Slovenian film editor and photographer (born 1973)
Self-portrait of Jurij Moškon
Jurij Moškon (born 6 March 1973) is a Slovenian film editor and photographer.[1] He received the Vesna award,[2] the main Slovenian recognition in the field of film.[3]
Jurij Moškon was born in Novo Mesto to mother Branka, a folklorist,[4] and father Marjan,[4] the founder of the Novo Mesto Television,[5] the first local-regional television station in Slovenia.[6] He became active in video and film creation in 1991, when he was involved in the establishment of the Novo Mesto Television.[6] In 1997 and 1998, he studied in Prague, Czech Republic, at the 3F programme of the FAMU academy. In 1999, he published a book on film editing, titled Video Technology and Creativity (Videotehnika in ustvarjalnost). In 2001, he received a special recognition from the Municipality of Novo Mesto for his ten-year work. In 2002, he co-edited the film Headnoise (Zvenenje v glavi) by Andrej Košak, which among other prizes received the Best Cinematography Award at the Cologne Mediterranean Film Festival.[7] In 2004, he edited the film Work Liberates (Delo osvobaja) by Damjan Kozole.[6] In 2008, at the 11th Slovenian Film Festival, he received the Vesna award for the editing of the film Forever (Slovene: Za vedno), directed by Kozole.[6] He also co-edited the films Slovene Girl (Slovenka, 2009) by Kozole and Going Our Way (Gremo mi po svoje, 2010) by Miha Hočevar.[8] In 2011, he edited the documentary The Slope to the Home (Klanec do doma), directed by Dušan Moravec, about the painter Rafael Terpin and the Cerkno Hills.[1] He lives in Novo Mesto.[6]
