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Danis Tanovic was born on 20 February 1969 in Zenica, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Yugoslavia. He is a director and writer, known for No Man's Land (2001), An Episode in the Life of an Iron Picker (2013) and Cirkus Columbia (2010).Bosnian- Writer
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Jasmila Zbanic was born on 19 December 1974 in Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Yugoslavia. She is a writer and director, known for Quo Vadis, Aida? (2020), Grbavica (2006) and Na putu (2010). She is married to Damir Ibrahimovic. They have one child.Bosnian- Director
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Srdan Golubovic was born on 24 August 1972 in Belgrade, Serbia, Yugoslavia. He is a director and producer, known for Absolute Hundred (2001), Father (2020) and The Trap (2007).Serbian- Director
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A Serbian film director. Born in 1954 in Sarajevo. Graduated in film directing at the prestigious Academy of Performing Arts (FAMU) in Prague in 1978. During his studies, he was awarded several times for his short movies including Guernica (1978), which took first prize at the Student's Film Festival in Karlovy Vary. After graduation, he directed several TV movies in his hometown, Sarajevo. In collaboration with the screenwriter Abdulah Sidran in 1981, he made the successful feature debut Do You Remember Dolly Bell? (1981) which won the Silver Lion for best first feature at the Venice Film Festival. Their subsequent work, human political drama When Father Was Away on Business (1985) unanimously won top prize at the 1985 Cannes Film Festival as well as FIPRESCI prize and was nominated for the Best Foreign Language film Oscar. In 1989 he won the Best Director award at Cannes for Time of the Gypsies (1988), a film about the life of a gypsy family in Yugoslavia scripted by Gordan Mihic. His first English language movie, Arizona Dream (1993) starring Johnny Depp, Jerry Lewis and Faye Dunaway and scripted by his USA student, David Atkins was awarded the Silver Bear at the 1993 Berlin Film Festival. Underground (1995), a bitter surrealistic comedy about the Balkans, scripted by Dusan Kovacevic, won him a second Palme d'Or at the Cannes Film Festival in 1995.Serbian-Bosnian- Director
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One of the most acclaimed and successful Yugoslav directors, born in 1929. in Paris. Studied film directing at the prestigious Academy of Performing Arts (FAMU) in Prague (1947/48). His studies remained unfinished due to the political aggravation between Czechoslovakia and Yugoslavia at the time and he was forced to return to homeland. He graduated Art History in Belgrade (1955). Filmmaker since 1948. in various projects. At first, assisting to other directors and shooting documentaries. Awarded several times for his early works in these movies including very successful documentaries 'Let nad mocvarom' (1956), 'Petar Dobrovic' (1958), 'Putevi' (1959) and 'Sabori' (1963). After two films with various success and acclamation ('Dvoje' in 1961 and 'Dani' in 1963) he directs very successful war drama 'Tri' ('Three', 1965) which won raves from critics in Yugoslavia and Europe and an Best Foreign Language Oscar nomination in 1966. However, film wasn't so well received in theaters. Now it is considered one of the best movies in Yugoslavia. His next project 'Skupljaci perja' ('I Even Met Happy Gypsies', 1967), metaphorical social drama about gypsies was even more successful. It also won an Oscar nomination - the very next year after 'Three' - in 1967, Grand Jury Prize and FIPRESCI Prize at Cannes Film Festival and established Petrovic as one of the most talented and skillful European directors in 1960s. Unlike 'Three' it was very well received and translated in over 100 languages. In 1977. he made the German film Group Portrait with a Lady (1977) starring Romy Schneider, which was nominated for the Palme d'Or at the 1977 Cannes Film Festival. Members of Yugoslavian Board of the Academy of Film Art and Science (AFUN) voted two of his movies among ten best Serbian films in 1947-1995 period - 'I Even Met Happy Gypsies' (#2) and 'Three' (#4). He was one of the founders of so-called New Yugoslavian Film wave. Was professor at the Academy of Dramatic Arts in Belgrade. Wrote several books on movie and was film theoretic.Serbian- Writer
