Sunday, February 2, 2014

Happy 75th Birthday Boris Cavazza


Boris Cavazza was born on February 2, 1939 in Milan, Lombardy, Italy. Borisov 's father was Italian, his mother Slovak. He moved to Slovenia in 1948. In 1956 he enrolled in the Naval School in Piran and after four years of schooling to become an engineer he graduated and from 1960 to 1963 worked first as an assistant and then as engineer officer on ships of the merchant navy. A year later, he enrolled at the Academy of Theatre in Ljubljana. Since 1971 he’s worked as a professional actor, his acting career was launched on stage appearing in the Slovenian Youth Theatre and he is considered one of the most important Slovenian actors. Boris appeared in only one Euro-western “A Ride to Eden” (1971). In 1987, he received Prešern Award and in 1992 the Borštnik Ring. Boris was the winner of a Viktor Lifetime Achievement 2012

2 comments:

  1. No "Viktor" is the winner, it's the man himself who received the Slovenian film prize for his life achievements, called "Viktor" (https://sl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Viktor_%28nagrada%29)

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