Janez Burger
{{Short description|Slovene film director}}
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| name = Janez Burger
| image = Janez Burger 2018.jpg
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| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1965|3|21|df=yes}}
| birth_place = Kranj, Socialist Republic of Slovenia
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| occupation = Film director, screenwriter, producer
| yearsactive = 1997 – present
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Janez Burger (born 21 March 1965) is a Slovene film director, screenwriter and producer.
Life and career
Born in Kranj, Socialist Republic of Slovenia, Burger grew up in Železniki and now lives and works in Ljubljana . In 1986 he started his studies on Faculty of Economics in Ljubljana, but in 1990 quit this studies and moved to study at Film and TV School of the Academy of Performing Arts in Prague (FAMU) . In 1996 he graduated from film and TV direction at FAMU {{cite web|title=Graduates|website=Famu.cz|url=http://www.famu.cz/docs/graduates_1951-2005_in_alphabetic_order.htm/?searchterm=janez%20burger}} and moved back to Ljubljana.
In Slovenia he established his theatre group Burgerteater. In 1997 he shot his first feature film Idle Running.{{cite web|website=Film Fest Journal|title=Idle Running, 1999|url=http://www.filmref.com/journal/archives/2008/07/idle_running_1999.html|date=July 24, 2008|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080820073420/http://filmref.com/journal/archives/2008/07/idle_running_1999.html|archive-date=2008-08-20}}{{cite web|title=Reviews|website=Eyeforfilm.co.uk|url=http://www.eyeforfilm.co.uk/reviews.php?id=4128}} The world premiere took place at the Karlovy Vary International Film Festival{{cite web|title=Ce-review.org|url=http://www.ce-review.org/99/11/kinoeye11_horton1.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20000519153423/http://www.ce-review.org/99/11/kinoeye11_horton1.html|url-status=usurped|archive-date=May 19, 2000}} in 1999 in the international competition programme. Idle Running had been presented at more than 60 festivals worldwide and won the Grand Prize and the Findling Award in Cottbus.{{cite web|title=IMDb|url=https://www.imdb.com/event/ev0000191/1999}}
In 2002, Burger shot his second film Ruins. The film had its world premiere on the International Film Festival Rotterdam in 2005.{{cite web|title=Filmfestivalrotterdam.com|url=http://www.filmfestivalrotterdam.com/en/films/rusevine/}}
Together with Jan Cvitkovič he established the production company Stara Gara{{cite web|title=Stara Gara|website=Culture.si|url=http://www.culture.si/en/Staragara_-_Ljubljana}} in 2003 and was a producer of Cvitkovič's award-winning film{{cite web|title=Acmi.net.au|url=http://www.acmi.net.au/D29D0ED36D734819A4096BE981227B4A.aspx|access-date=2011-11-16|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120401165330/http://www.acmi.net.au/D29D0ED36D734819A4096BE981227B4A.aspx|archive-date=2012-04-01|url-status=dead}} Gravehopping.
In 2009 he shot his third feature film Silent Sonata, a film without dialogue. The film had its world premiere at the International Film Festival Rotterdam in 2011.{{cite web|url=http://www.screendaily.com/news/europe/fortissimo-takes-on-rotterdam-premiere-silent-sonata/5022720.article |title=Fortissimo takes on Rotterdam premiere Silent Sonata|accessdate=2011-10-26|work=Screendaily.com}}{{cite web|url=http://www.irishfilmboard.ie/irish_film_industry/news/Three_Irish_films_selected_for_Rotterdam_Film_Festival_LineUp/1515|title=Three Irish films selected for Rotterdam Film Festival Line-Up|accessdate=2011-10-26|website=Irishfilmboard.ie|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120505123116/http://www.irishfilmboard.ie/irish_film_industry/news/Three_Irish_films_selected_for_Rotterdam_Film_Festival_LineUp/1515|archive-date=2012-05-05|url-status=dead}}
Filmography
= Feature films =
- Ivan (2017)
- Silent Sonata (2010, 75 minutes), director and writer
- Ruins (2004, 100 minutes), director and co-writer
- Idle Running (1999, 90 minutes), director and co-writer
= Short films =
- On the Sunny Side of the Alps (2007, 15 minutes), short feature, director and writer
- Matura 2000 (2000, 10 minutes), documentary, director and writer
- Door (1989, 10 minutes), amateur short feature, director and writer
= TV films =
- Sonja (2007), feature TV drama, director
- Novak family (2000) feature TV series, director
- Sweet Little House(1998) short TV documentary, director and writer
References
{{Reflist|2}}
External links
- {{IMDb name|0121203}}
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Category:Slovenian film directors
Category:Slovenian film producers
Category:Slovenian screenwriters
Category:Slovenian male screenwriters
Category:Slovenian male film actors