Oja Kodar Filmography

Occupation:: Actor, Director, Supervisor/Manager, Screenwriter

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Actors: Peter Bogdanovich, Orson Welles, Steven Spielberg, Jonathan Rosenbaum, Oja Kodar

Synopsis: Croatian father-and-son filmmakers Jakov and Dominik Sedlar explore the genius of Citizen Kane director Orson Welles through the examination of lost footage from unfinished projects and interviews with the friends, family, and colleagues who knew him best in this documentary, which delves deeper Read More

2006
Vrijeme Za...

Crew: Director, Screenwriter

Actors: Ivan Brkic, Dudko Valentic

Synopsis: This is a film of some historical interest, as it was a patriotic film made for Croatians during the time of their conflicts with Serbia/Yugoslavia in the early '90s. It was so important to the war effort and the morale of the Croatian people that special screenings were arranged in underground Read More

1993
Don Quixote de Orson Welles

Crew: Supervisor/Manager

Actors: Francisco Reiguera, Akim Tamiroff, Orson Welles

Synopsis: Over the course of his lifetime, the legendary director Orson Welles (1915-1985) was forced to leave many of his grander movie-making projects unfinished, generally for want of sustained financial backing. Each successive unfinished effort generated buzz throughout the worshipful film community Read More

1992
Jaded

Crew: Director

Synopsis: In Venice Beach, Joe (Randall Brady) has just finished beating up his wife, Rita (Elisabeth Brooks), and goes out to continue his rampage by beating up a transvestite named Angel (Scott Kaske). Meanwhile, Rita has taken refuge with her cousin Sara (Jillian Kesner), who previously had an affair Read More

1989
Someone to Love

Actors: Orson Welles, Henry Jaglom, Andrea Marcovicci, Michael Emil, Sally Kellerman

Synopsis: Orson Welles made his final screen appearance as, appropriately enough, Orson Welles (or "Danny's Friend") in Henry Jaglom's "emotional vérité" comedy Someone to Love. The film begins as filmmaker Danny (Henry Jaglom) prepares to spend the night at his girlfriend Helen (Andrea Marcovicci)'s Read More

4/21/88
The Secret of Nikola Tesla

Actors: Orson Welles, Strother Martin, Dennis Patrick, Oja Kodar

Synopsis: Nikola Tesla (here played by Petar Bozovic) was a famous 19th century Yugoslavian inventor. The film recounts Tesla's development of the alternating electric current, first under the dictatorial thumb of Thomas Edison (Dennis Patrick), then on his own. Tesla develops a harmonious working Read More

1979
F for Fake

Actors: Orson Welles, Oja Kodar, Joseph Cotten, François Reichenbach

Synopsis: The final directorial project the legendary Orson Welles completed during his lifetime, F for Fake is less a documentary than an example of cinematic free association on the topic of trickery. Much of the film is in fact drawn from other sources, most notably an unfinished documentary by Francois Reichenbach Read More

1973