Dino Dvornik

Dino Dvornik, born Dino Miljenko Dvornik on 20 August 1964 in Split, was a Croatian singer, musician and producer, often called the "King of Funk" ("Kralj funka"). He was the son of the actor Boris Dvornik and Diana Dvornik, and as a child he acted alongside his father in films and in the TV series Naše malo misto and Čovik i po.

In 1982 he formed the funk band Kineski Zid with his brother Dean; it released one album in 1983 and soon split. As a solo artist he debuted at the 1988 Zagreb festival with "Tebi pripadam", winning the jury's first prize. His self-titled debut album (1989) brought "Ljubav se zove imenom tvojim", "Ti si mi u mislima" and "Zašto praviš slona od mene". In 1990 "Misliš da sam blesav" won both the jury and the audience prizes at MESAM, and the album Kreativni nered gave him "Jače manijače".

Priroda & društvo followed in 1993, and then the live album Live in Munich. He won the Split festival in 1995 with "Ništa kontra Splita" and a Porin for the maxi single "Afrika", and Enfant terrible (1997) won the Porin for best album production. Later albums were Big Mamma (1999) and Svicky (2002). He worked with Josipa Lisac, Psihomodo Pop's Davor Gobac and members of Đavoli, sang "Glupi hit" on Rambo Amadeus's album Hoćemo gusle (1989) and the duet "Od Splita do Beograda (Ove noći)" with Viktorija (1991), and produced Oliver Dragojević's Neka nova svitanja (1994). From 2006 the RTL reality show Dvornikovi followed his family at home.

Dino Dvornik died on 7 September 2008 in his flat in Zagreb, aged 44, and was buried at Mirogoj. His eighth and last studio album, Pandorina kutija, was released after his death that same year. In 2009 he received the Porin for lifetime achievement, and a tribute concert was held in Split. A monument by the sculptor Tomislav Heršak was unveiled in Zagreb's Rock 'n' Roll Park in 2017.

In Rolling Stone Croatia's 2015 list of the 100 greatest Yugoslav albums, his debut was ranked 48th and Live in Munich 51st. He was married to Danijela Kuljiš, and their daughter is Ella Dvornik.