Anton Marti

Biography Anton Martinčić was born on 10 April 1923 in Labin. He was educated in Trieste and finished the academy in Rome. In 1956, he came to Zagreb and joined the founders of the then Zagreb Television, and directed some of its first shows. He directed, designed and launched many revues, entertainment-musical, feature, and magazine shows for TV Zagreb and TV Ljubljana.

He acted in several films as well as in theatre plays. In addition to his work on the TV stations of the former Yugoslavia (mostly in Zagreb and Ljubljana), he also directed more than 50 theatre plays, mostly in Croatian and Slovenian theatres. In 1968, he broadcast the first colour show in Ljubljana. Some of his most famous TV programmes are Videofon, Licem u lice, Na licu mjesta, Svjetla pozornice, and numerous entertainment and New Year's shows. He directed the broadcasts of the biggest events and festivals, and in the late sixties and early seventies worked on the then-popular show TV magazin. He is the winner of numerous television awards, and in 1994 he received the Porin Award for Lifetime Achievement. at the age of 80.