Rajko Grlić

Rajko Grlić
Grlić at the Nije kraj premiere in May 2008.
Born	(1947-09-02) 2 September 1947 Zagreb, PR Croatia, FPR Yugoslavia
Years active	1974 - present
Parent(s)	Danko Grlić Eva Osias
Awards	Cannes Palme d'Or Nominated 1978 Bravo Maestro Golden Arena for Best Director 1984 In the Jaws of Life Tokyo Grand Prix 1989 That Summer of White Roses San Sebastián Golden Shell Nominated 2006 Karaula

Rajko Grlić (born 2 September 1947, Zagreb, SR Croatia, FPR Yugoslavia) is a Croatian film director and producer. He is an "Eminent Scholar in Film" at Ohio University, Athens, USA and artistic director of the Motovun Film Festival, Motovun, Croatia.^[1]

Biography

Rajko Grlić was born in 1947 in Zagreb, SR Croatia, FPR Yugoslavia. His father was Danko Grlić, famous Croatian philosopher. Grlić's (Gerlich) family by father's side came to Zagreb from Schwarzwald, Germany in the 19th century, while his mother Eva (née Izrael) is from Jewish family of Sarajevo.^[2]^[3]

He graduated from the Film Faculty of the Academy of Performing Arts in Prague (FAMU)^[4] at the same time as Emir Kusturica, Serbian film director. Both had Yugoslav passport at that time. During Croatian War of Independence Grlić moved to the USA.

Filmography (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 života, 1984)
Three for Happiness (Za sreću je potrebno troje, 1985)
That Summer of White Roses (Đavolji raj, 1989)
Charuga (Čaruga, 1991)
Josephine (2002)
The Border Post (Karaula, 2006)
Just Between Us (Neka ostane među nama, 2010)
The Constitution (Ustav Republike Hrvatske, 2016)

Filmography

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

References

↑ http://www.finearts.ohio.edu/film/pages/fac-staff/rajko_grlic.htm
↑ Šuvar, Mira (6 July 2008). "U Beograd rado dolazim" (in Serbian). Blic. Retrieved 2013-01-18.
↑ "Rajko Grlić: Pizdarija je kad danas vele da se nije smjelo slaviti Božić." (in Serbian). Buka. 16 August 2015. Retrieved 2015-08-16.
↑ http://oak.cats.ohiou.edu/~grlic/bio.html

External links

Awards and achievements
Pula Film Festival
Preceded by Srđan Karanović for Something In-Between	Golden Arena for Best Director Rajko Grlić 1984 for In the Jaws of Life	Succeeded by Emir Kusturica for When Father Was Away on Business
Preceded by Goran Dević & Zvonimir Jurić for The Blacks	Golden Arena for Best Director Rajko Grlić 2010 for Just Between Us	Succeeded by Dalibor Matanić for Daddy
Tokyo International Film Festival
Preceded by Wu Tianming for Old Well	Grand Prix Rajko Grlić 1989 for That Summer of White Roses	Succeeded by John Sayles for City of Hope

Films directed by Rajko Grlić

Whichever Way the Ball Bounces (1974) Bravo Maestro (1978) You Love Only Once (1981) In the Jaws of Life (1984) Three for Happiness (1985) That Summer of White Roses (1989) Charuga (1991) Josephine* (2001) The Border Post (2006) Just Between Us (2010) The Constitution (2016)

^* Never released to theatres.

Golden Arena for Best Director at the Pula Film Festival

As Yugoslav Film Awards (1955–90)	František Čáp (1955) Branko Bauer (1956) Soja Jovanović (1957) Nikola Tanhofer (1958) Jože Babič (1959) Veljko Bulajić (1960) Branko Bauer / Igor Pretnar (1963) Žika Mitrović / France Štiglic (1964) Aleksandar Petrović (1965) Vatroslav Mimica (1966) Aleksandar Petrović / Puriša Đorđević (1967) Živojin Pavlović (1968) Fedor Škubonja (1969) Krsto Papić (1970) Kiril Cenevski (1971) Aleksandar Petrović (1972) Matjaž Klopčič (1973) Zdravko Velimirović (1974) Matjaž Klopčič (1975) Goran Paskaljević (1976) Živojin Pavlović (1977) Srđan Karanović (1978) Fadil Hadžić (1979) Goran Paskaljević (1980) Miloš Radivojević (1982) Srđan Karanović (1983) Rajko Grlić (1984) Emir Kusturica (1985) Lordan Zafranović (1986) Vladimir Blaževski (1987) Žarko Dragojević (1988) Jože Pogačnik (1989) Filip Robar Dorin (1990)

As Croatian Film Awards (1992–present)	Krsto Papić (1992) Davor Žmegač (1993) Zrinko Ogresta (1995) Vinko Brešan (1996) Goran Rušinović (1997) Krsto Papić (1998) Zrinko Ogresta (1999) Lukas Nola (2000) Bruno Gamulin (2001) Dalibor Matanić (2002) Vinko Brešan (2003) Antun Vrdoljak (2004) Tomislav Radić (2005) Antonio Nuić (2006) Kristijan Milić (2007) Arsen Anton Ostojić (2008) Zvonimir Jurić & Goran Dević (2009) Rajko Grlić (2010) Dalibor Matanić (2011) Branko Schmidt (2012) Bobo Jelčić (2013) Kristijan Milić (2014) Dalibor Matanić (2015) Zrinko Ogresta (2016)

Authority control	WorldCat Identities VIAF: 29270740 ISNI: 0000 0000 7844 2133 BNF: cb14682183p (data)

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