Lordan Zafranović (11. februar 1944) je hrvatsko-češko-jugoslovenski filmski reditelj. Bio je glavna figura Praškog talasa.

Prvi igrani filmovi Lordana Zafranovića su “Nedjelja” (1969.) i “Muke po Mati” (1975.), koji mu je donio nagradu kritike na Pulskom filmskom festivalu. Njegovo najpoznatije djelo ipak je kultni film “Okupacija u 26 slika” (1978). Film je bio nominovan za festival u Kanu a bio je i Jugoslovenski kandidat za Oskara. Nastavio je svoju trilogiju o Drugom svjetskom ratu s “Padom Italije” (1981.) i Večernjim zvonima (1986.). Za “Pad Italije” po drugi put osvojio je Veliku zlatnu arenu, za “Večernja zvona” Zlatnu arenu za najbolju režiju na Pula Film Festivalu. Sredinom 1980-ih Zafranović se vraća intimnijim temama, filmovima poput “Ujed anđela” (1984.) i “Aloa: Praznik kurvi” (1988.), prepoznatljivih po psihološkoj drami i erotici.

Hvaljen je kao “jedan od velikih majstora modernizma”. Zafranovićevi filmovi često su izazivali polemike.

Nastanio se u Pragu i nastavio raditi za Češku televiziju. Više od decenije kasnije vraća se u Zagreb kako bi snimio svoju monumentalnu TV seriju o Josipu Brozu Titu, Tito – posljednji svjedoci testamenta (2011).

Lordan Zafranovic (born February 11, 1944) is a Croatian-Czech-Yugoslav film director. He was the main figure of the Prague Wave.

Lordan Zafranovic’s first feature films were “Sunday” (1969) and “Passion According to Matthew” (1975), which won him the critics’ award at the Pula Film Festival. His most famous work, however, is the cult film “Occupation in 26 Pictures” (1978). The film was nominated for the Cannes Film Festival and was also the Yugoslav candidate for an Oscar. He continued his World War II trilogy with The Fall of Italy (1981) and Evening Bells (1986). For “The Fall of Italy” he won the Big Golden Arena for Best Film, for the second time, and for “Evening Bells” the Golden Arena for Best Director at the Pula Film Festival. In the mid-1980s, Zafranovic returned to more intimate themes, with films such as “Angel’s Bite” (1984) and “Aloa: Festivity of the Whores” (1988), recognizable for their psychological drama and erotica.

He was praised as “one of the leading masters of modernism”. Zafranovic’s films often caused controversy.

He settled in Prague and worked for Czech television. More than a decade later, he returned to Zagreb to film his monumental TV series about Josip Broz Tito, Tito – the Last Witnesses of the Testament (2011).