France Štiglic

France Štiglic (12 November 1919 – 4 May 1993) was a Slovenian film director and screenwriter. His 1948 film On Our Own Land was entered into the 1949 Cannes Film Festival. His film The Ninth Circle (1960) was Yugoslavia's submission for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film at the 33rd Academy Awards, where it was shortlisted for the award. He is one of the pioneers of Slovenian film. Description above from the Wikipedia article France Štiglic, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

• Known ForDirecting
• Born12 November 1919 (age 106)
• Place of BirthKranj, Slovenia