Bahrudin Čengić

Bahrudin Čengić
Born(1931-01-07)7 January 1931
Maglaj, Vrbas Banovina, Kingdom of Yugoslavia
Died16 October 2007(2007-10-16) (aged 76)
Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina
Occupation(s)film director, screenwriter
Years active1955–92

Bahrudin "Bato" Čengić (7 January 1931 – 16 October 2007) was a Bosnian screenwriter and film director who was active in Yugoslavia.

Biography

Čengić was born in 1931, although some sources give 7 January 1933 as the date of birth.

During the war in Bosnia and Herzegovina, Čengić filmed over 1,000 minutes of the Siege of Sarajevo, which he converted in a documentary "essay" called Sarajevo.[1]

He appeared in the 2007 documentary Zabranjeni bez zabrane. Čengić died in Sarajevo on 16 October 2007, aged 76.[2]

Filmography

Films

Year Film Notes
1962 Kozara assistant director; credited as Bato Čengić
1963 Dani assistant director
1964 Narodni poslanik first assistant director; credited as Bato Čengić
Na mesto građanine pokorni second assistant director
1966 Povratak assistant director;
English title: The Return
1967 Mali vojnici English title: Playing Soldiers
1970 The Twelve Chairs assistant director; credited as Bato Čengić
1971 Uloga moje porodice
u svjetskoj revoluciji 		writer; English title: The Role of My
Family in the Revolution
1972 Slike iz života udarnika writer; English title: Life of a Shock
Force Worker
1978 Ljubav i bijes first assistant director; credited as Bato Čengić
1983 Pismo - Glava writer; English title: Heads or Tails
1990 Gluvi barut writer; English title: Silent Gunpowder
1992 Albania

Documentaries

Year Documentary Notes
1955 Lasta writer
Tehnika writer
1958 Deset na jednog writer
1961 Čovjek bez lica writer
Krilati karavani writer
Ljudi sa rijeke writer
1966 Soyez le bienvenu, dobro došli writer
1980 Sarajevo drugačiji grad writer
1984 Rudnik danas writer
2007 Zabranjeni bez zabrane as himself; documentary

Television

Year Show Notes
1976 Jagoš i Uglješa Television film;
credited as Bato Čengić
1977 Zovem se Eli Television film
1978 Ljubav u jedanaestoj Television film
1979 Ujed Television film
1985 Ukazanje Gospe
u selu Grabovica 		Television film;
credited as Bato Čengić

Short films

Year Short Notes
1976 Život je lijep writer
1981 Čovjek sa satom writer

References

  1. ^ "SJEĆANJE: BAHRUDIN ČENGIĆ". Sarajevo. 16 October 2013. Retrieved 6 February 2014.
  2. ^ "Umro reditelj Bata Čengić". b92. 16 October 2007. Retrieved 6 February 2014.