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Valentin Perko

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Valentin Perko
Valentin Perko, DOP
Born (1950-04-08) 8 April 1950 (age 74)
Years active1977 - present
Parent(s)Lojze Perko
Jožefa Gabrovec

Valentin Perko (born April 8, 1950, in Ljubljana), Slovenian cinematographer and director of photography. He is the son of the painter Lojze Perko, and brother of painter Tomaž Perko and psychologist Andrej Perko. Perko obtained a degree in photography in 1977 at FAMU in Prague, Czech Republic (Filmová a Televizní Fakulta Akademie Múzických Umění v Praze). His career took off as a cinematographer of documentary and commercial films, while also being active in television production. His works include many short and feature films with various directors. Perko's cinematographical expressive style is especially evident in the following films: Dih (1983), Maja in vesoljček (1988), Do konca in naprej (1990), Triangel (1991), Morana (1993), Ekspres, ekspres (1996), Brezno (1998) and television film Pet majskih dni (1997). He is the cinematographer of awarded experimental film Valcer za Tavžentarjeva dva (1981), followed by Učna leta izumitelja Polža (1982), Nobeno sonce (1984), Sonce za dva (1986), Cpprnica Zofka (1988), Herzog (1995), Napisan list (2000), and Director of Photography in Petelinji zajtrk (2007). Television films include Paralele (1987), Vaški učitelj (1993), Steber (1997) and 5 episodes TV series Novi svet (2003). Since 2009 Valentin Perko has worked as a senior lecturer at AGRFT (Slovenian Academy for Theatre, Television, Radio and Film, Ljubljana, Slovenia) and is also Dean of Camera Department.

Filmography (Director of Photography)

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Film type Year of production Year of theatrical release Length (minutes)
Oton Župančič short film 1978 1978 019:02
Darilo, ki pomeni upanje - dializa short film 1977 1977 011:13
Monolog Ivana Potrča short film 1978 1978 016:56
V službi socializma in Boga short film 1979 1980 012:15
Pogreb short film 1979 1979 013:28
Venec short film 1979 1979 013:45
Pogled stvari short film 1979 1979 012:40
Prestop feature film 1980 1980 088:54
Ljubezen short film 1980 1980 011:00
Ristanc short film 1981 1981 013:05
Valček za Taužentarjeva dva short film 1981 1981 004:54
Sveča short film 1981 1981 011:00
Učna leta izumitelja Polža feature film 1982 1982 084:32
Too Much short film 1982 1982 009:00
Dih feature film 1983 1983 113:00
Kozolec short film 1983 1984 012:00
Nobeno sonce feature film 1984 1984 095:00
Kasač short film 1984 1984 011:06
Senca short film 1984 1985 009:00
Start short film 1984 1985 003:00
Janoš feature film 1984 1984 092:00
Kolizej documentary film 1984 1984 039:00
Sonce za dva TV film 1986 1987 076:00
Zakladi Slovenije TV series 1986 1986 055:00
Paralele TV film 1987 1987 077:00
Plečnikove Žale TV documentary 1987 1987 044:50
Maja in vesoljček feature film 1988 1988 072:40
Coprnica Zofka feature film 1988 1988 082:49
Ječarji feature film 1990 1990 084:17
Ribištvo short film 1991 1991 025:00
Triangel feature film 1991 1991 083:00
Morana feature film 1991 1993 104:00
Vaški učitelj TV drama 1993 1993 056:00
Povodni mož short film 1995 1995 009:39
Hercog feature film 1995 1997 085:00
Styria short film 1995 1995 012:37
Ekspres, ekspres feature film 1996 1997 074:00
Balkanska ruleta short film 1997 1997 003:00
Črepinjice short film 1997 1997 016:26
Pet majskih dni TV film 1997 1997 067:00
Steber TV film 1997 1997 068:00
Brezno feature film 1998 1998 104:00
Noč v hotelu short film 1998 1998 017:02
Mojstrovine Slovenije TV series 1998 1999 025:00
Nepopisan list feature film 1999 2000 092:00
Obrazi zelene reke short film 1999 2000 019:00
Zadnji utrip documentary film 1999 2000 041:00
Jezero short film 1999 1999 015:10
Vrt short film 1999 1999 011:38
Jabolko TV film 2001 2001 045:00
Portret Urbana Kodra documentary film 2002 2002 052:00
Maribor documentary film 2002 2002 050:00
Novi svet TV series 2003 2003 030:00
No fiesta Paeblo documentary film 2003 2003 050:00
Tisoč let short film 2003 2003 005:45
Zvesti prijatelji TV film 2003 2004 101:02
Desperado Tonic feature film 2004 2005 070:00
Zadnji tovor documentary film 2004 2005 050:00
Zabranjena ljubav TV series 2004 2004-2005 030:00
Zvesti prijatelji TV series 2004 2007 030:00
Poklic Arne documentary film 2005 2006 050:02
Tunel upanja documentary film 2006 2006 053:00
Petelinji zajtrk feature film 2007 2008 125:00
Roki na steni short film 2008 2008 016:18
Morje v času mrka feature film 2009 2009 082:00
Neizstreljeni naboj TV film 2011 2011 055:00
Duhec feature film 2012 2012 092:00
Duhec TV series 2012 2012 030:00
Anina provizija feature film 2016 2017 104:00

List of awards and rewards

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  • 1980, Special award Metoda Badjura, Celje
  • 1988, Award Metoda Badjura with degree, Celje
  • 1991, Golden award Metoda Badjura, Celje
  • 1993, silver award Metoda Badjura, Portorož
  • 1997, Award for cinematography for Herzog and Ekspres, ekspres, Portorož
  • 1997, Kodak award for cinematography, Portorož
  • 2007, Jože Babič award, RTV Slovenia

Sources

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Enciklopedija Slovenije. (2002). Book 16. Ljubljana: Mladinska knjiga.