Gordan Lederer

Gordan Lederer (21 April 1958 – 9 August 1991) was a Croatian photographer and Croatian Radiotelevision cameraman killed during the Croatian War of Independence. Lederer was born in Zagreb on 21 April 1958. His mother, Vlasta Lederer, was physician at the Zagreb hospital "Sveti Duh". After elementary and high school in Zagreb, he graduated photojournalism at the Yugoslav Journalism Institute in Belgrade. From 1983, Lederer studied film and television recording at the Academy of Dramatic Art, University of Zagreb from where he graduated in 1989.

In 1986, Lederer started studying archeology at the Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, University of Zagreb, and in 1989 he began postgraduate education at Inter-University Centre in Dubrovnik. During his studies, with colleague Mojmír Konič, he produced 35 mm animated film Muybridge and comp. The film earned the International Animated Film Association Award for Best Film at the 33rd Yugoslav Documentary and Short Film Festival in Belgrade.

From 1986 to 1989, Lederer worked as a cameraman on the animation films The Elm-Chanted Forest and The Magician's Hat. During that period, he made several animated video clips. As a photojournalist he worked for Vjesnik, Borba and Politika. From 1988 until his death, he was member of the Society of filmmakers. From 1987 until his death, Lederer worked as a cameraman for Croatian Radiotelevision.

As a cinematographer, in 1987, he filmed for TV Zagreb (now Croatian Radiotelevision) documentaries "Udruženje samaca" and "Badanj". Besides his regular work as cameraman and screenwriter, in cooperation with Dražzen Šimić since 1989 to 1990, he has conducted a series of independent clips about archaeology, history and travels. In 1990, he was the cinematographer of a documentary film Tunguska katastrofa about the Tunguska event.

Along with his work on documentaries, he also gained experience as a war cameraman in 1991 while recording on the Iran-Iraq border for the documentary "Kurdska kolijevka traži utočište".