Branko Ivanda

Biography

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. 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 …

Movies & TV Shows

1. Real Truth (1972)
2. Pont Neuf (1997) — Kartaroš 2
3. Mister Relja (2021) — Himself

Directed

1. The Horseman (2003) — Director
2. Gravitation (1968) — Director
3. Lea and Darija (2011) — Director
4. Court Martial (1978) — Director
5. Crime at School (1982) — Director
6. Nocturno (1974) — Director
7. In the Camp (1983) — Director
8. Bombing Process (1978) — Director
9. The Wooden Coffin of Thomas Wolfe (1974) — Director
10. Sisters (1992) — Director
11. Psychopaths (1974) — Director
12. The Rabbit (1975) — Director
13. Ana and Nives (1980) — Director
14. The Case of Graduate Wagner (1976) — Director
15. Five Dead Adresses (1985) — Director
16. Everything's Gonna Be Alright — Director
17. Bombing Process (1978) — Director