Hrvoje Turković (born 4 November 1943[1]) is a Croatian film theorist, film critic and university professor. With 14 books and more than 700 articles on film, ranging from essayistic criticism to scientific works on film theory, Turković established himself as one of Croatia's most important critics and film scholars.[3][4] He is a recipient of the Vladimir Nazor Lifetime Achievement Award for Contribution to Film.
Since 1977, Turković taught at the Academy of Dramatic Art, University of Zagreb, retiring in 2009 as full professor. From 2006, Turković teaches Ph.D. courses at the Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences in Zagreb.[1]
From 1998 to 2016, Turković was the president of the Croatian Film Association. He was the founding president of the Croatian Society of Film Critics (1992–1994).[1]
Turković served as an editor in a number of journals and magazines: Polet (1967–1968), Studentski list (1969–1971), Prolog (1971–1974), Pitanja (1975–1976), Film (1976–1979), Oko (1989–1990), Hrvatski filmski ljetopis (1995–present). He is the editor-in-chief of the Encyclopedic Film Dictionary (Croatian: Filmski enciklopedijski rječnik), a work started in 2010 by the Miroslav Krleža Institute of Lexicography in Zagreb.[1]
As of 2011[update], Turković published 14 books about film and television, and a book about visual arts theory (Understanding Perspective, 2002). He wrote more than 700 articles about film, and contributed entries for Film Encyclopedia and Film Lexicon, published by the Miroslav Krleža Institute of Lexicography.[3]
Turković's work deals with film criticism and film theory, discussing topics related to national cinema, film history and culture. He introduced the methods of semiotics, as well as the communication and cognitive theories of film.[3]
Život izmišljotina. Ogledi o animiranom filmu [Life of Fabrication. Essays on Animated Film]. Zagreb: Croatian Film Association. 2012.
Politikom po kulturi. Polemike (1968-2002) (Politics Against the Culture. Polemics (1968-2002)). Zagreb: Meandarmedia. 2016.
Rasprava o popratnoj filmskoj glazbi (A Discourse on Nondiegetic Film Music). Zagreb: Akademija dramske umjetnosti. 2020.
Tipovi filmskog izlaganja. Prilog teoriji izlaganja (Types of Film Discourse. A Contribution to the Discourse Theory). Zagreb: Hrvatski filmski savez. 2021.
