Branko Lustig

Branko Lustig (10 June 1932 – 14 November 2019) was a Croatian movie producer. He was best known for winning Academy Awards for Best Picture for Schindler's List and Gladiator.  He is the only Croatian to win two Academy Awards. 

He was a Holocaust survivor and was imprisoned at the Auschwitz and Bergen-Belsen camps during World War II as a child.Branko: Return to Auschwitz, nytimes.com, 15 April 2013.

Lusting died in Zagreb, Croatia of heart failure on 14 November 2019 at the age of 87.

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Category:Academy Award winning producers
Category:1932 births
Category:2019 deaths
Category:Deaths from heart failure
Category:Holocaust survivors
Category:Croatian movie producers