Nikola Tanhofer, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Nikola Tanhofer

Film director, Screenwriter, Cinematographer

Date of Birth: 25-Dec-1926

Place of Birth: Sesvete, Zagreb County, Croatia

Date of Death: 24-Nov-1998

Profession: screenwriter, cinematographer, film director

Nationality: Croatia

Zodiac Sign: Capricorn

Nikola Tanhofer (Croatian pronunciation: [nikola tânho?fer]; 25 December 1926 – 24 November 1998) was a Croatian film director, screenwriter and cinematographer.
His first film as director, It Was Not in Vain was entered into the 7th Berlin International Film Festival.His most accomplished film, H-8 (1958), won him a Golden Arena award at the Pula Film Festival.
After two less successful films, the psychological war drama Osma vrata (1959) and Sreca dolazi u 9 (1961), the first Yugoslavian feature film with fantastical elements, he directed two somewhat more successful ones, Dvostruki obruc (1963) and Svanuce (1964).
After directing Bablje ljeto (1970), he devoted himself to teaching at the Department for Film and Television Cinematography, which he founded in 1969 at the former Academy For Theater, Film And Television in Zagreb.
He wrote Filmska fotografija (Film Photography) in 1981.