Jože Pogačnik

Jože Pogačnik (22 April 1932 – 16 February 2016) was a Slovenian film director and screenwriter.

After studying film directing, Pogačnik first worked as a film critic, before becoming a prominent author of documentary films in the 1960s, mainly dealing with social issues. He also made several short films, including ''Tri etide za Cathy i Miloša'', which won the Silver Bear award at the 1972 Berlin International Film Festival.

In 1967 he made his first feature film ''Stronghold of Toughs'' (Slovenian: ''Grajski biki''), and he won the Golden Arena for Best Director for his last feature film ''Cafe Astoria'' (''Kavarna Astoria'', 1989) at the 1989 Pula Film Festival. Provided by Wikipedia