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Born in 1963. in Belgrade. Degree in Clinical Psychology and in Film Directing. Author of the 8 feature films and 8 books for grown-up's and the kids. Professor at Film Academy in Belgrade 2000-2004. MP at Serbian Parliament, 2012-2015. Director of 200 commercials, for "the bread and butter" purposes. His books for kids "Poopwille", "Poopking" and "Winged childhood" are among the bestsellers for the kids in Ex-Yu region. His film "Pretty Village, Pretty Flame is among 1000 best films of all time in Halliwell's film encyclopedia and among 30 best war films in history, according to Sight&Sound critics. "The Parade" was a huge box office hit in Europe in 2012 after receiving three awards at Berlinale.Serbian- Director
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Slobodan Sijan was born on 16 November 1946 in Belgrade, Serbia, Yugoslavia. He is a director and writer, known for Who's Singin' Over There? (1980), Maratonci trce pocasni krug (1982) and Strangler vs. Strangler (1984).Serbian- Director
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Veljko Bulajic was born on 23 March 1928 in Vilusi, Montenegro, Yugoslavia. He was a director and writer, known for Kozara (1962), The Man to Kill (1979) and Vlak bez voznog reda (1959). He was married to Vlasta. He died on 2 April 2024 in Zagreb, Croatia.Croatian- Director
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Milcho Manchevski's acclaimed Before the Rain is considered "one of the greatest debut feature films in the history of cinema" (Annette Insdorf) and "one of the most important films of the decade" (Ann Kibbey). The New York Times included it on its list "Best 1,000 Movies Ever Made". It won the Golden Lion in Venice, Independent Spirit, an Academy Award nomination and 30 other awards.
"Manchevski continues down his distinctive artistic path" (Hollywood Reporter) with the award-winning features Dust (which opened Venice 2001), Shadows, Mothers, Bikini Moon, Willow, the short forms The End of Time, Thursday, Macedonia Timeless, 1.73, Arrested Development's Tennessee and an episode of HBO's The Wire. "His work stands out in world cinema for its unique way of playing with space, time and emotion" (Keith Brown).
Roger Ebert said, "Work like this keeps me going. A reminder of the nobility that film can attain." "His unique blend of experimentation, poetry, emotion, and a demand for the active participation of the viewer in the construction of meaning are highly praised." (Conor McGrady). His work is part of the curricula at numerous universities and is the subject of many essays and books.
Milcho Manchevski wrote and directed the feature films Willow (2019), Bikini Moon (2017), Mothers (2010), Shadows (2007), Dust (2001), Before the Rain (1994) and over 50 short forms, including The End of Time (2017), Thursday (2013), 1.73 (1984) and the music video Tennessee (1991) for Arrested Development. He has also been a director on HBO's The Wire (2002). He had three solo exhibitions of photographs, published works of fiction, books of photographs and staged performance art.
Before the Rain won an Academy-Award nomination and thirty awards, including Golden Lion for Best Film in Venice, Independent Spirit, FIPRESCI, UNESCO, best film of the year in Argentina, Italy, Sweden, Turkey, and other awards in Austria, Belgium, Brazil, Poland, Puerto Rico, Russia, etc. The New York Times included Before the Rain on its list of the best 1,000 films ever made.
All of Manchevski's films were widely screened at international film festivals. Dust was the opening film of the Venice Film Festival. Willow, Shadows and Mothers were the Macedonian Academy Awards entries. Willow and Mothers were selected among the 40 European films of the year by the European Film Academy committee. Willow opened at the Rome Film Festival and subsequently won five festival awards. Mothers screened in the Panorama section of Berlinale, later winning seven festival awards.
Manchevski also won awards for his shorts Thursday (2013) and The End of Time (2017), best experimental film (for 1.73), best MTV video (for Tennessee, which The Rolling Stone placed on the list of the 100 best videos ever), and best commercial (for Macedonia Timeless (2009)).
