Date of Birth:

Nov 12, 1919 (107 years)

Place of Birth:

Kranj, Slovenia

Biography:

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.