Branko Lustig - Details

BRANKO LUSTIG won an Academy Award®, a Golden Globe Award and a BAFTA for his work as a producer on Schindler’s List, directed by Steven Spielberg. He more recently produced the box office record-breaker Gladiator, directed by Ridley Scott and DreamWorks’ first film release The Peacemaker.

Born in Osijek, Croatia, Lustig survived two years in Nazi concentration camps. Following the war, he began his career as an assistant director at Jadran Films, Croatia’s largest film and television studio. He subsequently worked as a production manager on such European location productions as "Sophie’s Choice" and "Fiddler on the Roof."

He went on to serve as assistant director on The Tin Drum and as assistant director, associate producer and European production manager for the mini-series Winds of War and its sequel War and Remembrance. He was also a producer and assistant director on the Emmy-winning telefilm Drug Wars: The Camarena Story and the sci-fi thriller Deadlock and was a producer on the mini-series The Great Escape: The Final Chapter and The Intruders.