Masters of Dox

Archaeologist by professional training (born in 1936 in Trogir) and for some time by employment, as well (assistant professor in the archaeology department), Galić made his first film steps in a highly impressive manner: through the documentary film ‘Sunt lacrimae rerum’ (1965). Afterwards he became a professional (so-called freelance) director, systematically making documentary and short live action films (such as: ‘Osveta’, 1967; ‘Crni kišobran’, 1968; ‘Starci’, 1970; ‘Pred zoru’, 1974; ‘Pred odlazak’, 1978). In 1967he filmed his feature debut ‘Crne ptice’, continuing his earlier interest in narrative in a series of television dramas (‘Posljednji Stipančići, 1968; ‘Sjenke’, 1968; ‘Nepoznati’, 1969. etc.) drama series (‘Dnevnik Očenašeka’, 1968; ‘Sam čovjek’, 1970; ‘Putovanje u Vučjak’, 1984-85, ‘Tuđinac’, 1990), narrative documentary biographies (‘Dimitrije Tucović’, 1974; ‘Nikola Tesla’, 1977; ‘Svetozar Marković’, 1980) as well as mid-length and feature TV films (‘Tomo Bakran’, 1978; ‘Nepokoreni’, 1981; and three more episodes of the series ‘Nepokoreni grad’, 1982: ‘Horvatov izbor’, 1985 /feature/; ‘Jaguar’, 1992; ‘Sokak triju ruža’, 1992; ‘Olovna pričest’, 1995; ‘Starci’, 2001 etc). However, these feature narratives have been systematically complemented with documentary film production, and especially with television, making independent documentaries and numerous studio shows, archive stories, concert broadcasts etc., as one of the rare filmmakers employed as a professional director at Zagreb Television, later Croatian Television.