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- Veljko Bulajic was born on March 23, 1928 in Vilusi, Montenegro, Yugoslavia. He was a director and writer, known for Kozara (1962), Vlak bez voznog reda (1959) and Boom Town (1961). He was married to Vlasta. He died on April 2, 2024 in Zagreb, Croatia.
- SpousesVlastaVlasta(? - April 2, 2024) (his death, 2 children)
- Attended the Centro Sperimentale school of cinema in Rome during the early 1950s.
- Member of the jury at the Cannes Film Festival in 1969
- He worked as an assistant to Italian film legends Federico Fellini and Vittorio De Sica before returning to Yugoslavia.
- The top four most viewed Yugoslav films of all time were all directed by Bulajic.
- In 2010, the Commission of the 32nd Moscow International Film Festival included Battle of Neretva in its list of the 10 most important films ever made about World War II. This put the film in the company of masterpieces such as The Bridge on the River Kwai by David Lean and Empire of the Sun by Steven Spielberg.
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