Background
He was born in Murska Sobota, in the Prekmurje region, and raised in Rogašovci.
He was born in Murska Sobota, in the Prekmurje region, and raised in Rogašovci.
He attended high school at Murska Sobota, and later studied philosophy in university.
Pintarič organized theatrical groups in the Prekmurje region and in Hungary, and he wrote plays primarily in Prekmurian language. In 2007, he published book for children in Prekmurian and Slovene, entitled Kak so šli v lejs trejbit/Kako so šli drvarit. In 2012 published his prekmurian poems Kmični smej/Temni smeh.
In 2008, he said in the newspaper Večer: "Foreign me the Prekmurian is not dialect but a distinct language." Pintarič seeks to promote and preserve the Prekmurian language.