The NFB is committed to respecting your privacy

We use cookies to ensure that our site works efficiently, as well as for advertising purposes.

If you do not wish to have your information used in this way, you can modify your browser settings before continuing your visit.

Learn more
Skip to content Accessibility
Directors (1788)
"k" (77)

Boris Kolar (3)

Boris Kolar

Born in Zagreb in 1933, Boris Kolar worked on 23 animated productions between 1956 and 1994, as a designer, animator or scriptwriter. As a director, Kolar is credited for six animated short films, among which are the NFB co-productions The Specialist (1971), and was the artistic director of the NFB and Zagreb Film’s omnibus work Man the Polluter anthology, to which he contributed the short Reduction of People (00:22:42–00:25:42). Kolar also collaborated in the television series Professor Balthazar (1967–1978) and the films Greetings from Croatia (1991) and Kravata Croatica (1994).

  • The Specialist
    The Specialist
    Don Arioli  &  Boris Kolar 1971 9 min
    An amusingly drawn cartoon about a highly proficient lady bricklayer, graduate of Specialists' School, whose work takes her high up in the world, and her erstwhile friend, whose equally dedicated professionalism brings him lower. She builds towers of bricks while he tunnels down below ground. What develops in the story involves other unlikely characters, plausible enough in this cartoon context.
  • Man: The Polluter
    Man: The Polluter
    Don Arioli ,  Hugh Foulds , … 1973 53 min
    This feature-length animation is a richly illustrated cartoon film with an environmental message: how much longer can humans foul their own nest and ignore the consequences? Made by a joint team of Canadian and Yugoslav animation artists, the film transmits its warning with unflagging humour, imagination, movement and design. In between animated sequences, Dr. Fred H. Knelman, Professor of Science and Human Affairs at Montreal’s Concordia University, comments on the importance of what is shown and on what lies in store if more responsibility is not taken on a global scale to conserve what is left of our vital resources.
  • MAN THE POLLUTER
    MAN THE POLLUTER
    Don Arioli ,  Hugh Foulds , … 1972 52 min
    A film that enlarges on humanity’s capacity to foul its own nest, and to ignore it. Made by a joint team of Canadian and Croatian animation artists, the film transmits its warning with unflagging humour, imagination, movement and design. It consists of 14 shorts, as well as comical segments—played by actors—that introduce and serve as transitions between the animated pieces. The film comments on our responsibility, on a global scale, to conserve what is left of our vital resources and usable environment.

Explore