Radislav Jovanov Gonzo

Radislav Jovanov Gonzo
Born (1964-08-09) 9 August 1964
Zagreb, Croatia
Occupation Film director
Years active 1988–present

Radislav Jovanov (born 9 August 1964[1]), also known as Gonzo, is a Croatian music video director.

Jovanov was born in Zagreb. After graduating from high school, he worked for several years as a photographer for Polet, a popular student newspaper, and then as a camera assistant at the Radiotelevision Zagreb, working on a number of documentaries, TV films and TV series. At the same time, Jovanov studied cinematography at the Academy of Dramatic Art, University of Zagreb.[1]

Jovanov's first music video was award-winning "Leteći odred" for Psihomodo Pop in 1988. After he left his television job in 1993, he became a professional music video director.[1] He has directed a total of 260 music videos for various Croatian pop and rock artists such as Majke, The Bambi Molesters, Let 3, The Beat Fleet, Pips, Chips & Videoclips, Severina, Oliver Dragojević, E.N.I., Hladno pivo, Natali Dizdar, Gibonni, Nina Badrić and Colonia.[2][3][4] Most of his videos are edited by his wife Anita.[3] Apart from his music video work, Jovanov directed Cubismo turismo (2000), a documentary about Cubismo, a Croatian Latin American music band,[5] and worked as a cinematographer on Spare Parts, a 2003 feature film by Slovenian director Damjan Kozole.[3]

Jovanov is an eight-time winner of Porin Award for the Best Music Video: "Starfucker" for Psihomodo Pop (1996),[6] "Mene ne zanima" for Majke (1997),[7] "Apokalipso" for Darko Rundek (1998),[3][8][9] "Ay Mi Cuba" for Cubismo (2001),[10] "Ero s onoga svijeta" for Let 3 (2006),[11] "Dijete u vremenu" for Let 3 (2007),[12] "Smak svita" for The Beat Fleet (2008),[13] and "Donna" for Psihomodo Pop (2014).[14]

References

  1. 1 2 3 "Radislav Jovanov - Gonzo". film.hr (in Croatian). Retrieved 16 July 2011.
  2. ↑ Nezirović, Vanja (11 January 2009). "Radislav Jovanov Gonzo: U spotovima nema više umjetnosti". Jutarnji list (in Croatian). Retrieved 16 July 2011.
  3. 1 2 3 4 Sinovčić, Dean (21 September 2010). "Radislav Jovanov Gonzo - Marulić kroz objektiv kralja videospotova" [Radislav Jovanov Gonzo - Marulić through camera of king of video clips]. Nacional (in Croatian) (775). Archived from the original on 24 July 2012. Retrieved 11 April 2015.
  4. ↑ "Studio dim - Glazbeni spotovi". dim.hr (in Croatian). Archived from the original on 27 December 2008.
  5. ↑ "Cubismo proslavio 10. obljetnicu postojanja". Jutarnji list (in Croatian). 8 March 2006. Retrieved 16 July 2011.
  6. ↑ "Dobitnici po godinama: 1996". porin.info (in Croatian). Institute of Croatian Music. Retrieved 11 April 2015.
  7. ↑ "Dobitnici po godinama: 1997". porin.info (in Croatian). Institute of Croatian Music. Retrieved 11 April 2015.
  8. ↑ "Dobitnici po godinama: 1998". porin.info (in Croatian). Institute of Croatian Music. Retrieved 11 April 2015.
  9. ↑ "Video". darko-rundek.com (in Croatian). Retrieved 16 July 2011.
  10. ↑ "Dobitnici po godinama: 2001". porin.info (in Croatian). Institute of Croatian Music. Retrieved 11 April 2015.
  11. ↑ "Dobitnici po godinama: 2006". porin.info (in Croatian). Institute of Croatian Music. Retrieved 11 April 2015.
  12. ↑ "Dobitnici po godinama: 2007". porin.info (in Croatian). Institute of Croatian Music. Retrieved 11 April 2015.
  13. ↑ "Dobitnici po godinama: 2008". porin.info (in Croatian). Institute of Croatian Music. Retrieved 11 April 2015.
  14. ↑ "Proglašeni dobitnici 21. Porina!". porin.info (in Croatian). Institute of Croatian Music. 27 June 2014. Retrieved 11 April 2015.

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