| Jože Pogačnik | |
| Birth Date: | 22 April 1932 |
| Birth Place: | Maribor, Kingdom of Yugoslavia (now Slovenia) |
| Death Place: | Ljubljana, Slovenia |
| Yearsactive: | 1960–1989 |
Jože Pogačnik (22 April 1932 - 16 February 2016) was a Slovenian film director and screenwriter.[1]
After studying film directing, Pogačnik first worked as a film critic, before becoming a prominent author of documentary films in the 1960s, mainly dealing with social issues. He also made several short films, including Tri etide za Cathy i Miloša, which won the Silver Bear award at the 1972 Berlin International Film Festival.[2]
In 1967 he made his first feature film Stronghold of Toughs (Slovenian: Grajski biki), and he won the Golden Arena for Best Director for his last feature film Cafe Astoria (Kavarna Astoria, 1989) at the 1989 Pula Film Festival.[3]