Branko Marjanović (12 May 1909 – 13 February 1996) was a Yugoslav film director and editor. His father was the writer, literary critic and filmmaker

Milan Marjanović Milan Marjanović (12 May 1879 – 21 December 1955) was a Croatian and Yugoslavian writer, literary critic and filmmaker. He joined the Croat-Serb Progressive Youth, part of the Croat-Serb Coalition, and by 1903, became one of its leading membe ...

. He was born in Zagreb. He graduated from drama school there, gained movie experience in Prague and worked on educational filming in Zagreb. During World War II, he led the Croatian production, directed, wrote, produced and edited the film, and after the war he continued with the director and editor work even on a feature film. Marjanovic directed the film ''

Ciguli Miguli ''Ciguli Miguli'' is a 1952 Federal People's Republic of Yugoslavia, Yugoslav political satire film directed by Branko Marjanović and written by Joža Horvat. It was meant to be the first satirical film of the post-World War II Cinema of Yugoslav ...

'', a 1952 Yugoslav political satire. It was meant to be the first satirical film of the post-

World War II World War II or the Second World War (1 September 1939 – 2 September 1945) was a World war, global conflict between two coalitions: the Allies of World War II, Allies and the Axis powers. World War II by country, Nearly all of the wo ...

Yugoslav

cinema Cinema may refer to: Film * Film or movie, a series of still images that create the illusion of moving image ** Film industry, the technological and commercial institutions of filmmaking ** Filmmaking, the process of making a film * Movie theate ...

, but its sharp criticism of bureaucracy was politically condemned by the authorities and the film was banned as "anti-socialist". Giving up film making, he devoted himself to documentaries about nature ("Small Miracles of nature big", "Marmot," Griffon Vulture "). He received the

Vladimir Nazor Award The Vladimir Nazor Award () is a Croatian prize for arts and culture established in 1959, and awarded every year by the country's Ministry of Culture. Named after the writer Vladimir Nazor (1876–1949), the prize is awarded to Croatian artists ...

. He died in Zagreb.

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