ZDENKO BAŠIĆ

Illustrator of many books for children

GULIVER

OFFICIAL MUSIC VIDEO approved by the authors and producers

THIS MUSIC VIDEO WAS ADOPTED FROM CHARACTERS, STORY AND ANIMATION FROM ANIMATED FILM "GULIVER" BY

ZDENKO BASIC.

DIRECTED AND ANIMATED BY: ZDENKO BASIC AND MANUEL SUMBERAC

STORY, ANIMATION, COMPOSITING: ZDENKO BASIC AND MANUEL SUMBERAC

MONTAGE: MARJETA LISACADDITIONAL SCENES AND

PREPARATIONS: FILIP FILKOVIC PHILATZCAMERA AND LIGHT: MARKO RUKAVINA

PRODUCER: GOCE VASKOVEXECUTIVE PRODUCER: BARBARA MRKIC

MUSIC AND LYRICS: ZLATAN STIPISIC GIBONNI

ARRANGEMENT AND MUSIC PRODUCTION: NIKSA BRATOS

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FILMOGRAPHY

DIRECTOR (2 TITLES):

1. GULIVER (SHORT) 20092. PRICA O SNIJEGU (SHORT) 2006 WRITER (2 TITLES):

3. GULIVER (SHORT) (WRITTEN BY) 20094. PRICA O SNIJEGU (SHORT) 2006 ANIMATION DEPARTMENT (1 TITLE)

GULIVER (SHORT) (ANIMATION DIRECTOR) 2009  

COSTUME DESIGNER (1 TITLE)POSAO (SHORT) 2006

GULIVER

Once Upon A Time by Zdenko Basic ©

ZDENKO BAŠIĆ

Zdenko was born in 1980 in Zagreb, Croatia. In 2005 he graduated from the Zagreb Academy of Fine Arts, receiving an award for Best Graduating Student. Zdenko has illustrated many children's books, and articles for children's magazines. His work has been displayed at the Zagreb carnival, and since 2004 he has been working with the Merlin Theatre as a costume/scenic and graphic designer. In 2006, he won the Sheep in a Box Award for best Croatian picture-book for his work on 'The Story of Chocolate', which also won the Kiklop Award for best book-design.

Zdenko Basic distinguished Croatian animator and illustrator of children's

books

ZDENKO BAŠIĆ BFA (Bachelor of Fine Arts, Zagreb) is a famous Croatian

illustrator and animator

Early Life and Eduaction

Zdenko Bašić was born in Zagreb in 1980. He graduated from the Zagreb's School of Applied Arts and Design, Department of Graphic Design, in 1999, and from the Academy of Fine Arts, Department of Animation, University of Zagreb in 2005. Thanks to his graduation stop motion film Snow Story – Angels in Snow (10 min) he was awarded as the best graduate. Presently, he has a studio, and works as an independent artist, illustrator, and animator.

Career

As a student, Zdenko Bašić was an inventive, original, and creative artist who took part or created many projects. Witch's Office, an ambiental-costumographic project held during the carnivals in Zagreb and Samobor in 2000 and 2001 is just one of them. He has been working as an illustrator since 2002. Ever since he illustrated many children books, book covers, and magazines for major Croatian publishers, and since 2006 he has been collaborating with the London Bright Agency, as well as various British (Carlton Books), American (Hachette), and other publishers in Europe.

His originality and creativity were recognized from the beginning, and many of his illustrations were either nominated for, or awarded with the most prominent Croatian awards. In 2010 he illustrated Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland for the British Carlton Books, and in 2011 this collaboration continued on the Pinocchio's adventures. Both the books were published in a number of languages throughout the world. In 2011 he published Sjeverozapadni vjetar (The Tales of the Wind). He is the author of both the text and illustrations. This book has become a bestseller within weeks, and major Croatian magazines and newspapers have selected him as the most promising, original, creative, and productive author.

Awards

In 2005 he was nominated for a prestigious Grigor Vitez Award for best Croatian children and picture book; In 2006 his illustrations were awarded at The First Croatian Biennale in Zagreb; In 2006 he received the Sheep in a Box Award for the best Croatian picture book – The Story of Chocolate by both - children and professional jury; In 2006, he received the biggest Croatian literary award Kiklop for the Story of Chocolate. In 2008, he received the Grigor Vitez Award for the best illustrated children books (Priče iz davnina - Croatian Tales of Long Ago, and Novela od stanca) – remakes of the most popular classics of the Croatian literature; In 2009 he received Octavian (the Croatian Association of Critics Award) for his animated film Gulliver (13 min). The same film won Grand Prix at the Croatian film festival Days of Croatian Film – the biggest Croatian national film festival, and was also awarded as the best short animated film at the Dubrovnik International Film Festival Liberthas; In 2010, the Croatian Association of Applied Art Artists awarded him with The Best Young Artist award; In 2010, his animated music video Žeđam received the biggest Croatian music award Porin for the best music video; In 2011, his book The Tales of the Wind was selected as the most beautiful book published in Croatia in 2011 by Croatian weekly magazine Globus.

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Croatian-animator-and-illustrator-of-childrens-books.html http://www.youtube.com/watch?

feature=player_embedded&v=6PCA8p762o4 (This music video was adopted from characters, story and animation from animated film "Guliver" by Zdenko Basic. Music by Zlatan Stipišić Gibonni)

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