Anton Martinčić better known by his

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Anton Marti (10 April 1923 – 21 January 2004) was a Croatian television and theater director and one of the founders of Television Zagreb (today HRT) and Slovenian TV. He directed a large number of entertainment, music, competition and magazine television shows. He is a multiple winner of international and domestic awards, and in 1994 he was awarded the Porin for

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Biography

Anton Martinčić was born on 10 April 1923 in

Labin Labin (Italian language, Italian/Istriot language, Istriot: Albona) is a town in Istria, west Croatia, with a town population of 5,806 (2021) and 10,424 in the greater municipality (which also includes the small towns of Rabac, Rabac-Porto Albona a ...

. He was educated in

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and finished the academy in

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. Until 1949, he acted in Italian theater companies, and after that he came to

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, where he acted, directed and collaborated in the theater, radio drama and other shows of Radio Koper. In 1956, he came to

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and joined the founders of the then

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, and directed some of its first shows. He directed, designed and launched many revues, entertainment-musical, feature and magazine shows for TV Zagreb and

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. He acted in several films as well as in theater plays. In addition to his work on the TV stations of the former Yugoslavia (mostly in Zagreb and Ljubljana), he also directed more than 50 theater plays, mostly in Croatian and Slovenian theaters. In 1968, he broadcast the first color show in Ljubljana. Some of his most famous TV programs are ''Videofon'', ''Licem u lice'', ''Na licu mjesta'', ''Svjetla pozornice'', and numerous entertainment and New Year's shows. He directed the broadcasts of the biggest events and festivals, and in the late sixties and early seventies worked on the then popular show ''TV magazin''. He is the winner of numerous television awards, and in 1994 he received the Porin Award for

. Anton Marti died on 21 January 2004 in Zagreb at the age of 80.

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