His films are part of the curricula at numerous universities worldwide, and have been discoursed at a number of conferences. The University of Leipzig (Germany) and the European University Institute in Florence (Italy) hosted academic conferences dedicated, respectively, to Before the Rain and Dust.
He has published fiction, essays and op-ed pieces in Journal of Screenwriting, New American Writing, La Repubblica, Corriere Della Sera, Sineast, The Guardian, Suddeutsche Zeitung, Pravda, etc. Manchevski has staged performance art with the group 1AM (which he founded) and by himself.
He has published a (very small) book of fiction, The Ghost of My Mother (1985), a short book on art theory Truth and Fiction: Notes on (Exceptional) Faith in Art (2012), a book of photographs and essays Pictures, Words and Lies (2015) and three books of photographs, Street (1999), Five Drops of Dream (2010) and There (2020) which accompany the three solo photo exhibitions.
He taught and served as Head of Directing Studies at NYU's Tisch School of the Arts' Graduate Film program. He has also taught and lectured at a number of universities, cinematheques, art museums and art institutes: Feirstein Graduate School of Cinema at Brooklyn College, EICTV (Cuba), VGIK (Russia), London Film School, Oxford Brookes, Cambridge, University of Chicago, University of Texas (Austin), Brown University, FDU (Belgrade), Shanghai Normal University, Hanoi Cinematheque, University of Tsukuba (Japan), University Babelsberg Konrad Wolf (the German state film school), Universität Bielefeld, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul (Brazil), etc.
Manchevski's work has screened at more than four hundred festivals, and has been distributed in more than 60 countries (theatrically, TV, cable, streaming and video).
He holds an honorary doctorate from VGIK in Moscow, Russia. He is a member of the Directors Guild of America, European Film Academy and the PEN Club.
He has served on festival juries in Venice, Shanghai, Warsaw, Locarno, Teheran, Vilnius, Pula, Montenegro, FEST (Belgrade), Munich, Rostov-on-Don, Hainan, etc.Macedonian- Writer
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Rajko Grlic was born on 2 September 1947 in Zagreb, Yugoslavia [now Croatia]. He is a writer and director, known for Just Between Us (2010), The Border Post (2006) and The Constitution (2016).Croatian- Director
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Oleg Novkovic was born on 28 March 1968 in Belgrade, Serbia, Yugoslavia. He is a director and writer, known for White White World (2010), Tomorrow Morning (2006) and Say Why Have You Left Me (1993).Serbian- Director
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The son of actors Rade Markovic and Olivera Markovic, between 1965 and 1970 he studied film directing in Prague and then started working for television, directing documentaries and about fifty tv movies. His first theatrical feature was the critically acclaimed and financially successful Special Education (1977). Although his followup film was also extremely successful, most of the critics panned it: it would take more than ten years before it was recognized as a classic. Most of his following features have been screened in various Yugoslavian and international festivals. Besides making movies, Markovic also staged two plays and wrote three more. Since 1979 he's been teaching film directing in Belgrade's Dramatic Arts faculty.Serbian- Director
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Zoran Calic was born on 4 March 1931 in Belgrade, Serbia, Yugoslavia. He was a director and writer, known for Lude godine (1977), Prva ljubav (1970) and Ljubi, ljubi, al' glavu ne gubi (1981). He died on 9 November 2014 in Belgrade, Serbia.Serbian- Director
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Goran Paskaljevic is one of Europe's most respected independent directors. He was born in 1947 in Belgrade (Serbia) and he studied at the well-known Prague school of cinema (FAMU). He has made 30 documentaries and 17 feature films (Cabaret Balkan, Special Treatment, Someone Else's America, How Harry Became a Tree, Midwinter Night's Dream, When Day Breaks...), shown and acclaimed at the most prestigious international film festivals (Cannes, Berlin, Venice, Toronto, San Sebastian...).
In 2001, Variety International Film Guide marked him as one of the world's top five directors of the year.
