Jakov Sedlar

January 10, 2024
Film Director

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Jakov Sedlar
Full Name Jakov Sedlar
Occupation Film Director
Date Of Birth Jun 11, 1952(1952-06-11)
Age 72
Birthplace Split
Country Croatia
Birth City Split
Horoscope Gemini

Jakov Sedlar Biography

Name Jakov Sedlar
Birthday Jun 11
Birth Year 1952
Place Of Birth Split
Home Town Split
Birth Country Croatia
Birth Sign Gemini
Parents Mara Sedlar
Spouse Almira Osmanović
Children(s) Dominik Sedlar

Jakov Sedlar is one of the most popular and richest Film Director who was born on June 11, 1952 in Split, Split, Croatia. Vladimir Matijanić wrote for the Slobodna Dalmacija that the documentary “does not prove that after the liberation, the partisans carried out mass executions of the prisoners, or that the Jasenovac concentration camp was solely ‘working and internment camp'” (as claimed in the documentary). Another controversy connected to the documentary is the alleged title in the Vjesnik newspaper from 1945 stating that corpses tossed into the Sava were reaching Zagreb from the direction of Jasenovac. Shortly after the premiere, journalist Lovro Krnić went through the Zagreb state archives and examined all the May 1945 issues of Vjesnik and found that no such headline existed. Upon closer inspection, Krnić discovered that the headline seen in the documentary had been crudely doctored, likely using Photoshop. Attorney Veljko Miljević stated that Sedlar could end up in prison due to charges of falsification, denial of crime and hate speech against politicians and journalists.

In 1972 he transferred from Jadran to Zagreb-based Mladost, the world’s best water polo club at the time. As the club in Split refused to give him a discharge letter (he would have had no problem obtaining the letter had he accepted the offer to play for any Belgrade-based club), he was not allowed to play in the Yugoslav water polo league for three years. During that time, Sedlar was allowed to play only international games; in 1975, he won the LEN Cup Winners’ Cup with Mladost and the Super Cup (winning against Belgrade- based Partizan in Ljubljana 11:10). He ended his sports career in 1989.

Sedlar was the Croatian Government’s “official propagandist” during the Yugoslav Wars of the 1990s, according to the historian Vjekoslav Perica. Sedlar became known for films such as Gospa (Madonna) and Četverored (Four by Four), which portray the events of World War II and the Cold War from a Croatian nationalist perspective. He also made a number of documentaries glorifying wartime President Franjo Tuđman and his party, the right-wing Croatian Democratic Union (Hrvatska Demokratska zajednica; HDZ). In an apparent bid to increase their credibility abroad, several were filmed in the English language, with actor Martin Sheen narrating. In 1996, Tuđman persuaded him to accept the post of the first cultural attaché in the US (New York), where he remained until 2000. During that time, he launched various projects and organized numerous events to promote Croatian culture. Joe Tripician, who was hired to write the official biography of Tuđman and co-directed the documentary Tudjman with Sedlar (though Tripician claims he barely worked on the film and was shocked when he saw his name on it), describes Sedlar as “The Leni Riefenstahl of Croatia — but without the talent.”

In 1992, the newly elected director of the Croatian National Theatre in Zagreb Georgij Paro appointed Sedlar drama director. During his four-year-term the repertoire included plays by Shakespeare, Molière, Krleža, Brešan, Marinković and Goldoni, directed by renowned Croatian directors like Kosta Spajić, Georgij Paro, Božidar Violić and Ivica Kunčević. He took the drama ensemble on three world tours (Europe, USA and Canada, South America, Africa, Australia and New Zealand).

He started to play water polo in Split in 1966 and soon became a member of Jadran’s first team and a candidate for the national team. He played 34 games for the Yugoslav youth national team.

Jakov Sedlar Net Worth

Net Worth $5 Million
Source Of Income Film Director
House Living in own house.

Jakov Sedlar is one of the richest Film Director from Croatia. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Jakov Sedlar 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

Sedlar was born in Split, SR Croatia, Yugoslavia in 1952. In 1972, he moved to Zagreb, where he studied Yugoslav languages, literature and philosophy at the University of Zagreb. After his graduation in 1977, he enrolled in the Academy of Dramatic Arts and studied theatre and film directing, graduating in 1981.

Jakov Sedlar (born 6 November 1952) is a Croatian film director and producer. A former cultural attaché during the 1990s in the Franjo Tudjman government, his documentaries promote Croatian nationalist views, casting him as a far- right propagandist. His 2016 documentary Jasenovac – The Truth sparked controversy and condemnation for downplaying and denying the crimes committed at the Jasenovac concentration camp by the Ustaše during World War II, instead focusing on crimes supposedly committed against Croats by communist partisans at the camp following the war, while using misinformation and forgeries to present its case, in addition to naming former and current Croatian officials, intellectuals, historians and journalists it dubs as “Yugoslav nationalists concealing the truth”.

In the course of his career Sedlar directed 28 plays in professional theatres and ensembles in Zagreb, Dubrovnik, Sarajevo, Novi Sad, Sombor, Tuzla, Maribor and Mostar. He was awarded for directing the best play of the Gavella Evenings Festival in 1982 (The Gin Game, starring Mirko Vojković and Vjera Žagar- Nardelli), and in 1983 at the Small Scenes Festival in Nova Gorica (Slovenia) for the play Bent which starred Vicko Ruić, Željko Vukmirica and Boris Miholjević. His version of Macbeth was proclaimed the best visiting performance in Australia in 1996. He has staged plays in Europe, the United states, Canada, South America, Australia and New Zealand.

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