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), The Red Flower (1950) and Kako su lepe slike ove (1958). He died on December 22, 1993 in Belgrade, Serbia, Federal Republic of Yugoslavia.