Borivoj Dovniković Bordo (1930) joined a group of cartoonists from the Kerempuh weekly humor magazine in 1950 in making the first Croatian artistic animated film ʾVeliki mitingʾ. Bordo was a co-funder of Duga film. He began creating his independent animated films for Zagreb Film in 1961. His interest in the field of graphic design has also been wide – from typography and drawing, newspaper advertisements, posters, trademarks, mascots, periodicals to books. During his 60-year-long professional career, he received a number of national and international grants and awards. He has been involved in the World Festival of Animated Films in Zagreb from its inception in 1972.