---
name: "Vilko Filač"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/vilko-filac"
fi1m_id: "vilko-filac"
imdb_id: "nm0276803"
tmdb_id: 52026
wikidata_id: "Q563004"
roles: ["Cinematographer"]
born: "14 February 1950"
died: "25 November 2008"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-09-17T22:06:44.207327+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
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# Vilko Filač

## Identity

Vilko Filač

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/vilko-filac
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** vilko-filac
- **IMDb ID:** nm0276803
- **TMDB ID:** 52026
- **Wikidata ID:** Q563004
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vilko_Fila%C4%8D, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q563004, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0276803/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/52026

Cinematographer. Born 14 February 1950 in Ptuj. Died 25 November 2008.

## Details

- **Work:** Cinematographer
- **Born:** 14 February 1950, Ptuj
- **Died:** 25 November 2008
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vilko_Fila%C4%8D, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q563004, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0276803/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/52026

## Streaming the US now

- **Amazon Prime Video:** [*Underground*](https://film.one/film/underground.md) (66)

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## Biography

Vilko Filač (14 February 1950 – 25 November 2008) was a Slovenian cinematographer. He graduated from the Film and TV School of the Academy of Performing Arts in Prague (FAMU) in 1977.

Filač is best known for his long collaboration with director Emir Kusturica, serving as director of photography on *Do You Remember Dolly Bell?* (1981), *When Father Was Away on Business* (1985), *Time of the Gypsies* (1988), *Arizona Dream* (1993) and *Underground* (1995). His other credits include *The Brave* (1997), *Chinese Box* (1997), *The Children of the Century* (1999) and *Novocaine* (2001). He received several awards for his work in Slovenia.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Underground* (1995), Fi1m 66, Director of Photography, Cinematography — [page](https://film.one/film/underground.md)

## Complete filmography (19)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Bluebeard* (2010), Director of Photography
- *My Angel* (2004), Director of Photography
- *Novocaine* (2001), Director of Photography
- *The Children of the Century* (1999), Director of Photography
- *Chinese Box* (1997), Director of Photography
- *The Brave* (1997), Director of Photography
- *Underground* (1995), Director of Photography — Fi1m 66, [page](https://film.one/film/underground.md)
- *Arizona Dream* (1993), Director of Photography
- *Tomato* (1990), Director of Photography
- *Time of the Gypsies* (1990), series, Director of Photography
- *The Forgotten* (1989), Director of Photography
- *Time of the Gypsies* (1988), Director of Photography
- *Bumpstone* (1985), Director of Photography
- *When Father Was Away on Business* (1985), Director of Photography
- *Red Boogie* (1982), Cinematography
- *Do You Remember Dolly Bell?* (1981), Director of Photography
- *Buffet Titanic* (1979), Director of Photography
- *Triglav 200* (1978), Cinematography
- *Človečina* (1974), Cinematography

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