Dana Budisavljević
Dana Budisavljević
Dana Budisavljević (b. 1975) is a Croatian film director and producer, known mostly for her documentaries and as a co-founder of Zagrebdox film festival. In 2019 she won Big Golden Arena for Best Film for her feature film Dnevnik Diane Budisavljević, a biopic dedicated to her distant relative Diana Budisavljević.
Biography
Dana Budisavljević was born in Zagreb as a daughter of prominent architect Boško Budisavljević. She graduated at Zagreb University's Academy of Dramatic Art and later worked as editor, producer and director on television. She became a close associate of filmmaker Nenad Puhovski and worked at his film company Factum. Together they founded Zagrebdox in 2005.
In 2009 she began to work on a feature film dedicated to her distant relative Diana Budisavljević.
Ten years later the film premiered at Pula Film Festival and won Golden Arena.