Nenad Polimac

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Nenad Polimac (born 1949 [1] ) is a Croatian film critic.

Polimac was born in Zagreb. [1] His earliest published writings on film date from 1972. [1] [2] He was a co-founder of the Zagreb-based Film magazine [2] where he served as an editor from 1975 to 1979. [1] From 1978 to 1984 Polimac was a member of the film editorial board of Radiotelevision Zagreb. [3] Since 1990, Polimac worked as an editor and film critic in Globus and Nacional weeklies. [1] For a period of 11 months, between 2008 and 2009, he served as an editor-in-chief of Globus. [4] As of 2010, Polimac wrote for Europapress Holding publications and worked as an editor and essay writer in Gordogan, a cultural magazine. [2]

Polimac was, with Jurica Pavičić, one of two Croatian film critics who participated in the British Film Institute's Sight & Sound Greatest Films of All Time poll in 2012. [5]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 "Nenad Polimac". hfs.hr (in Croatian). Croatian Film Association. Retrieved 13 January 2012.
  2. 1 2 3 Polimac, Nenad (8 February 2010). "Nenad Polimac: filmski kritičar i urednik". jutarnji.hr (in Croatian). Retrieved 13 January 2012.
  3. ↑ "Predstavljanje HR filmskih kritičara: Nenad Polimac". filmski.net (in Croatian). 1 December 2006. Retrieved 13 January 2012.
  4. ↑ "Smjena u Globusu: Nenada Polimca na mjestu glavnog urednika zamijenio Nino Đula" [Sacking in Globus: Nino Đula replaces Nenad Polimac as the editor in chief]. Nacional (in Croatian). 5 November 2009. Archived from the original on 20 April 2011. Retrieved 19 August 2015.
  5. ↑ "Sight & Sound 2012 Poll - all voters". explore.bfi.org.uk. British Film Institute. Archived from the original on 19 August 2012. Retrieved 13 January 2013.


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