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8 july 1998 krapinske toplice , croatia bileća -lrb- present-day bosnia and herzegovina -rrb- , kingdom of serbs , croats and slovenes 7 february 1927 1951-1995 dušan vukotić.jpg dušan vukotić
 dušan vukotić film director , screenwriter
dušan vukotić

dušan vukotić -lrb- 7 february 1927 -- 8 july 1998 -rrb- was a yugoslav and croatian cartoonist , author and director of animated films of montenegrin descent .
he is the best known member of the zagreb school of animated films .
vukotić was born in bileća , bosnia and herzegovina -lrb- at the time kingdom of serbs , croats and slovenes -rrb- .
in 1953 he was one of the founding members of zagreb film .
he worked there for over four decades .
he won an oscar for best animated short in 1961 for `` surogat '' -lrb- `` ersatz '' -rrb- , being the first foreigner to do so .
another of his films , `` igra '' -lrb- `` the game '' -rrb- , was nominated for an academy award in 1964 .
after the 1960s , he rarely made short animated films , making three full-length movies - a fantasy tale for children , `` sedmi kontinent '' -lrb- `` the seventh continent '' , 1966 -rrb- , an action movie , `` akcija stadion '' -lrb- `` operation stadium '' -rrb- about the resistance of zagreb students to the ustaša regime in 1941 , and the science fiction/horror parody `` gosti iz galaksije '' -lrb- `` visitors from the galaxy of arkana '' , 1981 -rrb- .
in 1963 , he was a member of the jury at the 3rd moscow international film festival .
he also taught film directing at the zagreb academy for dramatic art from the founding of its film department in 1967 until his retirement in the early 1990s .
after 1973 , he was a member of the montenegrin academy of sciences and arts .
at the time of his death , vukotić was preparing a production of his new science fiction movie , co-written by the croatian science fiction writer aleksandar Žiljak .
vukotić died in krapinske toplice near zagreb at the age of 71 .
