Branko Lustig(1932-2019)

Production Manager
Producer
Second Unit Director or Assistant Director

Branko Lustig was born on 10 June 1932 in Osijek, Croatia, Yugoslavia. He was a production manager and producer, known for Gladiator (2000), Schindler's List (1993) and The Saint (1997). He was married to Mirjana. He died on 14 November 2019 in Zagreb, Croatia.

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Won 2 Oscars
- 14 wins & 2 nominations total

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Known for

Gladiator

8.5

Production Management

2000

Schindler's List

9.0

Production Management

1993

The Saint

6.2

Production Management

1997

Kingdom of Heaven

7.3

Production Management

2005

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Production Management

The Match
5.8
- production supervisor
- 2020
American Gangster
7.8
- unit production manager
- 2007
A Good Year
6.9
- unit production manager
- 2006
Kingdom of Heaven
7.3
- unit production manager
- 2005
Black Hawk Down
7.7
- unit production manager
- 2001
Gladiator
8.5
- unit production manager
- 2000
The Peacemaker
6.0
- unit production manager
- 1997
The Saint
6.2
- additional unit production manager
- 1997
Schindler's List
9.0
- unit production manager
- 1993
The Winds of War
8.1
TV Mini Series
- production manager: Yugoslavia
- 1983
Sophie's Choice
7.5
- production supervisor: Yugoslavia
- 1982
Mathias Sandorf
7.9
TV Mini Series
- production manager
- 1979–1980
Anno domini 1573
7.8
TV Series
- production manager
- 1979
Nikola Tesla
8.2
TV Series
- production manager
- 1977
Anno Domini 1573
7.0
- production manager
- 1975

Producer

Da se ne zaboravi/May it never be forgotten
Short
- producer
- 2015
American Gangster
7.8
- executive producer
- 2007
A Good Year
6.9
- executive producer
- 2006
Kingdom of Heaven
7.3
- executive producer
- 2005
Black Hawk Down
7.7
- executive producer
- 2001
Hannibal
6.8
- executive producer
- 2001
Gladiator
8.5
- produced by
- 2000
The Peacemaker
6.0
- producer
- 1997
Schindler's List
9.0
- producer
- 1993
Intruders
6.4
TV Series
- producer
- 1992
Death Merchants
5.6
Video
- producer
- 1991
Wedlock
5.9
- producer
- 1991
Drug Wars: The Camarena Story
6.6
TV Mini Series
- producer
- 1990
War and Remembrance
8.3
TV Mini Series
- associate producer
- 1988–1989
The Great Escape II: The Untold Story
5.6
TV Movie
- co-producer
- 1988

Second Unit or Assistant Director

Death Merchants
5.6
Video
- first assistant director
- 1991
Wedlock
5.9
- first assistant director
- 1991
On Thin Ice: The Tai Babilonia Story
5.9
TV Movie
- first assistant director
- 1990
Drug Wars: The Camarena Story
6.6
TV Mini Series
- first assistant director
- 1990
The Great Escape II: The Untold Story
5.6
TV Movie
- first assistant director
- 1988
Memed My Hawk
6.6
- assistant director
- 1984
Pope John Paul II
6.7
TV Movie
- first assistant director
- 1984
The Winds of War
8.1
TV Mini Series
- first assistant director: Europe
- 1983
The Woman from Sarajevo
6.6
- assistant director
- 1980
The Tin Drum
7.4
- assistant director
- 1979
Bosko Buha
7.1
- second assistant director
- 1978
The Rat Savior
6.6
- first assistant director
- 1976
Deps
7.1
- first assistant director
- 1974

Trivia
Lustig, a Croatian Jewish survivor of Auschwitz and Bergen-Belsen concentration camps, made a cameo appearance in Schindler's List (1993) as the maitre'de of an exclusive SS popular nightclub.