Radivoje Lola Đukić ( Smederevo , April 3 , 1923 - Belgrade , September 7 , 1995 ) was a Serbian and Yugoslav television, theater and film director and comedian.
He was born on April 3, 1923 . in Smederevo. He studied painting at the Academy of Fine Arts and film direction at the High Film School in Belgrade.
First, he worked as an editor of the Children's and Drama program, as well as the Entertainment program of Radio Belgrade . He is the founder of the Humorist Theater ( Pozorište na Terazije ), and at Television Belgrade since its inception, he has worked as an assistant director for production, chief and responsible editor of the cultural and artistic program (until 1963 ). He dedicated most of his activities at Television Belgrade to comedy programs.
He directed several feature films. In addition, he filmed documentaries, educational and puppet films, as well as writing songs and theater plays for children. He is the author of numerous comedies: Zlatni Maidan, God Died in Vain, Man with Four Legs, I Have to Kill Peter, The Happiness Maker, One Love and Five Dead People, Steal, Steal, Steal, and the musical Kill or Kiss.
As a comedy writer, Đukić is one of the most played domestic authors of the 1960s and 1970s on Yugoslav theater stages. He dedicated the largest part of his comedic creativity to the television medium. He is the author of about 200 serial comedy shows and TV comedies and satires, most of which he directed himself. He is the author of humorous memoirs published in the book " Sclerotic Memoirs".
He was married to actress Vera Đukić . Their son Andrija was also a director. His second wife was the journalist Jelena Jovanović, who after Lola's death did everything to ensure that his work would not be forgotten.
He died on September 7, 1995. in Belgrade.
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