Vlado Kristl

Biography

Vladislav "Vlado" Kristl (24 January 1923, Zagreb, Croatia – 7 July 2004, Munich, Germany) was a filmmaker and artist, best known for his animations and short films. Vladislav "Vlado" Kristl was born 24 January 1923 in Zagreb, Croatia.[citation needed] Kristl first came to international prominence for his formally challenging and rigorous animations, particularly Don Kihot (freely inspired by Cervantes' Don Quixote). The film is a "graphical and abstract masterpiece which went beyond all existing conventions" and was awarded the main prize at the Oberhausen International Short Film Festival. Kristl regarded this film, which was not his first, as the one where he "was finally given a free rein". In 1962 Kristl made General i resni clovek (The General and the real man), a satirical live action short film which got him into trouble with the board of censors. He died in 2004, aged 81, in Munich, Germany. With his partner Jelena he had two children, Madeleine (b. 1966) and Pepe Stephan (b. 1968). He published two books of poetry: Neznatna lirika (Insignificant lyrics, 1959), and Pet bijelih stepenica (Five white steps, 1961) in Croatian, and several books in German.

Directed

1. Don Quixote (1962) — Director
2. The Last Clone (1988) — Director
3. Shagreen Leather (1960) — Director
4. The Dam (1964) — Director
5. The Letter (1966) — Director
6. The Film of the Authority (1971) — Director
7. The General (1962) — Director
8. Madeleine, Madeleine (1963) — Director
9. The Pot (1964) — Director
10. School of the Postmodern (1990) — Director
11. Conference of the Homeless (2003) — Director
12. One Half of Wealth for One Half of Beauty (1994) — Director
13. When People Were Still Living for Personal Reasons (1993) — Director
14. Art Is Only Outside Human Society (2002) — Director
15. Poor People (1963) — Director
16. Italian Capriccio (1969) — Director
17. Tiger Cage (1971) — Director
18. Film or Power (1970) — Director
19. Car Race (1965) — Director
20. Utopia (1967) — Director
21. Films That Last Seconds (1969) — Director
22. A Pad of 100 Leaves (1968) — Director
23. All the Drawings of the Town (1959) — Director
24. Prometheus (1966) — Director
25. Theft of Jewels (1959) — Director
26. Tod dem Zuschauer (1984) — Director
27. Die Verräter des Jungen deutschen Films schlafen nicht! (1982) — Director

Also appeared in

1. The Dam (1964) — Der 'Clown'
2. The Letter (1966)
3. Neuer Deutscher Film Report (1967)
4. The General (1962)
5. The Pot (1964)
6. Poor People (1963)
7. Car Race (1965)
8. ...Geist und ein wenig Glück (1965) — Himself