Branko Marjanovic was born on May 12, 1909 in Zagreb, Croatia. He was a director and editor. He graduated from drama school in Zagreb, a movie experience gained in Prague and work on educational film in Zagreb. During World War II he led the Croatian production, directed, wrote, produced and edited the film, and after the war he continued with the director and editor work even on a feature film. Marjanovic directed the film Ciguli Miguli, a 1952 Yugoslav political satire. It was meant to be the first satirical film of the post-World War II Yugoslav cinema, but its sharp criticism of bureaucracy was politically condemned by the authorities and the film was banned as "anti-socialist". Given up film making, he devoted himself to documentaries about nature. He received the Vladimir Nazor Croatian State Award. He died on February 13, 1996 in Zagreb.