The Museum of Modern Art in New York (MoMA) in 2008 and the British Film Institute (London) in 2010, both presented a full retrospective of his feature films, along with the publication of a monograph in English about his work.Serbian- Director
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Zdravko Sotra was born on 13 February 1933 in Stolac, Bosnia and Hercegovina, Yugoslavia. He is a director and writer, known for Zona Zamfirova (2002), Professor Kosta Vujic's Hat (2012) and Ivko's Feast (2005).Serbian- Producer
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Ademir Kenovic was born on 14 September 1950 in Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Yugoslavia. He is a producer and director, known for The Perfect Circle (1997), MGM Sarajevo: Covjek, Bog, Monstrum (1994) and Kuduz (1989).Bosnian- Writer
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Pjer Zalica was born on 7 May 1964 in Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Yugoslavia. He is a writer and director, known for Fuse (2003), Praznik rada (2022) and MGM Sarajevo: Covjek, Bog, Monstrum (1994).Bosnian- Director
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Dalibor Matanic is an acclaimed Croatian screenwriter and film director. His most well-known film is the 2002 feature Fine mrtve djevojke (2002) which won the Special Jury Prize at the 2003 Sochi film festival. His 2015 film The High Sun (2015) was screened in the Un Certain Regard section at the 2015 Cannes Film Festival where it won the Jury Prize.Croatian- Producer
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Vinko Bresan was born on 3 February 1964 in Zagreb, Croatia, Yugoslavia. He is a producer and director, known for How the War Started on My Island (1996), Svjedoci (2003) and Marsal (1999).Croatian- Director
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Aldo Tardozzi was born on 29 August 1974 in Zagreb, Croatia. He is a director and assistant director, known for Spots (2011), Zagreb Stories Vol. 2 (2012) and Bibin svijet (2006).Croatian- Director
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Branko Schmidt was born on 21 September 1957 in Osijek, Croatia, Yugoslavia. He is a director and writer, known for Vegetarian Cannibal (2012), The Melon Route (2006) and Ungiven (2015).Croatian- Director
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Vlatka Vorkapic was born in 1969. She is a director and writer, known for Sonja and the Bull (2012), Our Daily Water (2018) and Gabriel (2011).Croatian- Writer
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Ognjen Svilicic was born in 1971 in Split, Croatia, Yugoslavia. He is a writer and director, known for These Are the Rules (2014), Armin (2007) and Oprosti za kung fu (2004).Croatian- Director
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Damjan Kozole is a Slovenian filmmaker whose directing credits include the critically-acclaimed "Spare Parts", worldwide released "Slovenian Girl" and "Nightlife", winner of Best Director Award at the 51st Karlovy Vary IFF, among others. "Spare parts" was nominated for the Golden Bear at the 53th Berlin IFF; in 2008 Sight & Sound ranked it among the ten most important films of the New Europe. In 2005, a Kozole film retrospective took place in the US and Canada, hosted by the American Film Institute (AFI). In 2012 he received Lifetime Achievement Award at the MedFilm Festival in Rome.Slovenian- Director
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Zrinko Ogresta was born on 5 October 1958 in Virovitica, Croatia, Yugoslavia. He is a director and writer, known for Red Dust (1999), On the Other Side (2016) and Tu (2003).Croatian- Director
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Tomislav Radic was born on 8 December 1940 in Zagreb, Croatia. He was a director and writer, known for Sto je Iva snimila 21. listopada 2003. (2005), Kotlovina (2011) and Andjele moj dragi (1996). He died on 7 March 2015 in Zagreb, Croatia.Croatian- Director
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Aida Begic was born on 9 May 1976 in Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina. She is a director and writer, known for Snijeg (2008), Djeca (2012) and Never Leave Me (2017).Bosnian- Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
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Arsen was born in the city of Split, on the Croatian Adriatic coast, in 1965. He decided to become a film director at the early age of twelve after joining a cinema group in his elementary school. He made silent, short genre films in black and white on Normal 8 film stock, which he and his classmates invented the stories for, shot and acted, and also mixed the chemicals and developed the footage for. When he was fourteen, his Super 8 short film 'The Stone Mason' featuring his grandfather working in a stone mine on the island of Brac, just off the coast of Split, was aired on prime-time TV as the best short by a teenager.
