Dominik Sedlar
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| Born | December 20, 1979 Croatia, Zagreb |
| Nationality | Croatian |
| Citizenship | Croatia |
| Alma mater | NYC (Professional Children's School) |
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| Years active | 1995–present |
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| Awards | Peace Prize Award at the Venice Film Festival 2004 Syndrome Jerusalem |
Dominik Sedlar (born 20 December 1979) is a Croatian-American director, producer and screenwriter.
Biography
Dominik Sedlar was born in Zagreb (modern-day Croatia) where he grew up and completed his early education. From 1994 until 1998 he attended Professional Children’s School in NYC. Previous school graduates include: Christopher Walken, Sarah Jessica Parker, Christian Slater, Scarlett Johansson, Macaulay Culkin etc. He also attended New York University Tisch School of the Arts.[1]
His directorial debut came at the age of 15 when he co-directed a documentary called The Mozart of Basketball – The Story of Drazen Petrovic.Thus far Dominik has directed 15 Films. Three feature films and twelve documentaries. Most notably Syndrome Jerusalem, which won a special prize at the 2004 Venice Film Festival.[1][2]In 2006 he co-directed with his father Jakov Sedlar a documentary Searching For Orson, a film about the unknown and never completed films of Orson Welles, narrated by Peter Bogdanovich and with interviews given by Steven Speilberg, Frank Marshall, Paul Mazursky, James Earl Jones, Merv Griffin, Henry Jaglom and Oja Kodar, which had its premiere at AFI FEST in Los Angeles in 2006.[3][4]
In 2014 he wrote and directed an Independent_film In Between Engagements starring Armand Assante, which has been distributed worldwide via streaming platform Amazon Prime, as well as WWII sports drama The Match from 2021, starring Franco Nero, Caspar Phillipson and Armand Assante.[5][6] The latter has been sold to more than 70 countries around the world and has been played in more than 50 theaters across the United States. It had its television premiere on December 2, 2021 on Showtime Networks.[7]
In 2022 he wroted and directed a drama The Conversation starring Caspar Phillipson and Dylan Turner based on a a true story concerning the only meeting held between Croatian Cardinal Aloysius Stepinac and Marshall Tito.[8][9]
Filmography
Feature films
- 2003 – Mercy of the Sea, Blackstone Media Arts, Orlando films & Capistrano films
- 2004 – Syndrome Jerusalem, Orlando films
- 2014 – In Between Engagements, VISION Studios
- 2021 – The Match, VISION Studios & Olledorff Center
- 2022 – The Conversation, Croatia film & Quiet storm productions
Documentaries
- 1995 – The Mozart of Basketball, IPI International
- 1997 – Croatia: Land of 1,100 Islands & 101 Dalmatians, Blackstone Media Arts
- 2005 – Croatian seas, Blitz films (distributor)
- 2006 – Searching for Orson, Filmind
- 2011 – Caffe Auschwitz, VISION Studios
- 2014 – Anne Frank, Then and Now, FILMIND & Ollendorff Center
- 2016 – The Righteous Gypsy, Ollendorf Center
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Jakov Sedlar & Dominik Sedlar". www.tiburonfilmfestival.com. Retrieved June 2, 2022.
- ↑ "Seventy Years After Anne Frank Arrest, Arabic Documentary in Works With Israel-Gaza Footage". www.hollywoodreporter.com. Retrieved May 31, 2022.
- ↑ "Searching for Orson". www.variety.com. Retrieved May 31, 2022.
- ↑ "AFI Fest: Second Day". www.cbsnews.com. Retrieved June 2, 2022.
- ↑ "Streaming servis Amazon Prime nudi filmove Jakova i Dominika Sedlara" (in Croatian). www.nacional.hr. Retrieved June 1, 2022.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unrecognized language (link) - ↑ "The Match Movie". movieinsider.com. Retrieved June 1, 2022.
- ↑ "Novi Sedlarov film "The Match" prikazuje se u SAD-u" (in Croatian). www.glasistre.hr. Retrieved June 3, 2022.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unrecognized language (link) - ↑ "Sedlar snima film o Titu i Stepincu, glume ih hollywoodske face" (in Croatian). www.vecernji.hr. Retrieved May 31, 2022.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unrecognized language (link) - ↑ "RAZGOVOR U KINIMA" (in Croatian). www.jutarnji.hr. Retrieved June 1, 2022.
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