Zlatko Bourek (4 September 1929 – 11 May 2018) was a Croatian-Jewish film director, screenwriter, production designer, cartoonist and expert on Jewish culture. Bourek was born in Požega. He was raised in

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, where he moved at the age of 4, by his Jewish mother and Serbian stepfather. Bourek graduated sculpture and painting at the

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in 1955. During his career he made several theater set designs, and had many solo and group exhibitions. He had solo exhibitions in

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and

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. In 1959, Bourek started doing graphics work and in 1963 he exhibited the paintings that had all the features of his artistic creation, turned to grotesque humor and surrealistic feel of the folk element.

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* 1929 births 2018 deaths People from Požega, Croatia Croatian Jews Croatian animated film directors Croatian film directors Croatian production designers Croatian screenwriters Croatian painters Croatian animators Jewish painters Croatian artists Academy of Dramatic Art, University of Zagreb alumni Members of the Croatian Academy of Sciences and Arts Vladimir Nazor Award winners Burials at Mirogoj Cemetery {{Croatia-artist-stub