During high school he was a member of the Kino-club Split and made mostly experimental films. From 1985 to 1990 he studied film directing at the Film and TV Directing department of the Academy of Dramatic Arts in Zagreb, Croatia, where he received his Bachelor of Arts degree with top honors. Some of his student short films received awards at professional film festivals. During his studies he also started working as an assistant director to well-known Croatian directors. He was fortunate to have his first job on the award-winning film "That Summer of White Roses" by Rajko Grlic with Tom Conti and Rod Steiger in leading roles.
From 1991 to 1994 he studied film directing and producing at the famous Graduate Film Department of the Tisch School of the Arts, New York University, where he received his Master of Fine Arts degree, again with top honors, for his "superior academic record and exceptional creative ability". He attended lectures by Arthur Penn , Lorenzo Semple Jr. and Robert Nickson amongst others. He made several award-winning short films in New York and worked on numerous low budget films as an assistant director and production manager.
He continued writing screenplays but found it hard to raise the money to shoot them. In 2001 Arsen was developing a low-budget psychological thriller to be shot near Atlanta, Georgia when the attack on the Twin Towers in New York City brought all preparations to a halt. Several months later he left NYC and moved to Europe, where he taught filmmaking at the Polytechnic University in Salzburg, Austria for 2 years.
Back in Croatia he wrote and directed a successful full-length feature film A Wonderful Night in Split (2004) starring Coolio. Arsen was thrilled to have been able to make his first feature film about his hometown, which provided additional inspiration for him. The film garnered more than 20 awards and is often cited by critics as the best Croatian film since the country gained its independence. The film was nominated for the European Film Academy Discovery-Fassbinder Award as best first or second film in Europe in 2004. It was also an official submission for the Best Foreign Film Oscar® at the 2006 Academy Awards, proving to be a very serious contender.
In 2006 he co-wrote and directed the successful stage play 'Billie Holliday' (about an hour and a half in the life of the famous blues singer right before her come-back performance at Carnegie Hall) for the Croatian National Theater in Split. The play remained on the CNT's program for years and is still performed today, most recently in Italy, with the original production's Ksenija Prohaska reprising the title role.
In 2008 he completed his second feature film Niciji sin (2008) which was the absolute winner of the Croatian National Film Festival in Pula, winning, amongst others, the awards for Best Film and Best Director, as well as the Critics' Award. The film was selected as one of the best European films of 2009 and earned Arsen a 2nd official Oscar® submission in 2009, as well as a total of 16 further awards and accolades.
He was president of the Croatian Film Directors' Guild for 2 years between 2008 and 2010.
In 2012 he directed and produced his third feature film Halima's Path (2012) which broke the record-high audience vote at the Croatian National Film Festival in Pula. The film earned more than 30 awards worldwide, becoming the most awarded Croatian film in several decades and was again the Croatian official submission at the 2013 Academy Awards - Arsen's third official film submission in a row.
Influential website Deadline Hollywood included Halima's Path (2012) on a list of 15 films in the running for the Foreign Language Oscar® which had the biggest buzz about them and were considered favorites at the 86th Annual Academy Awards, amongst a then record-number of 76 entries.
In 2015 Arsen was working on what would have been his fourth feature film The Man in The Box (his first film in English) starring Kiefer Sutherland, when shooting encountered financial difficulties and the film continues to be postponed but scheduled to resume.
In 2018 he completed a fourth feature film F20 (2018). It had to be independently financed after the Croatian national film fund rejected several funding applications despite Arsen's proven multi-award-winning form. By 2021 the film had earned almost 30 awards at international film festivals, thereby repeating his previous success of the most awarded of Croatian films.
