Lordan Zafranović

Lordan Zafranović
Lordan Zafranović in the 1980s.
Born (1944-02-11) 11 February 1944
Years active1961–present
AwardsBig Golden Arena for Best Film
1978 Occupation in 26 Pictures
1981 The Fall of Italy
Golden Arena for Best Director
1981 The Fall of Italy
1986 Evening Bells

Lordan Zafranović (born 11 February 1944) is an eminent Croatian-Yugoslav film director known for his World War II trilogy consisting of Occupation in 26 Pictures (1978), The Fall of Italy (1981), and Evening Bells (1986), all co-written with Mirko Kovač (writer), for his experimental black and white early work, which mark him as a major figure of the Yugoslav Black Wave, and for his dauntless exploration of Ustaše crimes during the NDH period.