Branko Marjanović


Branko Marjanović was a Yugoslav film director and editor.

Family and early life

His father was the writer, literary critic and filmmaker Milan Marjanović. He was born in Zagreb. He graduated from drama school there, gained movie experience in Prague and worked on educational filming in Zagreb.

Career

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, a 1952 Yugoslav political satire. It was meant to be the first satirical film of the post-World War II Yugoslav cinema, 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. He received the Vladimir Nazor Award. He died in Zagreb.