Mića Živković

Mica (Milan) Zivkovic (1917–1990) was a Serbian photojournalist and documentary filmmaker whose 500 newsreels documented everything from seminal historical moments to snippets of daily life in 20th century Yugoslavia.

Personal life

Mica Zivkovic was born June 6, 1917 in Dvor na Uni, Croatia. His roots can be traced to the ethnic Serbs who migrated in 1538 to the Krajina territories of Habsburg, Austria during the Ottoman Empire conflicts in the Balkan region. His great-grandfather held the title of Baron Jovan Zivkovic during the Austro-Hungarian period. In 1946 he met his future wife Ljubica Martinovic (1923–2006) in Belgrade. The couple had one daughter Mira Zivkovich, who immigrated to the United States as a teenager in the late 1960s. Zivkovich established her own consulting/marketing firm MZI Global Marketing which she currently directs as President and CEO.

Career

Zivkovich worked for Yugoslav Cinema Newsreels Production House Filmske Novosti from its inception 1945 until his 1970 retirement. The majority of his work was done at his residence using a homemade newsreel camera. He constructed the equipment over a three year period using foreign purchased lens that weighed over 50 kg.

Mica Zivkovich produced and wrote his own newsreel stories that covered subjects such as the last battles of Second World War, Liberation of Belgrade, post-war events, Marshal Josip Broz Tito foreign travels, social, economic, sports and cultural life in the former Yugoslavia.

Pre War

Zivkovich's documentary film and photographic work started prior the Second World War. He worked silent films for Kinoteka. The company was later named Jugoslovenska Kinoteka. The firm later evolved into the national film library of the Republic of Serbia whose work is stored in The Central Film Archives of the Yugoslav Film Library.

Second World War

Zivkovich documented the Axis line of defense activities on the Syrmian Front which was established in October 1944 northwest of Belgrade. The front saw some of the most difficult fighting in Yugoslavia during the war. Covering the Syrmian Front fighting which lasted almost six months was a matter of special pride for Zivkovich.

Marshal Tito travels

Mica Zivkovich filmed the activities of Yugoslav president Marshal Josip Broz Tito abroad and at home. He also documented foreign dignitaries who visited Belgrade.

Catastrophic events and human interest

Milan Zivkovich was well known as heroic first on the scene journalist who documented some of the most catastrophic events in the former Yugoslavia such as the Skopje earthquake, Kakanj mine disaster, floods in Vojvodina. He covered ice mining on the Danube River in Zavoj and many other subjects.

Feature films and documentaries

Zivkovich worked as a cameraman on the first Yugoslav feature film entitled This Nation Will Live. The 1947 feature film was made at the Belgrade studio of Avala was about the Yugoslav partisans and was also the first feature film for Jadran film studios in Zagreb and "Slavica".

Besides the 500 newsreels, Zivkovich created 6 full scale documentaries with dealing with Human tragedy, Catastrophic Events, and Agriculture.

Filmography list

List of documentary newsreels

1944

1945

1948

Gymnastics and sports (Fiskultura i sport)

1949

1950

1951

1952

1953

1954

1955

1956

1957

1958

1959

1960

1961

Journal: New Year (Br.Zur.: 1/61-Nova godina)

1962

1963

1964

1965

1966

1967

1968

Extra Scheduled Numbers (Varandi Brojevi)

1947 Yugoslav feature films

Materials Recorded But Not Published (Materijali Snimljeni A Ne Objavljeni)

1962

1964

1965

References

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