Radislav Jovanov Gonzo | |
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Born | (1964-08-09) 9 August 1964 (age 60) Zagreb, SR Croatia, SFR Yugoslavia |
Occupation | Film director |
Years active | 1988–present |
Radislav Jovanov (born 9 August 1964), also known as Gonzo, is a Croatian music video director and cinematographer.
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.
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. He has directed more than 350 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. Most of his videos are edited by his wife Anita.
Jovanov is a ten-time winner of Porin Award for the Best Video: "Starfucker" for Psihomodo Pop (1996), "Mene ne zanima" for Majke (1997), "Apokalipso" for Darko Rundek (1998), "Ay Mi Cuba" for Cubismo (2001), "Ero s onoga svijeta" for Let 3 (2006), "Dijete u vremenu" for Let 3 (2007), "Smak svita" for The Beat Fleet (2008), "Donna" for Psihomodo Pop (2014), "Bejbi" for Psihomodo Pop (2015), and "Ima ih" for Rundek Cargo Trio (2016).
Apart from his music video work, Jovanov directed Cubismo turismo (2000), a documentary about Cubismo, a Croatian Latin American music band, and worked as a cinematographer on two feature films, Spare Parts by Damjan Kozole (2003) and Life Is a Trumpet by Antonio Nuić (2015).
References
- ^ "Radislav Jovanov - Gonzo". film.hr (in Croatian). Retrieved 16 July 2011.
- ^ "Jovanov, Radislav (Gonzo)". Leksikon radija i televizije (in Croatian). Croatian Radiotelevision. Retrieved 14 December 2020.
- Nezirović, Vanja (11 January 2009). "Radislav Jovanov Gonzo: U spotovima nema više umjetnosti". Jutarnji list (in Croatian). Retrieved 11 September 2017.
- ^ 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). No. 775. Archived from the original on 17 April 2015. Retrieved 11 April 2015.
- "Studio dim - Glazbeni spotovi". dim.hr (in Croatian). Archived from the original on 27 December 2008.
- "Dobitnici po godinama: 1996". porin.info (in Croatian). Institute of Croatian Music. Retrieved 11 April 2015.
- "Dobitnici po godinama: 1997". porin.info (in Croatian). Institute of Croatian Music. Retrieved 11 April 2015.
- "Dobitnici po godinama: 1998". porin.info (in Croatian). Institute of Croatian Music. Retrieved 11 April 2015.
- "Video". darko-rundek.com (in Croatian). Retrieved 16 July 2011.
- "Dobitnici po godinama: 2001". porin.info (in Croatian). Institute of Croatian Music. Retrieved 11 April 2015.
- "Dobitnici po godinama: 2006". porin.info (in Croatian). Institute of Croatian Music. Retrieved 11 April 2015.
- "Dobitnici po godinama: 2007". porin.info (in Croatian). Institute of Croatian Music. Retrieved 11 April 2015.
- "Dobitnici po godinama: 2008". porin.info (in Croatian). Institute of Croatian Music. Retrieved 11 April 2015.
- "Proglašeni dobitnici 21. Porina!". porin.info (in Croatian). Institute of Croatian Music. 27 June 2014. Retrieved 11 April 2015.
- "Dobitnici 22.Porina". porin.org (in Croatian). Institute of Croatian Music. Retrieved 29 December 2016.
- "Dobitnici 23. Porina". porin.org (in Croatian). Institute of Croatian Music. Retrieved 9 September 2017.
- "Cubismo proslavio 10. obljetnicu postojanja". Jutarnji list (in Croatian). 8 March 2006. Retrieved 16 July 2011.
- "Life Is a Trumpet (Zivot je truba)". Cineuropa. Retrieved 29 December 2016.
External links
- Radislav Jovanov Gonzo at IMDb
- Jurilj, Igor (10 November 2009). "Gonzo: "Izvođač mi mora reći da je zadovoljan, inače ja ne valjam"". muzika.hr (in Croatian). Retrieved 17 July 2011.