Krešo Golik

Krešo Golik
Krešo Golik on set
Born	Krešimir Golik (1922-05-20)20 May 1922 Fužine, Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes
Died	20 September 1996(1996-09-20) (aged 74) Zagreb, Croatia
Occupation	Film director, screenwriter
Years active	1948–1990

Krešimir "Krešo" Golik (20 May 1922 – 20 September 1996) was a Yugoslav and Croatian film and television director and screenwriter. In a creative career spanning five decades between the late 1940s and late 1980s, Golik directed a number of critically acclaimed feature films, short subjects and television series.

Working almost exclusively at Zagreb-based production companies Jadran Film, Zagreb Film and Croatia Film, Golik is regarded as one of the most important directors in Croatian cinema and his 1970 comedy One Song a Day Takes Mischief Away is widely regarded as the greatest Croatian film ever made.

Golik was born in Fužine, where he completed his primary education. He went to the Gymnasium and the schools of graphic design in Senj and Zagreb. He worked as a sports journalist on Radio Zagreb and a director of newsreels in Jadran Film. In 1947 Golik started his professional film career. His first feature film was Plavi 9 (Blue 9, 1950). That film is a bizarre mixture of the Soviet-style industrial epic, romantic comedy and football film. It is famous for superbly directed football sequences. After release it quickly became the biggest hit of then-young Yugoslav cinema.