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Josip Bogoslaw Tanko (born on April 21, 1906 in Sisak, Croatia — died on October 5, 1993 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil). He was a filmmaker Croats] settled in Brazil after World War II, where he continued his career.

History
Born in the Croatian city of Sisak, from childhood he was passionate about cinema. He started working in Austria, creating Yugoslavian versions of German and Austrian films. In the 1930s, he worked at Sascha-Filmindustrie AG and at Wlen-Film GmbH in Vienna, and Tobis Filmkunst, Terra Filmkunst and UFA in Berlin, arriving as assistant director. From 1937, in Vienna, participated in teams of the Wien-Film, created by Goebbels. At the beginning of World War II, he took over the Army Documentary Film Department in Belgrade. When Yugoslavia was invaded by Germany, it filmed the bombing of Belgrade. He fled to Berlin with the film, and in 1942 returned to Vienna. With the end of the Second War, in which he lost all his family, he decided to emigrate to Brazil. In 1948 it settled residence in the city of Rio de Janeiro, contributing a lot to the professionalization of the Brazilian cinema with its diversified experience. His first work was in Cinelândia Filmes, as assistant director and screenwriter of A Escrava Isaura, adaptation of Bernardo Guimarães' novel. Without leaving the Cinelandia, it began to work also in the Cinematographic Atlântida, where it played several roles, arriving at director. It realized some dramas, that did not have success of public, taking it to the comedies (chanchadas). In the 1950s, J. B. Tanko worked with Watson Macedo and, at the beginning of his career, Roberto Farias. In 1955 he began working for Herbert Richers, for which he directed 18 films, among which a series of comedies, starring actors like Ankito, Grande Otelo, Zé Trindade and Ronald Golias. However, it continued with the dramas, police films and children. In 1967, he directed Adoravel Trapalhão '', in which he met Renato Aragão, with which he would establish a solid partnership. J. B. Tanko would direct eleven films of Os Trapalhões. In 1969, he founded '' 'JBTV - J. B. Tanko Filmes Ltda.' 'And directed several comedies for teenagers. Working with Os Trapalhões, he performed "O Trapalhão nas Minas do Rei Salomão"), one of the biggest box offices in Brazilian cinema at all times (about 6 million spectators) The Saltimbancos Trapalhões , considered the best film of the group. He has produced and directed diversified films, such as the erotic drama As Borboletas Também Amam, with the actress Angelina Muniz, and the musical Vamos Cantar Disco, Baby?, with the ensemble As Melindrosas, in the popular era. In 1983, it produced the film Perdoa-Me Por Me Traíres, directed by the Braz Chediak, based on the work of Nélson Rodrigues. when Dedé Santana, Zacarias e Mussum separated of Renato Aragão, creating the DeMuZa Produções, J. B. Tanko produced the comedy Atrapalhando a Suate. At the age of 81 he directed his last film: Os Fantasmas Trapalhões''. He died at age 87, a victim of heart attack, leaving enormous contribution to Brazilian cinema. He had a son, Alexander Tanko, who also worked in the film production and in the production of several commercials and vignettes of musical clips for television, which died on July 12, 2006, at the age of 53.

Filmography

 * 1946 - Amerika Hilft Oesterreich
 * 1948 - A Escrava Isaura (diretor assistente)
 * 1951 - Areias ardentes
 * 1954 - A outra face do homem
 * 1956 - Com Água na Boca
 * 1956 - Sai de Baixo
 * 1956 - Fuzileiro do Amor (gerente de produção)
 * 1957 - Com Jeito Vai
 * 1957 - Metido a Bacana
 * 1958 - E o Bicho Não Deu
 * 1959 - Entrei de gaiato
 * 1959 - Garota Enxuta
 * 1959 - Mulheres à Vista
 * 1960 - Marido de Mulher Boa
 * 1960 - Vai que É Mole
 * 1961 - O Dono da Bola
 * 1961 - Bom mesmo é Carnaval
 * 1964 - Asfalto Selvagem
 * 1964 - Um Ramo para Luísa
 * 1966 - Engraçadinha depois dos 30
 * 1967 - Adorável Trapalhão with Renato Aragão and Os Trapalhões
 * 1967 - Carnaval Barra
 * 1968 - Massacre no Supermercado
 * 1969 - Pais quadrados, filhos avançados
 * 1970 - Como Ganhar na Loteria sem Perder a Esportiva
 * 1971 - Rua descalça
 * 1971 - Som, amor e curtição
 * 1972 - Salve-se Quem Puder - Rally da Juventude
 * 1973 - Aladim e a lâmpada maravilhosa
 * 1974 - Robin Hood, o trapalhão da floresta with Renato Aragão and Os Trapalhões
 * 1975 - O Trapalhão na Ilha do Tesouro with Renato Aragão and Os Trapalhões
 * 1976 - O Trapalhão no Planalto dos Macacos with Renato Aragão and Os Trapalhões
 * 1976 - Simbad, o marujo trapalhão with Renato Aragão and Os Trapalhões
 * 1977 - O Trapalhão nas minas do Rei Salomão with Renato Aragão and Os Trapalhões
 * 1978 - As Borboletas também Amam
 * 1979 - Vamos Cantar Disco, Baby?
 * 1980 - Atrapalhando a Suate with Renato Aragão and Os Trapalhões
 * 1981 - Os Saltimbancos Trapalhões with Renato Aragão and Os Trapalhões
 * 1982 - Os Trapalhões na Serra Pelada with Renato Aragão and Os Trapalhões
 * 1982 - Os Vagabundos Trapalhões with Renato Aragão and Os Trapalhões
 * 1983 - Perdoa-me por Me Traíres (produtor)
 * 1987 - Os Fantasmas Trapalhões with Renato Aragão and Os Trapalhões

Awards

 * Areias Ardentes (feature film) - Saci Award, 1952, SP, for Best Screenplay for J. B. Tanko.
 * Sai de Baixo (feature film) - Special Award for Tanko, J. B. in the Special Governor Award of the State of São Paulo, 1956, São Paulo - SP.