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Bahrudin 'Bato' Čengić

Director · 1931–2007

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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.

Directed 13

2020s

  1. 2023

    Life of a Shock Force Worker

    Director

1990s

  1. 1990

    Silent Gunpowder

    Director

1980s

  1. 1985

    Sighting of the Holy Mother in the Village of Grabovica

    Director

  2. 1984

    Together We Are Stronger

    Director

  3. 1983
  4. 1981

    Man with a Watch

    Director

1970s

  1. 1979

    The Bite

    Director

  2. 1976

    Jagosh and Blacky

    Director

  3. 1971

    The Role of My Family in the World Revolution

    Director

  4. 1970

    The Twelve Chairs

    Assistant Director

1960s

  1. 1967

    Playing Soldiers

    Director

  2. 1963

    Days

    Assistant Director

  3. 1961

    The Man Without a Face

    Director

Wrote 6

2020s

  1. 2023

    Life of a Shock Force Worker

    Writer

1990s

  1. 1990

    Silent Gunpowder

    Writer

1980s

  1. 1983
  2. 1981

    Man with a Watch

    Writer

1970s

  1. 1971

    The Role of My Family in the World Revolution

    Writer

1960s

  1. 1961

    The Man Without a Face

    Writer

Other crew 1

1960s

  1. 1966

    The Return

    Second Unit Cinematographer

Appearances3

2020s

  1. 2022

    Scenes from the Life of BH Film

    Self (archive footage)

2000s

  1. 2007

    Censored without Censorship

    Himself (archive footage)

  2. 2003

    Pula Confidential

    Himself