death_place death_date birth_place birth_date yearsactive article_title name occupation
zagreb , croatia 9 june 2009 belgrade , kingdom of yugoslavia 1 august 1928 1956 -- 1993 zvonimir berković
 zvonimir berković director , screenwriter
zvonimir berković

zvonimir berković -lrb- 1 august 1928 -- 9 june 2009 -rrb- was a croatian film director and screenwriter .
berković had studied film directing at the zagreb academy of drama arts .
his screenwriting career began in the mid-1950s , his most notable work being nikola tanhofer 's 1958 film `` h-8 '' , for which he co-authored the screenplay with tomislav butorac .
he had his directing debut with the 1962 documentary short `` my flat '' -lrb- `` moj stan '' -rrb- , which offered an ironic portrayal of living standards in the socialist-style prefabricated housing projects .
the film earned him a special jury prize at the 1963 cannes film festival .
his feature directing debut was the 1966 film `` rondo '' , which starred acclaimed yugoslav actors relja bašić , milena dravić and stevo Žigon , and which is today regarded as a classic of yugoslav and croatian cinema .
after `` rondo '' , berković directed a handful of films through the 1970s and 1980s and his only other notable work was the 1993 film `` countess dora '' -lrb- `` kontesa dora '' -rrb- , which portrayed an episode in the life of 19th century croatian composer dora pejačević and which starred alma prica and rade Šerbedžija .
the film won the big golden arena for best film at the 1993 pula film festival .
in the 1990s berković stopped making films and turned to teaching at the zagreb academy of drama arts , and was also a notable columnist writing music , theatre and film reviews for `` globus '' , a popular current affairs weekly .
he was also a longtime head of dramaturgy at the zagreb-based film production company jadran film .
