Rajko Grlić (born 2 September 1947) is a

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, producer and screenwriter. He is a professor of

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and artistic director of the Motovun Film Festival in Motovun,

Biography

Rajko Grlić was born in 1947 in

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, FPR Yugoslavia. His father was Danko Grlić, famous Croatian philosopher. Grlić's (Gerlich) family by father's side came to Zagreb from Schwarzwald,

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in the 19th century, while his mother Eva (

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Izrael) is from Jewish family of Sarajevo. He graduated from the Film Faculty of the Academy of Performing Arts in Prague (FAMU) at the same time as Emir Kusturica, a Bosnian film director. During the Croatian war of independence Grlić moved to the USA. In 2017, Grlić signed the Declaration on the Common Language of the

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and

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Filmography

As 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)

As producer

*'' 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

External links

Rajko Grlić's official website
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