Milan Blažeković, Date of Birth, Date of Death

Milan Blažeković

Croatian animator

Date of Birth: 06-Jul-1940

Date of Death: 30-May-2019

Profession: screenwriter, animator, animation director

Nationality: Croatia

Zodiac Sign: Cancer

Milan Blažekovic (July 6, 1940 in Zagreb – 30 May 2019) was a Croatian animator. Blažekovic began his career at the Zagreb Film studio with short films such as Gorilla Dance (1968), The Man Who Had to Sing (1970) and Man: The Polluter (1973) (the latter for the National Film Board of Canada.
In later years, he directed three children's films with the animation unit of Croatia Film: The Elm-Chanted Forest (1986), The Magician's Hat (1990) and Lapitch the Little Shoemaker (1997).
By around 2000, Blazekovic ended his partnership with Croatia Film, and returned to Zagreb Film to work on a fourth animated feature, Tales of Long Ago (Price iz davnine).
It was initially planned for a Christmas 2003 release, but is still in development.
Blažekovic was involved in two 2011 projects: one was The Hedgehog's House (Ježeva kucica), (as director and art designer), and an adaptation of Veselin Gatalo's Bosnian book, Ja sam pas… i zovem se Salvatore.