Oto Bihalji-Merin was born on January 3, 1904 in Zemun, Croatia-Slavonia, Austria-Hungary [now Serbia]. He was a writer and director, known for Slikarstvo (1948), Crveni cvet (1950) and Kako su lepe slike ove (1958). He died on December 22, 1993 in Belgrade, Serbia, Federal Republic of Yugoslavia.