Zoran Budak
He was born in 1950, in Zagreb, where he attended primary school and gymnasium, and studied at the Electro technical Faculty and College for Foreign Trade. 1971. In 1971 he graduated as a programmer of mainframe computer systems. He has become a member of the Croatian Literary Translators Association in 1976, a member of the Croatian Cinematographers Association, a member of the Croatian Artists Association in 1981, and a member of the Croatian Film Directors Association in 2001. 2001. He was one of the founders and first president of the Croatian Producers Association in 2001. From 2004 he has been working as a guest lecturer at the Academy of Dramatic Arts, production department.
From 1975, he has translated 22 novels from English and German, a number of expert books and a number of films. Since 1976 he has been working as screenplay writer, director’s assistant, assistant director and director and producer in coo productions and domestic films and TV shows, and a greater number of commissioned films and videos.
He lives in Zagreb, he is a widower with two children, cameraman Borna and Blanka, the costume designer.
FILMOGRAFIJA
- Stealing Heaven, 1987, assistant director
Director: Clive Donner
Cast: Derek de Lint, Kim Thompson
- Rosenkrantz & Guildenstern, 1990, assistant director, director of the second cast
Director: Tom Stoppard
Cast: Gary Oldman, Tim Roth, Richard Dreyfuss
- No Cause for Alarm, 1989, assistant director, air scenes coordinator
Director: Francis Shields
Cast: Michael Nouri, Darlene Fluegel
- Death of a Schoolboy, 1989, assistant director
Director: Peter Patzak
Cast: Reuben Pillsbury, Christopher Chaplin, Alexis Arquette
- Dirty Dozen, the Series, 1988, assistant director, action scene director
Directors: Kevin Connor, Doug Hickox
Cast: Ben Murphy, Jon Tenney, John D’Aquino
- If it’s Tuesday it must be Belgium, 1987, assistant director
Director: Bob Sweeney
Cast: Claude Akins, Courtney Cox, Kiel Martin
- Goetz von Berlichingen, 1985, assistant director, action scene director
Director: Dr. Harald Reinl
Cast: Reimund Harmsdorf, Ulli Bauer
- Dirty Dozen, The Deadly Mission, 1986, assistant director
Director: Lee H. Katzin
Cast: Telly Savallas, Ernest Borgnine, Bo Svenson
- Race for the Bomb, 1986, assistant director
Director: Jean-François Delassus, Alan Eastman
Cast: Miki Manojlović, Jean-Paul Muell, Mauri Chaykin
- Force Ten from Navarone, 1978, director’s assistant
Director: Guy Hamilton
Cast: Harrison Ford, Robert Shaw, Edward Fox, Franco Nero
- The Lorry (Black Sun), 1977, director’s assistant
Director: Arne Mattson
Cast: Helmut Griem, Zvonimir Črnko, John Hamill
- Egon Schiele, 1981, director’s assistant
Director: Herbert Vesely
Cast: Jane Birkin, Mathieu Carriere
- High Road to China, 1980, director’s assistant, director of the second cast
Director: Brain Huttan
Cast: Tom Selleck, Bess Armstrong
- The Aviator, 1982, assistant director
Director: George Miller
Cast: Christopher Reeve, Rosanne Arquette
- Secret of the Black Dragon, TV show six episodes, 1983, assistant director
Director: Sigi Rothemund
Cast: Julian Glover, Charles Brauer, Oleg Vidov, Relja Bašić
- Transylvania 6500, 1984, assistant director, director of the second cast
Director: Rudy de Luca
Cast: Jeff Goldblum, Gena Davis, Jo Bologna, Michael Richards
- Destiny, 1986, assistant director, director of the second cast
Director: Gregory Nava
Cast: William Hurt, Timothy Hutton, Francisco Rabal
- Appuntamento a Budapest, 1987, assistant director
Director: Franco Rossi
- Garibaldi, 1988, assistant director
Director: Gigi Magni
Cast: Franco Nero, Relja Bašić
- Flyers of the Great Sky, 1977, director’s assistant
Director: Marijan Arhanić
Cast: Boris Dvornik, Zvonko Lepetić, Milan Štrljić
- Man who has to be Murdered, 1978, director’s assistant
Director: Veljko Bulajić
Cast: Zvonimir Črnko, Charles Millot
- The Return, 1979, director’s assistant
