Branko Istvancic
- Director
- Writer
- Editor
Graduated film and TV direction at Academy of Dramatic Arts (ADU) in
Zagreb in 1999, his student short Saying Goodbye / Rastanak (1993) was included
in the New Direction programme of The First Film Foundation in London,
a selection of six outstanding films by promising European directors.
Since 2003 he has been permanently working for the national television
(HRT), directing documentaries, educational programmes, series and a
short feature entitled Freeze Frame / Zamrznuti kadar (1999). The award-winning The
Cormorant Scarecrow / Plasitelj kormorana (1998) in 1998 is one of the best Croatian films
in the 1990s. Member of Croatian Film Director's Guild.
