Remember Vukovar (Zapamtite Vukovar) in 2008. He died in Zagreb.

Film	Credit
Remember Vukovar2008 · Director, Writer	Director, Writer
First Class Thieves2005 · Writer, Director	Writer, Director
The Insanity Doctor2003 · Director, Writer	Director, Writer
Pula Confidential2003 · Himself	Himself
Gentlemen and Comrades1987 · Writer	Writer
The Ambassador1984 · Writer, Director	Writer, Director
Journalist1979 · Writer, Director	Writer, Director
The Deer Hunt1972 · Director, Writer	Director, Writer
Passing Days1970 · Director, Writer	Director, Writer
Wild Angels1969 · Director, Writer	Director, Writer
TThree Hours to Love1968 · Writer, Director	Writer, Director
The Sarajevo Assassination1968 · Writer, Director	Writer, Director
Protest1967 · Director, Writer	Director, Writer
On the Mountain of Konjuh1966 · Director, Writer	Director, Writer
Back of the Medal1965 · Writer, Director	Writer, Director
Official Position1964 · Director, Writer	Director, Writer
The Descent Upon Drvar1963 · Writer, Director	Writer, Director
Did a Good Man Die?1962 · Director, Writer	Director, Writer
The Alphabet of Fear1961 · Director, Writer	Director, Writer
There, By the Dangerous River1957 · Director	Director
The Enchanted Castle at Dudinci1952 · Writer	Writer
TThe Secret of I.B. Castle1951 · Writer	Writer