Director: Antun Vrdoljak
Cast: Boris Dvornik, Fabijan Šovagović
- The Journalist, 1979, director’s assistant
Director: Fadil Hadžić
Cast: Rade Šerbedžija, Fabijan Šovagović, Milena Zupančić
- Crazy House, 1980, director’s assistant
Director: Ljubiša Ristić
Cast: Janez Bermez, Ratko Buljan, Perica Martinović
- High Voltage, 1982, director’s assistant
Director: Veljko Bulajić
Cast: Milan Štrljić, Božidarka Frajt
- The Great Transport, 1982, postproduction coordinator, dubbing director
Director: Veljko Bulajić
Cast: Steve Railsback, Robert Vaughn
- AntiCasanova, 1986, assistant director
Director: Vladimir Tadej
Cast: Ljubiša Samardžić, Milena Dravić
- Convicted, 1988, assistant director
Director: Zoran Tadić
Cast: Rade Šerbedžija, Mira Furlan
- Hockey players, TV show, 1989, assistant director
Director: Vladimir Tadej
Cast: Boris Dvornik, Zdravka Krstulović, Martin Sagner
- Blooksuckers, 1989, assistant director
Director: Dean Šorak
Cast: Ksenija Marinković, Danilo Lazović, Maro Martinović
- Stela, 1990, assistant director
Director: Petar Krelja
Cast: Anja Šovagović-Despot, Žarko Laušević, Mira Furlan
- Transatlantic, 1997, assistant director
Director: Mladen Juran
Cast: Filip Šovagović, Alen Liverić
- The Tranquilizer Gun, 1998, assistant director
Director: Hrvoje Hribar
Cast: Rene Medvešek, Alma Prica, Filip Šovagović
- Mercy of the Sea, 2002, assistant director
Director: Jakov Sedlar
Cast: Renee Estevez, Martin Sheen
Video clips:
Director
- Kia Sephia, 2 versions
- Kia Croatia
- Tobacco Factory Zagreb
- Križevčanka, meat factory Križevci
- Weekly magazine Stamp, 2 versions
- Naprijed, Zagreb – bibliotheque Stribor, 12 versions
- Gaj, Wood-processing industry Slatina, 2 versions
- Maraska, Zadar, 2 versions
- MIF – children and mines, 2 versions
- MIF children and guns
- Leukemia and Limphoma Association
- Unikomerc, 4 versions
- Dona juices, 3 versions
- KIM, Milk processing industry Karlovac
- Naronaplast, Metković
- Car reseller Kovačević, 2 versions
- Ana-Marija coffee
- INA Millenium, 4 versions
Producer
- Erste Steirmärkische Bank, production Mican film, Vienna, 2 clips
Specified-purpose films:
Director
- Istra Terra Magica - 60 minutes – Istria tourist office, Ministry of Tourism of the RC
- GAJ – 30 minutes – Wood-processing industry Slatina
- Križevčanka – 30 minutes – Meat factory Križevci
- Naronaplast – 15 minutes – OTM
- Bone marrow transplantation – 15 minutes – Leukemia and Lymphoma Association
- Closing Door – 30 minutes – CTV, Leukemia and Lymphoma Association
- Coupon privatisation – 6 specified-purpose educational films – Ministry of Privatization – GRAL film
- Agrokor – The Story of Success – 7 minutes – Agrokor, Interfilm
- Ledo – 6 minutes – Interfilm
- Jamnica – 7 minutes – Interfilm
- LDC Logistic-distribution center Rijeka – 5 minutes – Agrokor, Interfilm
- Zvijezda – 5 minutes – Agrokor, Interfilm
- Down Croatia – 7 minutes – Agrokor, Interfilm
- Sarajevski Kiseljak – 5 minutes – Agrokor, Interfilm
Producer
- Beyond the Blue, 1999, documentary, GRAL film (director: Boris Watz)
- In Broad Daylight, 1998, documentary, Lakehurst productions, GRAL film (režiser: Ljubo Lasić)
- Buzzing in the Head, motion picture, Gral film-Zagreb, Novi Val-Ljubljana, 2002 (director: Andrej Košak)
- Ledina, motion picture, GRAL film-Zagreb, Cinema design-Beograd, 2002 (director: Ljubiša Samardžić)
Director
Documentary films
- Ceremonious Curtain, 1982 – Jadran film
- Gradec – a Gaze toward the Stars, 1991 – Tabor film, HTV
- Holywood Cook, GRAL film, 2003
- Bobi Marotti – award "Fabijan Šovagović", 2007
Motion pictures
Screenplay writer and coscreenplay writer
- Unease - director Adi Ahmet Imamović
- Apprentice Hlapić – director Milan Blažeković
- Transatlantik – director Mladen Juran
Director
- TV show "My House, My Freedom"
- TV film "Cheaters"
- TV show "Boomerang"
- TV show "Love in Offside"