Branko Lustig

Branko Lustig (born June 9, 1932) is a prominent film producer. He is the only Croatian person to have won two Oscar Awards.

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Lustig was born in Osijek to a Croatian Jewish family. During World War II, as a child he was imprisoned for two years in Auschwitz and Bergen-Belsen.

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He received his first Oscar in 1993 for the production of "Schindler's List", a film based on the novel of Thomas Keneally (which is, in turn, based on the true-life story of a German manufacturer who saved hundreds of Jews during WW2).

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He received his second Oscar for the epic movie "Gladiator" about the struggle for power in Imperial Rome, in 2001.

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Film producer: A film producer oversees the making of movies. The producer initiates, coordinates, supervises and controls matters such as raising funding, hiring key personnel, and arranging for distributors. The producer is involved throughout all phases of the filmmaking process from inception to completion of ...