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Branko Lustig
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Branko Lustig was a male actor, film producer, television producer, and production designer born in Osijek, Yugoslavia, in 1932. He held citizenship in Yugoslavia and the United States and spoke Croatian and English. A practitioner of Judaism, he began his work period in 1955 and earned a Doctor of Sciences degree.
Lustig is noted for his role as a producer on the film *Schindler's List*, for which he received the Academy Award for Best Picture. He was also nominated for the Academy Award for Best Picture and the European Film Award for Best Non-European Film. During his life, he was detained at Auschwitz and the Bergen-Belsen concentration camp.
He died of heart failure in Zagreb on November 14, 2019. His professional career in production spanned from 1955 until his death.
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Film & TV
Osijek, Croatia, Yugoslavia
Known for
- An Oral History of: Schindler's List — Self (archive footage)2018
- More Than Words — Self2018
- Meir's Festival — Self2013
- Branko: Return to Auschwitz2013
- Balkan Spirit — Self - Producer2013
- Strength and Honor: Creating the World of 'Gladiator' — Self2005
- Strength and Honor: Production Pods — Self2005
- Imaginary Witness: Hollywood and the Holocaust — Self2004
- Breaking the Silence: The Making of Hannibal — Self2001
- The Peacemaker — Man with Poodle1997
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Branko
- Family name
- Lustig
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Osijek
- Place of death
- Zagreb
- Occupation
- film actor
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Native language
- English language
- Religion
- Judaism
- Notable work
- Schindler's List
- Academic degree
- Doctor of Sciences
- Image
- Andreas Maislinger and Branko Lustig at the LAMOTH 2nd Annual Dinner (2).jpg
Show 13 more facts
- date of birth
- 1932-06-10
- Commons category
- Branko Lustig
- nominated for
- European Film Award for Best Non-European Film
- place of detention
- Auschwitz
- date of death
- 2019-11-14
- start time
- 1955-00-00
- end time
- 2019-00-00
- name in native language
- Branko Lustig
- cause of death
- heart failure
- start of work period
- 1955-00-00
- writing language
- English language
- place of burial
- Mirogoj Cemetery
- manner of death
- natural causes
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