Nedeljko Dragić
Nedeljko Dragić is a Croatian director, animator, cartoonist and illustrator. Since 1953 he has been a cartoonist and had exhibitions and published a book called "Lexicon for Illiterate People" in 1966. In 1960 he began working as a designer and animator at Zagreb Film, contributing to the works of N. Kostelac, I. Vrbanić, B. Dovniković and others. Since 1965 he has become one of the most important representatives of the Zagreb School of Animation. His works rank among the most original among world animation. He is the creator of the award-winning films "Tamer of Wild Horses" (1966), "Perhaps Diogenes" (1968), "The Days Are Going" (1969), "Tup Tup" (1972), "The Diary" (1974), "Put k susjedu" (1982), "Pictures of Memories" (1989) and others, as well as a series of short films ("Per aspera ad astra", "Striptiz", 1969), of which he was the scriptwriter, cartoonist and animator. He developed a distinctive visual style in which animation grows from the caricatures with pronounced symbolic elements, and linking art and poetic elements usually varies the theme of the absurdity of man's fate in modern civilization. His films have been awarded at international festivals in Annecy, Oberhausen, Zagreb and elsewhere, and "Tup Tup" received an Academy Award nomination in early 1973. He wrote the screenplays of several films by other authors (e.g., "A Man Who Had to Sing", 1971, M. Blažeković), author of the comic book series "Tupko", and book illustrator). Since the beginning of the ...
Passing Days (1969)
Story about a man whose environment doesn't let him live his simple life. (more)
Story about a man whose environment doesn't let him live his simple life. (more)
Tup Tup (1972)
The quick tempo of life in polluted cities makes patients out of people. Neurosis is an everyday occurrence. (more)
The quick tempo of life in polluted cities makes patients out of people. Neurosis is an everyday occurrence. (more)
Elegy (1965)
Being a cartoonist and caricaturist, Dragić applied for a competition organised by Zagreb Film and so his succesful career as an animator started. However, his films remained strongly connected with his comic strips both in terms of style and narrative, and some of ... (more)
Being a cartoonist and caricaturist, Dragić applied for a competition organised by Zagreb Film and so his succesful career as an animator started. However, his films remained strongly connected with his comic strips both in terms of style and narrative, and some of ... (more)
Way to Your Neighbour (1983)
This short animation is the author's cynical reaction to the contemporary international political situation. (more)
This short animation is the author's cynical reaction to the contemporary international political situation. (more)
Tamer of the Wild Horses (1967)
A tamer of horses discovers a large mechanical horse. A conflict develops when the horse tamer attempts to tame the horse and the horse attempts to destroy the man. Considers the relationship between man and technology. (more)
A tamer of horses discovers a large mechanical horse. A conflict develops when the horse tamer attempts to tame the horse and the horse attempts to destroy the man. Considers the relationship between man and technology. (more)
Per aspera ad astra (1969)
Short movie where a little old man trying to get up from the toilet. He gets a helping hand. (more)
Short movie where a little old man trying to get up from the toilet. He gets a helping hand. (more)
Neighbours (1970)
A minifilm form the series "Weg zum Nachbarn", made by the awarded filmmakers in Oberhausen. Produced in 1969 and screened in 1970. (more)
A minifilm form the series "Weg zum Nachbarn", made by the awarded filmmakers in Oberhausen. Produced in 1969 and screened in 1970. (more)
A short film about a man trying to walk through a door. (more)
Man: The Polluter (1973)
A richly illustrated cartoon film that enlarges on man's capacity to foul his own nest, and to ignore it. Made by a joint team of Canadian and Yugoslav animation artists, the film transmits its warning with unflagging humor, imagination, movement and design. In ... (more)
A richly illustrated cartoon film that enlarges on man's capacity to foul his own nest, and to ignore it. Made by a joint team of Canadian and Yugoslav animation artists, the film transmits its warning with unflagging humor, imagination, movement and design. In ... (more)
Diary (1974)
Souvenirs, memories, nostalgia, alienation, the ephermal quality of life ...these are the subjects of this animated diary. The film is not made in the usual way (screenplay, storyboard) and was born at the moment when the author sat at his desk and began animating. (more)
Souvenirs, memories, nostalgia, alienation, the ephermal quality of life ...these are the subjects of this animated diary. The film is not made in the usual way (screenplay, storyboard) and was born at the moment when the author sat at his desk and began animating. (more)
The Day I Stopped Smoking (1982)
A story about the loneliness, alienation, fear and nervousness of modern man. (more)
A story about the loneliness, alienation, fear and nervousness of modern man. (more)
Pictures from Memory (1990)
With fast changing visuals and moods, an artist presents his family's twentieth-century story. (more)
With fast changing visuals and moods, an artist presents his family's twentieth-century story. (more)
Diogenes Perhaps (1967)
One lonely person wanders an absurd world searching for happiness. (more)
One lonely person wanders an absurd world searching for happiness. (more)
