Radislav Jovanov Gonzo

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Radislav Jovanov Gonzo
Born (1964-08-09) 9 August 1964 (age 57)
Zagreb, SR Croatia, SFR Yugoslavia
OccupationFilm director
Years active1988–present

Radislav Jovanov (born 9 August 1964 [1] ), 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. [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 more than 350 [2] 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. [3] [4] [5] Most of his videos are edited by his wife Anita. [4]

Jovanov is a ten-time winner of Porin Award for the Best Video: "Starfucker" for Psihomodo Pop (1996), [6] "Mene ne zanima" for Majke (1997), [7] "Apokalipso" for Darko Rundek (1998), [4] [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] "Donna" for Psihomodo Pop (2014), [14] "Bejbi" for Psihomodo Pop (2015), [15] and "Ima ih" for Rundek Cargo Trio (2016). [16]

Apart from his music video work, Jovanov directed Cubismo turismo (2000), a documentary about Cubismo, a Croatian Latin American music band, [17] and worked as a cinematographer on two feature films, Spare Parts by Damjan Kozole (2003) and Life Is a Trumpet by Antonio Nuić (2015). [2] [4] [18]

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