Branko Ivanda
Writing
- Born
- December 25, 1941 (age 84) · Split, Croatia
Branko Ivanda (born 25 December 1941) is Croatian film director and screenwriter.
Ivanda was born in Split, 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 Croatian National Theatre in Split (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 University of Zagreb where he graduated.
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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 FIPRESCI from the Berlin Film Festival. 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, Ponos Ratkajevih, 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.
Known for
Behind the camera16
- 2011Lea and Darija Director, Writer
- 2003The Horseman Director
- 1992Sisters Director
- 1985Five Dead Adresses Director
- 1983In the Camp Director
- 1982Crime at School Writer, Director
- 1980Ana and Nives Director, Writer
- 1978Court Martial Director, Writer
- 1976The Case of Graduate Wagner Director
- 1975The Rabbit Director
