Oja Kodar

Oja Kodar

Birth : 1941-01-01, Dubrava kraj Zagreba, Croatia, Yugoslavia [now Croatia]

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Oja Kodar (/ˈɔɪ.ə ˈkoʊdɑːr/ OY-ə KOH-dar; born Olga Palinkaš; 1941) is a Croatian actress, screenwriter and director known as Orson Welles's partner during the later years of his life. Description above from the Wikipedia article Oja Kodar, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

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Oja Kodar
Oja Kodar

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The Other Side of the Wind
Writer
Surrounded by fans and skeptics, grizzled director J.J. "Jake" Hannaford returns from years abroad in Europe to a changed Hollywood, where he attempts to make his innovative comeback film. This film was started in 1970 but never completed during Welles lifetime.
The Other Side of the Wind
The Actress
Surrounded by fans and skeptics, grizzled director J.J. "Jake" Hannaford returns from years abroad in Europe to a changed Hollywood, where he attempts to make his innovative comeback film. This film was started in 1970 but never completed during Welles lifetime.
They'll Love Me When I'm Dead
Self
As his life comes to its end, famous Hollywood director Orson Welles puts it all on the line at the chance for renewed success with the film The Other Side of the Wind.
The Eyes of Orson Welles
Thanks
A poetic journey into the visual world of the legendary filmmaker and actor Orson Welles (1915-85) that reveals a new portrait of a unique genius, both of his life and of his monumental work: through his own eyes, drawn by his own hand, painted with his own brush.
Magician: The Astonishing Life and Work of Orson Welles
Self - Actress and Orson's Companion
The extraordinary life of Orson Welles (1915-85), an enigma of Hollywood, an irreducible independent creator: a musical prodigy, an excellent painter, a master of theater and radio, a modern Shakespeare, a magician who was always searching for a new trick to surprise his audience, a romantic and legendary figure who lived only for cinema.
Orson Welles Over Europe
Herself
When Orson Welles went into self-imposed exile in Europe, he first found stardom with The Third Man and then immersed himself in challenging films, television, theatre and bullfighting. Simon Callow trails the complex actor-director.
The Deep
as Rae Ingram
A couple's honeymoon trip aboard a yacht leads to a claustrophobic drama when another vessel runs into their voyage, apparently drifting. Shot in a piecemeal fashion between 1966 and 1969 and plagued with production problems, this film never completed principal photography and never entered post-production. The original negatives are now considered to be lost, and the film only exists in two incomplete workprint versions (one color and one black-and-white), which have received isolated public screenings since 2007.
Searching for Orson
Self
Narrated by Peter Bogdanovich, this biography of Orson Welles includes the emotional memoirs of actress Oja Kodar and interviews with Steven Spielberg, James Earl Jones, Jonathan Rosenbaum, Frank Marshall, Paul Mazursky, Henry Jaglom, Gary Graver, and Merv Griffin; it's re-release is even more profound since Welles' unfinished film, The Other Side of the Wind, was completed and released.
The Other Side of Welles
Self
Film The Other Side of Welles portrays the life, work and intellectual heritage of Orson Welles in Yugoslavian federal unit "Socialist Republic of Croatia". Through the period of 25 years, he appeared as actor in several co productions made in Croatia (David and Goliath, Tartars, Austerlitz) - acted in few Yugoslavian film (Battle of Neretva, The Secret of Nicola Tesla) and directed two of his own film: The Trial and The Deep. As a Hollywood maverick, in Croatia he often found his shelter. Through the never before seen archive materials and the interviews with the people who worked with him, directors of this film, in the 90th anniversary of his birth and 20th of his passing, reveal the other side of Orson Welles
Brunnen
Tracing Orson Welles time in Spain.
Orson Welles in the Land of Don Quixote
Self
The Big Brass Ring
Writer
Blake Pellarin is on the campaign trail to become president of the United States. While making a stop in St. Louis, a chance encounter brings his past back to haunt him.
The Big Brass Ring
Writer
George Hickenlooper filmed five pages (two scenes) from Orson Welles' screenplay of "The Big Brass Ring" in 1997 in the hope of attracting interest in the project. The feature film version was released in 1999.
Orson Welles: The One-Man Band
Self
Orson Welles' archives of unfinished/never released movies and the last years of his life from the perspective of Oja Kodar (life and artistic partner of Orson Welles in his last years).
Orson Welles: The One-Man Band
Director
Orson Welles' archives of unfinished/never released movies and the last years of his life from the perspective of Oja Kodar (life and artistic partner of Orson Welles in his last years).
Working with Orson Welles
Herself
"Working with Orson Welles" is a low-budget production put together by Gary Graver, who worked as a cameraman for Welles in the last 15 years of his life.
Time for...
Writer
Maria lives with his son Darko in a Croatian village that was attacked by Serbian Chetniks one night. Them two manage to escape, and find hideout in the nearby town. Maria takes up job in the laundry, while Darko joins Croatian Defendors, much to his mother's opposition. After discovering that her son was killed, Maria sets off to the front so she could bury his body if nothing else.
Time for...
Director
