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Filmmaker · Slovenia

Igor Pretnar

Died in 1977

Igor Pretnar was born on 3 April 1924 in Ljubljana. Trained at the academy of dramatic art in Ljubljana, he was chosen to study directing at the Moscow film school, where he followed Eisenstein's teaching. Back in 1948, he directed documentaries, moved on to fiction in the mid-1950s and received the Golden Arena for directing at Pula in 1963. A professor of dramatic art from 1973, he taught until his death, which occurred in Ljubljana on 8 April 1977, five days after his fifty-third birthday.

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