Person
Bahrudin 'Bato' Čengić
Directing · 1931–2007
Biography
Bahrudin "Bato" Čengić (7 January 1931 – 16 October 2007) was a Bosnian screenwriter and film director who was active in Yugoslavia. 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. He appeared in the 2007 documentary Zabranjeni bez zabrane. Čengić died in Sarajevo on 16 October 2007, aged 76.
Known for
Heads or Tails
Director
The Bite
Director
The Twelve Chairs
Assistant Director
Sighting of the Holy Mother in the Village of Grabovica
Director
Together We Are Stronger
Director
The Role of My Family in the World Revolution
Director
The Return
Second Unit Cinematographer
Days
Assistant Director
The Man Without a Face
Writer
Censored without Censorship
Himself (archive footage)
Filmography
- 2023Life of a Shock Force WorkerDirector
- 2022Scenes from the Life of BH FilmHimself (archive footage)
- 2007Censored without CensorshipHimself (archive footage)
- 2003Pula ConfidentialHimself
- 1990Silent GunpowderWriter
- 1985Sighting of the Holy Mother in the Village of GrabovicaDirector
- 1984Together We Are StrongerDirector
- 1983Heads or TailsDirector
- 1981Man with a WatchWriter
- 1979The BiteDirector
- 1976Jagosh and BlackyDirector
- 1971The Role of My Family in the World RevolutionDirector
- 1970The Twelve ChairsAssistant Director
- 1967Playing SoldiersDirector
- 1966The ReturnSecond Unit Cinematographer
- 1963DaysAssistant Director
- 1961The Man Without a FaceWriter
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