Borivoj Dovnikovic Bordo's biography

Borivoj (Bordo) Dovnikovic

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Bordo was born in 1930 in Osijek of the former Yugoslavia. In 1950, after enrolling into the Academy of Fine Arts a year earlier, he joyned a group of cartoonists from Kerempuh, in a great adventure: mastering of the art of animation and starting of an animated film production. They realized the first Croatian/Yugoslav artistic cartoon film The Big Meeting (1951), which is considered the beginning of the modern Croatian/Yugoslav animation, and from which later developed the Zagreb School of Animation. That same year he left the Academy and devoted himself to professional animation, cartooning, illustration, comic-strips, and graphic design.

As a cartoonist Bordo worked for the Beograd humor weekly Jez (The Hedgehog) and other Zagreb and Yugoslav newspapers. From 1994 he has been regularly publishing cartoons in the Zagreb based magazine Hrvatska ljevica (Croatian the Left). His interest in the field of graphic design has also been wide; he equally enjoys typography and drawing, newspaper advertisement, poster, trade-mark, mascot, periodicals, books, etc. He has created or re-designed the logotypes for a number of Croatian companies. His interest and success in the field of illustration is perhaps best represented by a 1990 national award he received in Croatia for the best illustrated book for children.

During his 50-year professional career he has received a number of international grants and awards for his independent animated films (Columbus, New York, Leipzig, Krakow, Berlin, Zagreb, San Antonio, Chicago, Hollywood, Varna, Annecy, etc.). On the occasion of the 100th anniversary of World Cinema, he received a Lifetime Achievement Award - Premio alla Carriera - at the Antennacinema Cartoon '95 in Treviso, Italy. In 2000, at the Sidewalk Moving Picture Festival in Birmingham, Alabama, USA, Bordo was given another Lifetime Achievement Award for his50 years of contribution to modern animation.

Bordo had special presentations of his retrospectives in: Paris (Cinematheque Francaise), Lucca (Italy), Moscow, Erevan (Russia), Varna (Bulgaria), Barcelona (Spain), Prague (Czeck Republic), Bratislava, (Slovakia), Tampere (Finland), Ottawa, Montreal (Cinematheque Quebecoise), New York (Museum of Modern Art), in 15 cities of the USA (a tour in 1994), Krok (Ukraine), Kecskemet (Hungary), Birmingham (USA), and Ljubljana, Zagreb, Osijek, and Cacak (UR Yugoslavia). His films were also presented within programs of Zagreb Film all over the world. His film Curiosity was included in the program of the 84 best films in the history, titled "Jewels of a Century," and shown at Annecy 2000.

Bordo was involved in the organization of the World Festival of Animated Films in Zagreb since its very beginning (1972) as a Festival Council member and the president of the Program Committee, and from 1985 to 1991 as the Festival director; at Zagreb 2000 he was the festival's artistic adviser. From 1977 to 1982 Bordo was a member of the Board of ASIFA, the International Association of Animated Films. From 1994 to 2000 he served as ASIFA's Secretary General.

Bordo has been with WittyWorld since 1997.

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		*Borivoj (Bordo) Dovnikovic*
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Bordo was born in 1930 in Osijek of the former Yugoslavia. In 1950, after enrolling into the Academy of Fine Arts a year earlier, he joyned a group of cartoonists from Kerempuh, in a great adventure: mastering of the art of animation and starting of an animated film production. They realized the first Croatian/Yugoslav artistic cartoon film The Big Meeting (1951), which is considered the beginning of the modern Croatian/Yugoslav animation, and from which later developed the Zagreb School of Animation. That same year he left the Academy and devoted himself to professional animation, cartooning, illustration, comic-strips, and graphic design. As a cartoonist Bordo worked for the Beograd humor weekly Jez (The Hedgehog) and other Zagreb and Yugoslav newspapers. From 1994 he has been regularly publishing cartoons in the Zagreb based magazine Hrvatska ljevica (Croatian the Left). His interest in the field of graphic design has also been wide; he equally enjoys typography and drawing, newspaper advertisement, poster, trade-mark, mascot, periodicals, books, etc. He has created or re-designed the logotypes for a number of Croatian companies. His interest and success in the field of illustration is perhaps best represented by a 1990 national award he received in Croatia for the best illustrated book for children. During his 50-year professional career he has received a number of international grants and awards for his independent animated films (Columbus, New York, Leipzig, Krakow, Berlin, Zagreb, San Antonio, Chicago, Hollywood, Varna, Annecy, etc.). On the occasion of the 100th anniversary of World Cinema, he received a Lifetime Achievement Award - Premio alla Carriera - at the Antennacinema Cartoon '95 in Treviso, Italy. In 2000, at the Sidewalk Moving Picture Festival in Birmingham, Alabama, USA, Bordo was given another Lifetime Achievement Award for his50 years of contribution to modern animation. Bordo had special presentations of his retrospectives in: Paris (Cinematheque Francaise), Lucca (Italy), Moscow, Erevan (Russia), Varna (Bulgaria), Barcelona (Spain), Prague (Czeck Republic), Bratislava, (Slovakia), Tampere (Finland), Ottawa, Montreal (Cinematheque Quebecoise), New York (Museum of Modern Art), in 15 cities of the USA (a tour in 1994), Krok (Ukraine), Kecskemet (Hungary), Birmingham (USA), and Ljubljana, Zagreb, Osijek, and Cacak (UR Yugoslavia). His films were also presented within programs of Zagreb Film all over the world. His film Curiosity was included in the program of the 84 best films in the history, titled "Jewels of a Century," and shown at Annecy 2000. Bordo was involved in the organization of the World Festival of Animated Films in Zagreb since its very beginning (1972) as a Festival Council member and the president of the Program Committee, and from 1985 to 1991 as the Festival director; at Zagreb 2000 he was the festival's artistic adviser. From 1977 to 1982 Bordo was a member of the Board of ASIFA, the International Association of Animated Films. From 1994 to 2000 he served as ASIFA's Secretary General. Bordo has been with WittyWorld since 1997.
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