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expert, cinematic artist, cinema teacher, editor, and became one of the most respected cinematic filmmakers in the period between the two World Wars. Vorkapić made a great number of cinematic documentaries and lyrical purely cinematic short-length movies. He co-wrote the screenplay for
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sequence wherein time and space are compressed using a variety of cinematic techniques, such as kinetic montage, camera tricks, optical printer effects, dolly shots, & stylized graphics. Sometimes moviemakers will simply refer to the technique as "a Vorkapich".
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Slavko Vorkapich's dream to go to the United States was fulfilled in 1920. For a short time, he lived in New York City. Then, for almost a year, he roamed the country nearly homeless, until his arrival in
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His father, Petar, the town clerk, insisted that young Slavko be well-educated. After finishing his primary education, he became a student in a well-known regional high-school in the nearby town of
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to build a garden house for his residence in Beverly Hills. It was a minor landmark in prefabricated architecture. It has since been destroyed.
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His later wife was Marie Denyse Sentous of Los Angeles, California, USA. They were married July 21, 1928 in Santa Barbara, California, USA.
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often appeared as a notation in Hollywood screenplays of the 1930s and 40s as the "Vorkapich" because of his mastery of the dynamic visual
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has cited Vorkapich as a major influence for the two and a half minute montage sequence seen from 27:33–30:00 in the Season 1 finale,
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Workman, Christopher; Howarth, Troy (2016). "Tome of Terror: Horror Films of the Silent Era". Midnight Marquee Press. pg. 313;
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Although he started his motion picture career as a painter and an actor, he became best known as a montagist,
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From there he sailed to Italy, from where he reached France. He managed to enter Art Academy in
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Petetition for Naturalization in the United States of America, sworn in court on June 5, 1939.
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animation techniques under him at USC Film School and went on to use them to create the
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The Most Typical Avant-Garde: History and Geography of Minor Cinemas in Los Angeles
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Vorkapić co-directed the experimental black and white short motion-picture
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artists. He took part in the 1917 and 1919 collective painter exhibits.
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Slavoljub Vorkapić was born on March 17, 1894, in the small village of
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A Star Is Born and Born Again: Variations on a Hollywood Archetype
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He is best known for his montage work on Hollywood movies such as
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Two of his many master drawings, his gift during a visit to
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in 1955, Vorkapić directed a full-length motion picture,
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Serbian-American film director and montagist (1894 –1976)
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Unseen Cinema: Early American Avant Garde Film 1894-1941
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Montaje cinematográfico, El. Del guion a la pantalla
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Emigrants from Austria-Hungary to the United States
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