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Nedeljko Dragić

Born September 13, 1936 · Paklenica, Croatia (age 90)

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 importa…

Known For

Cupido

Short animated film.

Passing Days

Passing Days · 1969

Story about a man whose environment doesn't let him live his simple life.

Neighbours

Neighbours · 1970

A minifilm form the series "Weg zum Nachbarn", made by the awarded filmmakers in Oberhausen. Produced in 1969 and screened in 1970.

Striptease

Striptease · 1967

Animated short.

Elegy

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 these are actually the animated version of his comics. Elegy, Dragić's debut film, for example, is based on his comic called Nostalgia, as he explains in an interview with Bosnian-Swedish theorist and animator Midhat Ajanović in his book "Nedeljko Dragić: The Man and the Line" (2014). Elegy is about a prisoner longing for the flower that caught his eye through the bars of his cell. The animation is quite static, a quality coming from his background in comics.

Diary

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.

Tup Tup

Tup Tup · 1972

The quick tempo of life in polluted cities makes patients out of people. Neurosis is an everyday occurrence.

The Door

The Door · 1971

A short film about a man trying to walk through a door.

Filmography

Sort

Cupido

Short animated film.

Animation

Passing Days

Passing Days · 1969

Story about a man whose environment doesn't let him live his simple life.

Director

Neighbours

Neighbours · 1970

A minifilm form the series "Weg zum Nachbarn", made by the awarded filmmakers in Oberhausen. Produced in 1969 and screened in 1970.

Director

Striptease

Striptease · 1967

Animated short.

Director

Elegy

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 these are actually the animated version of his comics. Elegy, Dragić's debut film, for example, is based on his comic called Nostalgia, as he explains in an interview with Bosnian-Swedish theorist and animator Midhat Ajanović in his book "Nedeljko Dragić: The Man and the Line" (2014). Elegy is about a prisoner longing for the flower that caught his eye through the bars of his cell. The animation is quite static, a quality coming from his background in comics.

Director

Diary

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.

Director

Tup Tup

Tup Tup · 1972

The quick tempo of life in polluted cities makes patients out of people. Neurosis is an everyday occurrence.

Director

The Door

The Door · 1971

A short film about a man trying to walk through a door.

Writer

Per aspera ad astra

Per aspera ad astra · 1969

Per aspera ad astra

MovieComedyAnimation

Short movie where a little old man trying to get up from the toilet. He gets a helping hand.

Director

Diogenes Perhaps

Diogenes Perhaps · 1967

Diogenes Perhaps

One lonely person wanders an absurd world searching for happiness.

Director

Man: The Polluter

Man: The Polluter · 1973

Man: The Polluter

MovieAnimationDocumentary

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 between animated sequences Dr. Fred H. Knelman, Professor of Science and Human Affairs at Concordia University in Montréal, comments on the import of what is shown and on what lies in store if more responsibility is not taken on a global scale to conserve what is left of our vital resources and usable environment.

Director

The Man Who Had to Sing

The Man Who Had to Sing · 1970

The Man Who Had to Sing

Still in the delivery room, he started singing his song. And on he went his entire life. The song is not ugly, the voice is not unpleasant, but everything is constantly the same. He is trying to blend in, but it always ends in disapproval, kicking out, beating, harsh reaction. Nevertheless, he didn’t give up.

Writer

The Day I Quit Smoking

The Day I Quit Smoking · 1982

The Day I Quit Smoking

A story about the loneliness, alienation, fear and nervousness of modern man.

Director

Tamer of the Wild Horses

Tamer of the Wild Horses · 1967

Tamer of the Wild Horses

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.

Director

Pictures from Memory

Pictures from Memory · 1990

Pictures from Memory

MovieAnimationWar

With fast changing visuals and moods, an artist presents his family's twentieth-century story.

Director

Way to Your Neighbour

Way to Your Neighbour · 1983

Way to Your Neighbour

This short animation is the author's cynical reaction to the contemporary international political situation.

Director