As Director, As Writer
The Falcon
1983
5.0
Vatroslav Mimica
Directing
Birth Date
June 25, 1923
Place of Birth
Omiš, Croatia
Date of Death
February 15, 2020
Biography
Vatroslav Mimica (25 June 1923 – 15 February 2020) was a Croatian film director and screenwriter. Born in Omiš, Mimica had enrolled at the University of Zagreb School of Medicine before the outbreak of World War II. In 1942 he joined Young Communist League of Yugoslavia (SKOJ) and in 1943 he went on to join the Yugoslav Partisans, becoming a member of their medical units. After the war Mimica wrote literary and film reviews, and his career in filmmaking began in 1950 when he became the director of the Jadran Film production studio.
