Veljko Bulajić, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

Veljko Bulajić

Croatian film director

Date of Birth: 22-Mar-1928

Place of Birth: Vilusi, Nikšić Municipality, Montenegro

Profession: screenwriter, film director, film actor

Nationality: Croatia

Zodiac Sign: Aries

Veljko Bulajic (born 22 March 1928) is a Montenegrin-Croatian film director and UNESCO Kalinga Prize recipient.
He has spent the majority of his life working in Croatia and is primarily known for directing the Yugoslav state-sponsored World War II-themed movies from the Partisan film genre.
Bulajic was a resistance fighter in World War II having joined the Yugoslav Partisans group at the age of 13.
Bulajic and his two older brothers were all wounded in battle and at one point his entire family was imprisoned in an Italian fascist concentration camp.
The two surviving brothers, Veljko and Stevan, would later co-write the movies Kozara and Battle of Neretva.
According to the Croatian Public Broadcasting Company, his films have reached an audience in excess of 500 million viewers worldwide.
The top four most viewed Yugoslav films of all time were all directed by Bulajic.