Radislav Jovanov Gonzo
Born (1964-08-09) 9 August 1964
Zagreb, SR Croatia, SFR Yugoslavia
OccupationFilm director
Years active1988–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]

References

  1. 1 2 3 "Radislav Jovanov - Gonzo". film.hr (in Croatian). Retrieved 16 July 2011.
  2. 1 2 "Jovanov, Radislav (Gonzo)". Leksikon radija i televizije (in Croatian). Croatian Radiotelevision. Retrieved 14 December 2020.
  3. ↑ Nezirović, Vanja (11 January 2009). "Radislav Jovanov Gonzo: U spotovima nema više umjetnosti". Jutarnji list (in Croatian). Retrieved 11 September 2017.
  4. 1 2 3 4 Sinovčić, Dean (21 September 2010). "Radislav Jovanov Gonzo - Marulić kroz objektiv kralja videospotova" [Radislav Jovanov Gonzo - Marulić through camera of king of video clips]. Nacional (in Croatian). No. 775. Archived from the original on 17 April 2015. Retrieved 11 April 2015.
  5. ↑ "Studio dim - Glazbeni spotovi". dim.hr (in Croatian). Archived from the original on 27 December 2008.
  6. ↑ "Dobitnici po godinama: 1996". porin.info (in Croatian). Institute of Croatian Music. Retrieved 11 April 2015.
  7. ↑ "Dobitnici po godinama: 1997". porin.info (in Croatian). Institute of Croatian Music. Retrieved 11 April 2015.
  8. ↑ "Dobitnici po godinama: 1998". porin.info (in Croatian). Institute of Croatian Music. Retrieved 11 April 2015.
  9. ↑ "Video". darko-rundek.com (in Croatian). Retrieved 16 July 2011.
  10. ↑ "Dobitnici po godinama: 2001". porin.info (in Croatian). Institute of Croatian Music. Retrieved 11 April 2015.
  11. ↑ "Dobitnici po godinama: 2006". porin.info (in Croatian). Institute of Croatian Music. Retrieved 11 April 2015.
  12. ↑ "Dobitnici po godinama: 2007". porin.info (in Croatian). Institute of Croatian Music. Retrieved 11 April 2015.
  13. ↑ "Dobitnici po godinama: 2008". porin.info (in Croatian). Institute of Croatian Music. Retrieved 11 April 2015.
  14. ↑ "Proglašeni dobitnici 21. Porina!". porin.info (in Croatian). Institute of Croatian Music. 27 June 2014. Retrieved 11 April 2015.
  15. ↑ "Dobitnici 22.Porina". porin.org (in Croatian). Institute of Croatian Music. Retrieved 29 December 2016.
  16. ↑ "Dobitnici 23. Porina". porin.org (in Croatian). Institute of Croatian Music. Retrieved 9 September 2017.
  17. ↑ "Cubismo proslavio 10. obljetnicu postojanja". Jutarnji list (in Croatian). 8 March 2006. Retrieved 16 July 2011.
  18. ↑ "Life Is a Trumpet (Zivot je truba)". Cineuropa. Retrieved 29 December 2016.
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