Matjaž Klopčič

Film director, Screenwriter (1934-2007)

馬帝亞茲·克洛普奇

Born

4 December 1934, Ljubljana

Died

15 December 2007, Ljubljana

Citizenship

Slovenia, Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, Kingdom of Yugoslavia

Sport

fencing

Occupation

film director, screenwriter, film screenwriter, university teacher, fencer

Matjaž Klopčič (4 December 1934 – 15 December 2007) was a Slovenian film director and screenwriter. He directed 28 films between 1959 and 2005. His film Heritage (Slovene: Dediščina) was screened in the Un Certain Regard section at the 1985 Cannes Film Festival. Many of his films starred Polde Bibič.

He was the son of the poet Mile Klopčič, and the nephew of the Communist activist and historian France Klopčič.

Awards and honours

• Decoration of Merit
• Prešeren Award
• Župančič Award

External links

• Wikipedia
• IMDb
• Wikidata

Facts from Wikidata Q3851901 (CC0); quoted introduction from English Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0). Data retrieved 2026-10-22.

Data: Wikidata (CC0 1.0); Wikipedia (English) (CC BY-SA 4.0). Retrieved 2026-10-22.