Anton Marti

Anton Marti
Anton Marti
Born	Anton Martinčić (1923-04-10)10 April 1923 Labin, Kingdom of Italy
Died	21 January 2004(2004-01-21) (aged 80) Zagreb, Croatia
Nationality	Croatian
Occupations	Producer director actor
Years active	1949–2004
Known for	Co-founding Slovenian TV and HRT
Television	Television Zagreb TV Ljubljana Croatian Radiotelevision
Spouse	Alis Kraševac[1]
Children	2
Mother	Antonija Martinčić-Viskovic[2]
Awards	Premios Ondas (1972) Rose d'Or (1974) Porin for Lifetime Achievement (1994)

Anton Martinčić^[2] better known by his stage name Anton Marti (10 April 1923 – 21 January 2004) was a Croatian television and theater director and one of the founders of Television Zagreb (today HRT) and Slovenian TV.^[1] He directed a large number of entertainment, music, competition and magazine television shows.^[3] He is a multiple winner of international and domestic awards, and in 1994 he was awarded the Porin for Lifetime Achievement.^[4]

Biography

Anton Martinčić was born on 10 April 1923 in Labin.^[1] He was educated in Trieste and finished the academy in Rome.^[4] Until 1949, he acted in Italian theater companies, and after that he came to Koper, where he acted, directed and collaborated in the theater, radio drama and other shows of Radio Koper.^[1][5] In 1956, he came to Zagreb and joined the founders of the then Zagreb Television, and directed some of its first shows. He directed, designed and launched many revues, entertainment-musical, feature and magazine shows for TV Zagreb and TV Ljubljana.^[2]

He acted in several films as well as in theater plays. In addition to his work on the TV stations of the former Yugoslavia (mostly in Zagreb and Ljubljana), he also directed more than 50 theater plays, mostly in Croatian and Slovenian theaters. In 1968, he broadcast the first color show in Ljubljana. Some of his most famous TV programs are Videofon, Licem u lice, Na licu mjesta, Svjetla pozornice, and numerous entertainment and New Year's shows. He directed the broadcasts of the biggest events and festivals, and in the late sixties and early seventies worked on the then popular show TV magazin. He is the winner of numerous television awards, and in 1994 he received the Porin Award for Lifetime Achievement.^[6][2]

Anton Marti died on 21 January 2004 in Zagreb^[7] at the age of 80.

References

1. Maletić, Franjo (1993). Tko Je Tko U Hrvatskoj. Golden Marketing. pp. 456–457. ISBN 9789536168002.
2. "Marti, Anton". Croatian Encyclopedia. Retrieved 5 May 2023.
3. Filmski.net - Preminula televizijska legenda - Anton Marti accessed 22 January 2004
4. "Službene stranice Hrvatske diskografske nagrade". Archived from the original on 2 March 2009. Retrieved 5 April 2009.
5. Nacional.hr – Umro Anton Marti, published 22 January 2004
6. Hrvatsko društvo dramskih umjetnika (2004). Hrvatsko glumište Volumes 21-22. Hrvatsko društvo dramskih umjetnika. p. 95.
7. "Na današnji dan 2004. umro je Anton Marti". Nacional. 22 January 2020. Retrieved 5 May 2023.