Rajko Grlić

Rajko Grlić (born 2 September 1947) is a Croatian film director, producer and screenwriter. He is a professor of film theory at Ohio University and artistic director of the Motovun Film Festival in Motovun, Croatia.^[1]

Rajko Grlić
Grlić at the Nije kraj premiere in May 2008.
Born	(1947-09-02) 2 September 1947 (age 77) Zagreb, PR Croatia, FPR Yugoslavia
Years active	1974 – present
Parents	Danko Grlić Eva Izrael
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

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, 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 Croats, Serbs, Bosniaks and Montenegrins.^[5]

Rajko Grlić (right), IFFI (2016)

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)

See also

• Praška filmska škola

References

1. ":: School of Film @ Ohio University – Rajko Grlic ::". finearts.ohio.edu. Archived from the original on 2 September 2006.
2. Šuvar, Mira (6 July 2008). "U Beograd rado dolazim" (in Serbian). Blic. Retrieved 18 January 2013.
3. "Rajko Grlić: Pizdarija je kad danas vele da se nije smjelo slaviti Božić" (in Serbian). Buka. 16 August 2015. Retrieved 16 August 2015.
4. "Rajko Grlic". Archived from the original on 30 December 2008. Retrieved 28 July 2009.
5. Derk, Denis (28 March 2017). "Donosi se Deklaracija o zajedničkom jeziku Hrvata, Srba, Bošnjaka i Crnogoraca" [A Declaration on the Common Language of Croats, Serbs, Bosniaks and Montenegrins is About to Appear]. Večernji list (in Serbo-Croatian). Zagreb. pp. 6–7. ISSN 0350-5006. Archived from the original on 20 September 2017. Retrieved 5 June 2019.

External links

• Rajko Grlić's official website
• Rajko Grlić at IMDb
• Interview with Grlić

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