Rajko Grlić

Rajko GrliÃÂ (born 2 September 1947) is a Croatian film director, producer and screenwriter. He is a professor of film theory at Ohio University and artistic director of the Motovun Film Festival in Motovun, Croatia.

Biography

Rajko GrliÃÂ was born in 1947 in Zagreb, SR Croatia, FPR Yugoslavia. His father was Danko GrliÃÂ, famous Croatian philosopher. GrliÃÂ's (Gerlich) family by father's side came to Zagreb from Schwarzwald, Germany in the 19th century, while his mother Eva (nÃÂ©e Izrael) is from Jewish family of Sarajevo.

He graduated from the Film Faculty of the Academy of Performing Arts in Prague (FAMU) at the same time as Emir Kusturica, a Bosnian film director. During the Croatian war of independence GrliÃÂ moved to the USA.

In 2017, GrliÃÂ signed the Declaration on the Common Language of the Croats, Serbs, Bosniaks and Montenegrins.

Filmography

As director

Whichever Way the Ball Bounces (Kud puklo da puklo, 1974)
Bravo Maestro (Bravo maestro, 1978)
The Melody Haunts My Memory (Samo jednom se ljubi, 1981)
In the Jaws of Life (U raljama ÃÂ¾ivota, 1984)
Three for Happiness (Za sreÃÂu je potrebno troje, 1985)
That Summer of White Roses (ÃÂavolji raj, 1989)
Charuga (ÃÂaruga, 1991)
Josephine (2002)
The Border Post (Karaula, 2006)
Just Between Us (Neka ostane meÃÂu nama, 2010)
The Constitution (Ustav Republike Hrvatske, 2016)

As producer

Whichever Way the Ball Bounces (Kud puklo da puklo, 1974)
In the Jaws of Life (U raljama ÃÂ¾ivota, 1984)
Three for Happiness (Za sreÃÂu je potrebno troje, 1985)
That Summer of White Roses (ÃÂavolji raj, 1989)
ÃÂaruga (1991)
Who Wants to be a President (2001)
Happy Kid (Sretno dijete) (2004)

References

External links

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