Branko Ivanda (born 25 December 1941) is a Croatian film director and screenwriter. Ivanda was born in

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, then under Italian occupation. His father Leo was a high-school professor of Croatian and French language and his mother Dunja a clerk. The family had artistic leanings, as Ivanda's grandfather was an actor in the

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(HNK), while his uncle-in-law was composer Ivo Tijardović. Ivanda completed the classical gymnasium in his hometown, occasionally playing minor roles in the HNK, but as he preferred directing, he entered the Academy of Dramatic Arts of the

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where he graduated. His directing debut was 1969 modernist piece '' Gravitacija ili fantastična mladost činovnika Borisa Horvata''. Following the ban of his documentary about 1971 student demonstrations ''Poezija i revolucija - studentski štrajk 1971'', in the 1970s he focused on television, where he would direct films, dramas, documentary and advertising films for over thirty years. He also accepted occasional theater projects. For his TV and fiction films he received several awards, notably

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from the

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. He has been a dean of the Academy of Dramatic Arts in Zagreb since 2004. Ivanda married twice: from the first marriage with Stanka, he had son Nikola, who was also a director and Branko's close assistant in multiple TV projects, such as popular series '' Obični ljudi'', ''

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'', '' Sve će biti dobro'' and '' Dolina sunca''. Nikola died from heart attack in 2012 at age 36. From his second marriage with producer Lidija he has two children.

Filmography

* '' Gravitacija ili fantastična mladost činovnika Borisa Horvata'' (1968) * '' Drveni sanduk Tomasa Vulfa'' (1974) (TV) * '' Slučaj maturanta Wagnera'' (1976) (TV) * ''Rabija'' (1977) (documentary) * '' Bombaški proces'' (1978) (TV) * '' Prijeki sud'' (1978) * ''Posljednja večera'' (1978) (documentary) * '' Zločin u školi'' (1982) * '' U logoru'' (1983) (TV drama) * '' Noć poslije smrti'' (1983) * '' Pet mrtvih adresa'' (1984) (TV drama) * '' Poezija i revolucija - studentski štrajk 1971'' (1971-2000) (documentary) * '' Dubrovački škerac'' (2001) * '' Konjanik'' (2003) * ''

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'' (2005) (TV series) * '' Obični ljudi'' (2006) (TV series) * ''

'' (2007) (TV series) * '' Lea i Darija'' (2011)

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Ivanda, Branko Croatian film directors 1951 births Living people Vladimir Nazor Award winners