Pero Kvesić (Zagreb, 1950) graduated in sociology and philosophy from the Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences. He wrote for Omladinski tjednik, Tlo and Studentski list. In 1977 he launched Polet, and acted as its first editor-in-chief. He was editor-in-chief at Pitanja and launched the Quorum magazine and publications. He published a large number of prose works, several poetry collections and novels for children and picture books. He was included in the Danish school curriculum as an obligatory read.

Together with Dušan Vukotić, he prepared the animated series, writer’s concept and character concept of "The Little Flying Bears". He worked on the screenplay of the film "You Love Only Once" and wrote screenplays for short animated films by Dušan Vukotić and Pavao Štalter.

"Dum spiro spero", his debut film, won the Grand Prix at the Croatian Film Days, Vedran Šamanović Award, Best Documentary Award at Festival dei Popoli, and Golden Horn Award at the Krakow Film Festival.