Croatian screenwriter, film director and politician
From May to December of 1990 Vice-President of Croatia.
From Spring 1991 to January of 1995, director of Croatian state television.
In 1991 became the first chairman of Croatian Olympic Comittee.
In 1992 and in 1995 elected in Croatian Parliament.
Father of cinematographer Vjekoslav Vrdoljak.
Father-in-law of actor Goran Visnjic.
Often works with actors Boris Dvornik and Rade Serbedzija.
He was a friend of Orson Welles.