He's been a member of the European Film Academy since 2005. He is also a professor of film production at the Academy of Dramatic Arts in Zagreb, Croatia.Croatian- Writer
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Vinko Moderndorfer was born in 1958. He is a writer and director, known for Inferno (2014), Landscape No.2 (2008) and Suburbs (2004).Slovenian- Director
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Jan Cvitkovic is the most acclaimed Slovenian director, screenwriter, and actor, known for his distinctive storytelling approach and ability to capture the complexity of the human experience on screen.
As a filmmaker, he has made numerous award-winning films that have received over 60 awards at film festivals worldwide, including the Lion of the Future Award at the Venice Film Festival in 2001 and the Best New Director Award at the San Sebastian Film Festival in 2005. Both films were Foreign Language Oscar candidates.
His films have been broadcast on various TV stations from Europe to Australia (TV 1000, ARTE, RAI, SBS Australia...) and have been distributed in various European countries.
Jan Cvitkovic is a member of the European Film Academy.
In 1995, he wrote the screenplay for 'Rop stoletja' (Robbery of the Century), which received critical acclaim and launched his career as a scriptwriter.
In 1999, Cvitkovic acted in and co-wrote the film 'V leru' (Idle Running), which won the awards for Best Film, Best Screenplay, FIPRESCI Award, and Audience Award at the Festival of Slovenian Film.
As an actor in the film 'V leru', he won the Yves Montand - Best Actor Award at the Kyiv Film Festival, the Best Actor Award at the Faces of Love Film Festival in Moscow, the Best Actor Award at the Cottbus Film Festival in Germany, and the Best Actor Award at the Festival of Slovenian Film.
His debut film as a director was 'Kruh in mleko' (Bread and Milk), which was a Foreign Language Oscar candidate in 2001 and received several awards. These include the Lion of the Future for the Best Debut Feature Film Award at the Venice Film Festival, the Special Jury Prize, the Don Quijotte Award, and the Special Mention from the FIPRESCI and Audience Jury at the Cottbus Film Festival. The film won a total of 13 awards at film festivals worldwide.
Cvitkovic's short film 'Srce je kos mesa' (The Heart Is a Piece of Meat) premiered at the Venice Film Festival and was part of the competition section Corto Cortissimo. It also won several awards, including the Best Short Film Award at the Gijón International Film Festival.
His second feature film, 'Odgrobadogroba' (Gravehopping), was a Foreign Language Oscar candidate in 2005 and won more than 20 awards at film festivals worldwide. These include the Altadis Best Director Award at the San Sebastián International Film Festival, the Best Film Award, and the Best Script Award at the Torino Film Festival. At the Festival of Slovenian Film, Gravehopping won the awards for Best Feature Film, Best Supporting Actress, and Best Supporting Actor.
Cvitkovic's short film 'Vem' (I Know) premiered in 2007 at the Locarno Film Festival and won the Vesna Award for Best Short Fiction Film at the Festival of Slovenian Film.
His short film 'To je zemlja, brat moj' (This is Earth, My Brother) premiered in 2009 at the Venice Film Festival and was a part of the competition section Corto Cortissimo.
Another one of his feature films, 'Archeo' (2011), won the Vesna Award for Best Feature Film, Best Director, and Best Cinematography at the Festival of Slovenian Film. It also won the Best Feature Film Award at the International Film Festival in Innsbruck.
In 2013, he was one of the 70 film authors from all over the world invited by the Venice Film Festival to make a short film to celebrate the 70th anniversary of the festival. He shot a film called 'I Was a Child', which premiered on the opening night.
His short film 'Love on the Top of the World' (2015) won the Best Film Award, the Best Director Award, the Best Actor Award, and the Best Soundtrack Award at the Festival of Slovenian Film.
His feature film 'Druzinica' (The Basics of Killing), released in 2017, won 8 awards at different film festivals, including the Best Actress Award at the Montreal World Film Festival.
One of his most recent works, the short film 'A ti mene vidis?' (Do You See Me?), released in 2022, won a Special Mention at the Festival Mundial de Cine de Veracruz, Mexico, and the IRIS Award for Best Picture.
