Saša Broz

Aleksandra "Saša" Broz (born 19 October 1968) is a Croatian theatre and television director. She has worked for several theatres in Croatia and one in Bosnia and Herzegovina.

Family and education Saša Broz is the daughter of diplomat Mišo Broz and granddaughter of the Yugoslav president Josip Broz Tito and Herta Haas. She was born and educated in Zagreb.

Broz received graduate and postgraduate degrees from the Moscow State Academy of Choreography, but a foot injury ended her ballet career, and she returned to Croatia. She took up studying theatre directing at the Academy of Dramatic Art, University of Zagreb, and started her career as a director already in her second year of studies.

Career Broz has worked for a number of theatres in Zagreb, including the Croatian National Theatre and Gavella Drama Theatre, as well as in Velika Gorica. She has also worked outside Croatia, most notably for the Tuzla National Theatre in Bosnia and Herzegovina. During her two-year-long tenure as intendant of the Istria National Theatre in Pula, the theatre received awards at festivals in Italy and Montenegro.

Personal life Saša Broz was married to actor Ranko Zidarić from 1994 until their divorce in 2000. They have a daughter. In 2006, Saša and Mišo Broz trademarked the name and signatures of Josip Broz Tito; Saša said the intent was to preserve her grandfather's dignity.