Maria lives with his son Darko in a Croatian village that was attacked by Serbian Chetniks one night. Them two manage to escape, and find hideout in the nearby town. Maria takes up job in the laundry, while Darko joins Croatian Defendors, much to his mother's opposition. After discovering that her son was killed, Maria sets off to the front so she could bury his body if nothing else.
Don Quijote de Orson Welles
Associate Producer
Don Quixote, accompanied by Sancho Panza, wander the roads of Spain protecting the weak and doing good deeds in the name of his beloved Dulcinea.
Don Quijote de Orson Welles
(archive footage)
Don Quixote, accompanied by Sancho Panza, wander the roads of Spain protecting the weak and doing good deeds in the name of his beloved Dulcinea.
Jaded
Producer
After getting beat up by her husband, a woman leaves home and seeks refuge at her cousin's place, surrounded by a strange assortment of people, including an equally abused transsexual.
Jaded
Writer
After getting beat up by her husband, a woman leaves home and seeks refuge at her cousin's place, surrounded by a strange assortment of people, including an equally abused transsexual.
Jaded
Director
After getting beat up by her husband, a woman leaves home and seeks refuge at her cousin's place, surrounded by a strange assortment of people, including an equally abused transsexual.
Jaded
After getting beat up by her husband, a woman leaves home and seeks refuge at her cousin's place, surrounded by a strange assortment of people, including an equally abused transsexual.
Someone to Love
Yelena
A Hollywood film director assembles a group of friends and strangers for a social gathering on Valentines Day in a deserted movie theater where he interviews each one on their opinions on love and loneliness.
The Dreamers
Writer
Footage shot for Orson Welles' unfinished and unreleased film project, edited into a short documentary.
The Dreamers
Pellegrina Leoni
Footage shot for Orson Welles' unfinished and unreleased film project, edited into a short documentary.
The Secret of Nikola Tesla
Catherine Johnson
Life and times of Nikola Tesla, famous scientist whose inventions were stolen, but whose greatest contribution to mankind remain a mystery to this day.
'F for Fake' Trailer
Writer
An unreleased 9 minute trailer for F for Fake directed by Orson Welles as promotional reel for the film's American release.
'F for Fake' Trailer
Self
An unreleased 9 minute trailer for F for Fake directed by Orson Welles as promotional reel for the film's American release.
F for Fake
Co-Writer
Documents the lives of infamous fakers Elmyr de Hory and Clifford Irving. De Hory, who later committed suicide to avoid more prison time, made his name by selling forged works of art by painters like Picasso and Matisse. Irving was infamous for writing a fake autobiography of Howard Hughes. Welles moves between documentary and fiction as he examines the fundamental elements of fraud and the people who commit fraud at the expense of others.
F for Fake
Co-Director
Documents the lives of infamous fakers Elmyr de Hory and Clifford Irving. De Hory, who later committed suicide to avoid more prison time, made his name by selling forged works of art by painters like Picasso and Matisse. Irving was infamous for writing a fake autobiography of Howard Hughes. Welles moves between documentary and fiction as he examines the fundamental elements of fraud and the people who commit fraud at the expense of others.
F for Fake
The Girl
Documents the lives of infamous fakers Elmyr de Hory and Clifford Irving. De Hory, who later committed suicide to avoid more prison time, made his name by selling forged works of art by painters like Picasso and Matisse. Irving was infamous for writing a fake autobiography of Howard Hughes. Welles moves between documentary and fiction as he examines the fundamental elements of fraud and the people who commit fraud at the expense of others.
London
Lady Churchill
Five comedy vignettes: 1) Churchill, 2) Swinging London, 3) Tailors, 4) Stately Homes, 5) Tailors.
The Merchant of Venice
A short film directed by Orson Welles based on William Shakespeare's play of the same name. While actually completed, it is frequently cited as an unfinished film, though better described as a partially lost film due to the loss of film negatives. A restored and reconstructed version of the film, made by using the original script and composer's notes, premiered at the 72nd Venice International Film Festival alongside Othello as part of the pre-opening ceremonies.
La donna a una dimensione
(as Olga Linka)
Paola, still young and married to a rich industrialist, seeks an outlet to the uselessness of her life by coming into contact with the young activists of the student movement, meetings she attends. Paula tries to convert even her teenage children Afdera and Prando, to the ideas of the movement, who end up accepting the mother's convictions and agree to participate in an action of sabotage against a large factory. But when they discover that the factory to be sabotaged is precisely that of the father, they renounce the mission, disappointing the mother.
Jerk in Istanbul
(uncredited)
Vincent And Gregoire have just won a lot a money. The latter wants the whole pile and flies away to Turkey where he meets a compatriot, Appoline, and her boss Samos.
Circle of Love
La femme (uncredited)
In a chain reaction of romantic adventures, various people play musical beds in a remake of Max Ophul's "La Ronde."
Collision at the Paralels
Stjuardesa
Suspicious husband follows his wife and her male boss on their business trip.
A Piece of Blue Sky
Ljilja, suseda u bikiniju
A story about several people who share the same yard within their block, and a piece of blue sky above 'em.