Janez Lapajne
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Janez Lapajne [yannez la-pie-nay], Slovenian film director, * June 24, 1967, Celje, Slovenia.
Leading Slovenian contemporary independent filmmaker. Film directing graduate of the University of Ljubljana and former president of Directors Guild of Slovenia. Founded PoEtika, an occasional academy for researching the art of film directing, which he heads as tutor. He also directs for theatre, radio and television and has won several awards for his student works and his first feature film. Son of geophysicist and seismologist Janez K. Lapajne.
[edit] Filmography
- director:
- 2006 - Short Circuits/Kratki stiki (Triglav Film), feature film (announced),
- 2002 - Rustling Landscapes/Šelestenje (Triglav Film), first feature film,
- 1997 - Breakages/Črepinjice (University of Ljubljana), diploma film - short fiction,
- 1997 - The Kanižarica Lignite Mine Closure/Rudnik rjavega premoga Kanižarica v zapiranju (Orson), short documentary,
- 1996 - The Smile/Smehljaj (University of Ljubljana), short fiction,
- 1995 - An Electric Chair Over Ljubljana or What a Painter Can Do With Two Suitcases/Električni stol nad Ljubljano ali Kaj počne slikar z dvema kovčkoma (University of Ljubljana and Radiotelevizija Slovenija), short documentary,
- 1992 - Blackred/Črnordeče (ZKOS), short fiction.
- producer:
- 2006 - Short Circuits/Kratki stiki (Triglav Film), feature film (announced),
- 2002 - Rustling Landscapes/Šelestenje (Triglav Film), first feature film.
- writer:
- 2006 - Short Circuits/Kratki stiki (Triglav Film), feature film (announced),
- 2004 - Lilies of the Valley/Solzice (University of Ljubljana and Radiotelevizija Slovenija), short fiction,
- 2002 - Rustling Landscapes/Šelestenje (Triglav Film), first feature film,
- 1997 - Breakages/Črepinjice (University of Ljubljana), diploma film - short fiction,
- 1996 - The Smile/Smehljaj (University of Ljubljana), short fiction,
- 1995 - An Electric Chair Over Ljubljana or What a Painter Can Do With Two Suitcases/Električni stol nad Ljubljano ali Kaj počne slikar z dvema kovčkoma (University of Ljubljana and Radiotelevizija Slovenija), short documentary,
- 1992 - Blackred/Črnordeče (ZKOS), short fiction.
- editor:
- 2006 - Short Circuits/Kratki stiki (Triglav Film), feature film (announced),
- 2004 - Lilies of the Valley/Solzice (University of Ljubljana and Radiotelevizija Slovenija), short fiction,
- 2002 - Rustling Landscapes/Šelestenje (Triglav Film), first feature film,
- 1996 - The Smile/Smehljaj (University of Ljubljana), short fiction (uncredited).
- art director:
- 2006 - Short Circuits/Kratki stiki (Triglav Film), feature film (announced),
- 2002 - Rustling Landscapes/Šelestenje (Triglav Film), first feature film,
- 1992 - Blackred/Črnordeče (ZKOS), short fiction (uncredited).
- costume designer:
- 1996 - The Smile/Smehljaj (University of Ljubljana), short fiction,
- 1992 - Blackred/Črnordeče (ZKOS), short fiction (uncredited).
- tutor:
- 2004 - Death/Smrt (PoEtika, Triglav Film), short fiction,
- 2004 - Life/Življenje (PoEtika, Triglav Film), short fiction,
- 2004 - Birth/Rojstvo (PoEtika, Triglav Film), short fiction.
- appearance:
- 2001 - Tiigra (Studio Arkadena), fiction-documentary - as himself.
[edit] Theatre
- director:
- 2006 - Neil LaBute: Bash: Latter-Day Plays (Imaginarni and Mini Teater) - Slovenian premiere - season 2005/06,
- 2004 - John Osborne: Look Back in Anger (Municipal Theatre Ljubljana/Mestno gledališče ljubljansko) - season 2004/05,
- 2004 - David Auburn: Proof (Slovenian National Theatre Celje/Slovensko ljudsko gledališče Celje) - Slovenian premiere - season 2003/04,
- 1999 - Several authors: Coquettnesses/Spogledljivosti (Student Organisation of University of Ljubljana, Primorski poletni festival and Orson) - world premiere - at 6th Primorski poletni festival, Koper 1999.
- art director:
- 2006 - Neil LaBute: Bash: Latter-Day Plays (Imaginarni and Mini Teater) - Slovenian premiere - season 2005/06,
- 2004 - John Osborne: Look Back in Anger (Municipal Theatre Ljubljana/Mestno gledališče ljubljansko) - season 2004/05,
- 1999 - Several authors: Coquettnesses/Spogledljivosti (Student Organisation of University of Ljubljana, Primorski poletni festival and Orson) - world premiere - at 6th Primorski poletni festival, Koper 1999.
- costume designer:
- 1999 - Several authors: Coquettnesses/Spogledljivosti (Student Organisation of University of Ljubljana, Primorski poletni festival and Orson) - world premiere - at 6th Primorski poletni festival, Koper 1999.
- video:
- 2004 - John Osborne: Look Back in Anger (Municipal Theatre Ljubljana/Mestno gledališče ljubljansko) - season 2004/05,
- 2003 - Witold Gombrowicz: Yvonne, Princess of Burgundy/Ivona, Księżnicka Burgunda (Prešernovo gledališče Kranj) - season 2003/04.
