Zlatko Grgić

Zlatko Grgić (21 June 1931 – 4 October 1988) was a Croatian animator who emigrated to Canada in the late 1960s.

Born in Zagreb, in the Kingdom of Yugoslavia, Grgić was nominated for the Academy Award for Animated Short Film at the 52nd Academy Awards for his 1979 film Dream Doll, produced by Bob Godfrey.

His other credits include the 1965 animated shorts Peti and Đavolja Posla (The Devil's Work); Mali i veliki (Le Petit et le grand) (1966); Muzikalno prase (The Musical Pig) (1966), winner of the Palme d'or at Cannes Film Festival, the 1968 shorts Tolerance and Suitcase as well as Ptica i crvek (The Bird and the Worm) (1977).

He directed and animated three shorts with the NFB: Hot Stuff (1971), named best educational film at the Zagreb World Festival of Animated Films, Who Are We?

[2][3][4] He has an award named after him at the Zagreb World Festival of Animated Films: the Zlatko Grgić Prize for best first production apart from educational institutions.