Vanca Kljakovic was born on 20 March 1930 in Split, Croatia, Yugoslavia. He was a director and writer, known for Hotelska soba (1975), Kljuc (1965) and Kuzis stari moj (1973).

He was married to Vida Tucan and Zdenka Hersak. He died on 16 September 2010 in Croatia. Kljaković graduated from classical high school in his native Split .