J.B. Tanko

Personal Info

Know For

Directing

Gender

Male

Birthday

1906-04-21 (87 years old)

Deathday

1993-10-05

Place of Birth

Sisak, Croatia

J.B. Tanko

Biography

Josip Bogoslaw Tanko (April 21, 1906 – October 5, 1993) was a Croat filmmaker who directed O Trapalhão nas Minas do Rei Salomão, one of the biggest cinematic hits in Brazil of all time. He also founded JBTV - J. B. Tanko Filmes Ltda. Josip Bogoslaw Tanko was born on April 21, 1906, in the Croatian city of Sisak. He was passionate about cinema from childhood. In the 1930s, he started working at Sascha-Filmindustrie AG and Wlen-Film GmbH in Vienna, Austria creating Yugoslavian versions of German and Austrian films. He also worked at Tobis Filmkunst, Terra Filmkunst, and UFA in Berlin as an assistant director, participating as part of a team i...

Production

1987

1957

Com Jeito Vai

as Screenplay

1961

O Dono da Bola

as Director

1961

1960

Vai Que é Mole

as Director

1960

1959

Garota Enxuta

as Director

1959

1964

Lollipop

as Producer

1959

Entrei de Gaiato

as Director

1958

1959

Garota Enxuta

as Writer

1959

Garota Enxuta

as Producer

1967

1962

1957

Metido a Bacana

as Director

1964

Lollipop

as Screenplay

1964

Lollipop

as Director

1957

Com Jeito Vai

as Director

1967

1962

1958

...E o Bicho Não Deu

as Screenstory

1958

1978

Fim de Festa

as Co-Producer

1935

The Gypsy Baron

as Assistant Director

1968

1957

1954

1954

1965

1972

1972

1956

1959

Mulheres à Vista

as Screenplay

1967

1952

Burning Sands

as Screenplay

1952

Burning Sands

as Director

1951

1958

É de Chuá!

as Writer

1955

O Diamante

as Screenplay

1971

Rua Descalça

as Director

1956

Sai de Baixo

as Director

1960

Vai Que é Mole

as Screenplay

1960

1956

Sai de Baixo

as Screenplay

© All Rights Reserved 2025