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Branko Lustig (10 June 1932 – 14 November 2019) was a Croatian film producer best known for winning Academy Awards for Best Picture for Schindler's List and Gladiator. He is the only person born in the territory of present-day Croatia to have won two Academy Awards .
Nov 14, 2019 · Branko Lustig, a Croatia-born Jew who survived the Nazi death camps of Auschwitz and Bergen-Belsen and went on to win two best picture Oscars, died Thursday at his home in Zagreb, Croatia. He...
Nov 16, 2019 · Mr. Lustig, who received a second Oscar as a producer of “Gladiator” (2000), the Ridley Scott epic of ancient Rome that starred Russell Crowe, died Nov. 14 in Croatia. He was 87.
- Emily Langer
Nov 14, 2019 · Branko Lustig, a two-time Oscar-winning producer who survived the Auschwitz and Bergen-Belsen concentration camps, has died. He was 87. Lustig’s death was confirmed on Thursday by the Festival...
Jan 8, 2016 · After liberation from Auschwitz Branko Lustig became a Hollywood producer, winning best picture Oscars for 'Schindler's List' and 'Gladiator.
Nov 21, 2019 · Nearly 50 years after his liberation from the Bergen-Belsen concentration camp, Branko Lustig stood onstage at the 1994 Academy Awards ceremony to accept an Oscar for best picture as one of...
Nov 14, 2019 · Branko Lustig, an Oscar-winning producer of the Best Picture winners “Schindler’s List” and “Gladiator,” has died, according to an announcement Thursday via the Festival of Tolerance. He ...
