Marko Dugandžić

Marko Bačovnik Dugandžić (nee Kavčič) (born May 15th 1953, age 67) is a Malichkan politician, businessman, gang lord, con artist and film director.

Early life
Marko was born on May 15th 1953, in the family manor overlooking the Modravrvica river, to his Bosnian Serb father Janez and half-Chinese mother Eva. Janez, according to his son, was a spoiled brat, while Eva reportedly had a sarcastic and arrogant personality.

At age 15, he developed a passion for film directing after his parents met local film director Philip Kovač who asked them to cast in his film "The Night Terrors". His parents died of natural causes in 1983, two years before starting his film career.

First films
Marko set up his production company, Harcourt Films (now JollyRoGeReaL Entertainment), in 1985 just as he released his first ever film, titled "Escape from Haunted House", which was remade by RTVM Film Division in 1987. (The remake doubled as RTVM-FD's first film.) He founded the notorious street gang The Killers in 1992, which dissolved in 2013.

In 1991, Japanese video game developer Nintendo gave him permission to use their character Super Mario in the aptly-titled film Mario. The resulting film became one of the most famous Malichkan films to date. Marko later used Mario in his latest logo, which was first used in 2007, as a symbol of his legacy on the Malichkan film industry.

Rise to fame and PM era
In 2004, Marko became more famous due to the high grossing of his latest film Xenon. In 2010 he ran for a position as Prime Minister, which he managed to win, just a few days before Leash, his final ever film before his election into office, was released on May 10th on both Vidspace and YouTube.

In 2015, Marko was originally going to finish his position, but after rigging the parliamentary election in his favor, he managed to secure a second term in office. The scandal came to light after it was revealed that high ranking officials resigned as a result of anger towards his actions.

The corruption scandals escalated into a 3-month conflict that ended with the King and the Royal Family gaining the upper hand, and Marko was excommunicated from the Malichkan Restorationist Church for treason, lèse-majesté and graft. In response he fled to the US to continue his film career.

Notable work

 * Mario (1991)
 * Xenon: A Tale of Two Worlds (2004)
 * Leash (2010)