


Dokumentarni film govori o našem dobitniku Oskara, Vlastimiru Gavriku (1928 – 2008). Gavrik je bio filmski i televizijski scenograf, koji se bavio i scenografijom muzičkih spektakala, video-spotova, izložbi i drugih. Godine 1972. zajedno sa grupom scenografa filma Nikolaj i Aleksandra dobio je Oskara za najbolju scenografiju. Karijeru scenografa započeo je u Zvezda filmu u Beogradu, a usavršavao se u Parizu gde je sarađivao sa Leonom Barsakom, jednim od najpoznatijih svetskih filmskih scenografa. Pored pariza, stručno se usavršavao i u Nemačkoj.
Tvorac je scenografija za više od 84 domaća i strana dugometražna igrana filma i12 TV-serija, a prvu samostalnu scenografiju realizovao je 1952. godine, za domaći film Daleko je sunce, rađenom prema scenariju Dobrice Ćosića. Tako je, sa svoje 24 godine, postao i najmlađi scenograf u jugoslovenskoj filmskoj industriji. Među najistaknutijim u karijeri izdvajaju se filmovi i serije Crni bombarder, Derviš i smrt, Majstor i Margarita, Bekstvo izSobibora, Srećni ljudi, Porodično blago.
Odlikovan je brojnim priznanjima: Ordenom zasluga za narod sa srebrnim zracima (1980), potom priznanjima ULUPUDS-a, diplomom Jugoslovenske kinoteke, a nominovan je i za EMI američku nagradu za televizijsku umetnost. Autorka izložbe i filma o svom ocu Vlastimiru, Aleksandra Gavrik, filmska je i TV-producentkinja, sa karijerom dugom više od tri decenije. Jedina je u Srbiji i regionu koja je realizovala produkciju Matematičke izložbe dr Slavika Jablana i produkciju matematičkih skulptura Rinusa Roleofsa. Osnovala je i nalazi se na čelu Gavrik production agencije.
The documentary film tells the story of our Academy Award winner, Vlastimir Gavrik (1928–2008). Gavrik was a film and television production designer who also worked on stage design for music shows, music videos, exhibitions, and more.
In 1972, along with a team of designers for the film Nicholas and Alexandra, he received the Oscar for Best Art Direction. He began his career at Zvezda Film in Belgrade and later refined his craft in Paris, where he collaborated with Léon Barsacq, one of the world’s most renowned production designers. He also underwent professional training in Germany.
Throughout his prolific career, Gavrik created set designs for over 84 domestic and international feature films and 12 TV series. His first independent work as a production designer was for the 1952 Yugoslav film Far Away Is the Sun, based on a screenplay by Dobrica Ćosić. At just 24 years old, he became the youngest production designer in the Yugoslav film industry.
Some of the most notable projects in his career include the films and series Black Bomber, The Dervish and Death, The Master and Margarita, Escape from Sobibor, Happy People, and Family Treasure.
He received numerous accolades, including the Order of Merit for the People with Silver Rays (1980), awards from ULUPUDS (Association of Fine Artists of Applied Arts and Designers of Serbia), a diploma from the Yugoslav Film Archive, and a nomination for the Emmy Award for excellence in television arts.
The author of the exhibition and the documentary about her father, Aleksandra Gavrik, is a film and TV producer with a career spanning over three decades. She is the only producer in Serbia and the region to have realized both the Mathematics Exhibition by Dr. Slavik Jablan and the production of mathematical sculptures by Rinus Roelofs. She is the founder and head of Gavrik Production.