Cvitkovic was also the director and co-writer of the Slovenian TV series 'Dalec je smrt' (Death is Far Away), which aired in 2002 and was nominated as one of the three Best European TV series at the legendary Prix Italia Festival.
As an actor, he has worked on several Slovene and Italian films and TV series, including 'V leru', 'Eppure cadiamo felici', 'Zoran, My Nephew the Idiot', 'Oda Presernu', 'Driving School', 'Lahko noc, gospodicna', 'Versopolis', 'Volevo fare la rockstar', and others.
Known for his unique visual style and ability to capture the nuances of human relationships, Cvitkovic's films often explore themes of loss, identity, and the search for meaning in a world that can be both beautiful and cruel. His work has been praised for its emotional depth and its ability to connect with audiences on a deeply personal level.
In addition to his work as a filmmaker, Cvitkovic has also been active in promoting the arts in Slovenia. He is a co-founder of the film production company Staragara and the initiator and Honorary President of the International Film Festival Kino Otok (Isola Cinema).
He has served as a member of the jury at the following international film festivals: Locarno Film Festival (Switzerland), Miami Film Festival (USA), Sarajevo Film Festival (Bosnia and Herzegovina), Cinema without Borders Film Festival, Palm Springs (USA), Gijón Film Festival (Spain), Skopje Film Festival (North Macedonia), Herceg Novi Film Festival (Montenegro), and Days of the Author Film, Belgrade (Serbia).
With his unique vision and commitment to the art of filmmaking, Jan Cvitkovic continues to inspire and captivate audiences around the world.Slovenian- Writer
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Dusan Kovacevic was born on 12 July 1948 in Mrdjenovac, Serbia, Yugoslavia. He is a writer and director, known for The Professional (2003), Balkan Spy (1984) and Underground (1995).Serbian- Director
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Benjamin Filipovic was born in 1962 in Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Yugoslavia. He was a director and assistant director, known for Dobro ustimani mrtvaci (2005), Holiday in Sarajevo (1991) and Mizaldo, Kraj Teatra (1994). He died on 20 July 2006 in Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina.Bosnian- Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
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Branko Baletic was born on 15 June 1946 in Belgrade, Serbia, Yugoslavia. He is an assistant director and director, known for Lokalni vampir (2011), Balkan ekspres (1983) and Uvek spremne zene (1987).Serbian- Writer
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Nejc Gazvoda was born in 1985 in Novo mesto, Slovenia. When he was in high school, he wrote a short fiction stories collection called "Nothing Escapes the Squirrels", which earned him Fabula 2006 (for best short fiction book) and Golden Bird 2005 award (for innovative writing). He is also an author of three novels and a drama play, all three novels were shortlisted or long-listed for "Kresnik" award (Slovenian highest award for best novel of the year) and in media, he is often referred as a leading writer of his generation. He has finished his study as a film and TV director on Academy of Theather, Radio, Film and Television in Ljubljana. His third year student movie is titled "Burgundy Red" (2007), his graduate movie is titled "Caretaker" (2008). He directed two student TV dramas, the graduate drama is titled An Ounce of Luck (2008), for which he won "Preseren" (highest academy award) academy award. He is also an awarded scriptwriter, his short movie script "It is easy" won Grossman award 2009 for best short screenplay. He also co-wrote a script for a movie "Personal Baggage" (2009) with one of the leading Slovenian film directors Janez Lapajne. He is currently promoting his first feature film, titled "A Trip", who has gained attention of festival selectors in Cannes market 2011 and has had a successful world premiere in 17th Sarajevo film festival in competition program and received excellent reviews in Variety and Screen International. A Trip has also been accepted to 27th Warsaw Film Festival (recognised by FIAPF as A category festival as one of just thirteen international competitive film festivals in the world), 19th Filmfest Hamburg in Germany, 12th Plan-Sequence Arras Film Festival in France and 22th Ljubljana International Film Festival (all competition program). He is currently working on his second feature film "Dual".Slovenian- Director
