Hrvoje Turković
| Hrvoje Turković | |
|---|---|
| Born |
4 November 1943 Zagreb |
| Nationality | Croatian |
| Occupation | University professor (retired) |
| Years active | 1965–present |
| Employer | Academy of Dramatic Art, University of Zagreb |
| Known for | Works on film theory |
| Awards | Vladimir Nazor Award for Life Achievement in Film (2011) |
Hrvoje Turković (born 4 November 1943) is a Croatian film theorist, film critic and university professor. With 11 books and more than 700 articles on film, ranging from essayistic criticism to scientific works on film theory, Turković established himself as one of Croatia's most important critics and film scholars. He is a recipient of the Vladimir Nazor Lifetime Achievement Award for Contribution to Film.
Turković was born in Zagreb in 1943. He spent a significant part of his childhood, including first two years of high school, in Crikvenica. He graduated from high school in Zagreb in 1962, received a B.A. degree in philosophy and sociology from the Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, University of Zagreb in 1972, and an M.A. in film studies from the New York University Graduate School of Arts and Science in 1976, on a Fulbright Program grant. Turković obtained his Ph.D. in film theory from the Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences in Zagreb in 1991.
Since 1977, Turković taught at the Academy of Dramatic Art, University of Zagreb, retiring in 2009 as full professor. From 2006, Turković teaches Ph.D. courses at the Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences in Zagreb.
Since 1998, Turković is the president of the Croatian Film Association. He was the founding president of the Croatian Society of Film Critics (1992–1994).
Turković served as an editor in a number of journals and magazines: Polet (1967–1968), Studentski list (1969–1971), Prolog (1971–1974), Pitanja (1975–1976), Film (1976–1979), Oko (1989–1990), Hrvatski filmski ljetopis (1995–present). He is the editor-in-chief of the Encyclopedic Film Dictionary (Croatian: Filmski enciklopedijski rječnik), a work started in 2010 by the Miroslav Krleža Institute of Lexicography in Zagreb.
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