Lordan Zafranović is one of the best known Croatian film directors. At the age of sixteen he began to engage in amateur film. By 1966, he had directed about twenty five amateur films. In 1966 he was named Master of international amateur film. In the professional film industry he appears in 1965 with a short feature film, Long live the Youth. He made 80 films and one documentary TV series with 13 episodes. He lives and works between Prague and Zagreb.