Global InformationRadislav Jovanov Gonzo information
Radislav Jovanov Gonzo | |
|---|---|
| Born | 9 August 1964 Zagreb, SR Croatia, SFR Yugoslavia |
| Occupation | Film director |
| Years active | 1988–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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