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Marko Nabersnik was born on 12 April 1973 in Maribor, Yugoslavia [now Slovenia]. He is a director and writer, known for Petelinji zajtrk (2007), Shanghai Gypsy (2012) and Pavle (2001).Slovenian- Writer
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Vladimir Blazevski was born on 3 June 1955 in Skopje, Macedonia, Yugoslavia. He is a writer and director, known for Punk's Not Dead (2011), Der chinesische Markt (2001) and Year of the Monkey (2018).Macedonian- Producer
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Svetozar Ristovski was born on 26 January 1972 in Veles, Yugoslavia [now Republic of Macedonia]. He is a producer and director, known for Iluzija (2004), Lazar (2015) and Radost na zhivotot (2001).Macedonian- Director
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Miroslav Terzic was born in 1969 in Belgrade, Serbia, Yugoslavia. He is a director and assistant director, known for Stitches (2019), Redemption Street (2012) and Underground (1995).Serbian- Director
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Zivko Nikolic was born on 20 November 1941 in Ozrinici near Niksic, Montenegro, Yugoslavia. He was a director and writer, known for Cudo nevidjeno (1984), Biljeg (1981) and Graditelj (1980). He was married to Vesna Pecanac. He died on 17 August 2001 in Belgrade, Serbia and Montenegro.Montenegrin- Director
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Nenad Dizdarevic was born on 21 May 1955 in Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Yugoslavia. He is a director and writer, known for The Awkward Age (1994), Gazija (1981) and I to ce proci (1985).Bosnian- Writer
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Fadil Hadzic was born on 23 April 1922 in Bileca, Bosnia and Hercegovina, Yugoslavia. He was a writer and director, known for Sluzbeni polozaj (1964), Novinar (1979) and Druga strana medalje (1965). He was married to Elizabeta Kukic. He died on 2 January 2011 in Zagreb, Croatia.Bosnian- Director
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Elmir Jukic was born in 1971 in Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Yugoslavia. He is a director and writer, known for Ram za sliku moje domovine (2005), The Frog (2017) and The Hunting Party (2007).Bosnian- Director
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Hajrudin "Siba" Krvavac (22 December 1926 - 11 July 1992) was a Bosnian film director most notable for directing movies from the Partisan film genre during 1960s and 70s.
His gift for precise storytelling was visible in his early documentaries and would become a staple of his feature films later on. Starting with his directorial debut, the segment Otac (Father) of the anthology film Vrtlog (Vortex, 1964), all his feature films are action films set in World War II. Their storytelling owes a lot to comic books and American action films, especially westerns, with an imaginative combination of action and emotions, personal drama and epic tragedy, idealised heroism and psychological trials, sometimes with a dose of humor. Because of the style of his films, Krvavac was sometimes compared to Howard Hawks.Bosnian- Editor
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Nina Kusturica was born in Mostar, Bosnia-Herzegovina, she grew up in Sarajevo in a family of artists. She lives and works in Vienna as a director, editor, writer and producer. She studied directing and editing at Vienna Film Academy, University of Music and Performing Arts. She has made various feature films and documentaries and participated in numerous international and national film festivals: Berlinale Forum of New Cinema, Mar del Plata, Rotterdam, Max Ophüls Prize, Duisburg Film Week, Premiers Plans Festival d'Angers, Mostra Internacional de Cinema Sao Paulo, Leeds Film Festival and many more. The exhibitions of her work took place in Cairo in 2012 and in Vienna in 2010, and screened as part of Film programs in the US, Chile, Mexico, France, Russia, the UK, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Turkey, Poland, Italy and Germany. Nina Kusturica gives classes at universities on film, acting, human rights and diversity and also regularly speaks at international meetings and seminars, both in Austria and abroad.Bosnian-Austrian- Director
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Haris Pasovic is known for À propos de Sarajevo (2005), National Geography (2017) and Life Is Beautiful (1985).Bosnian- Director
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Faruk Sokolovic was born on 18 September 1952 in Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina. He is a director and producer, known for Pecat (2008), Viza za buducnost (2002) and Back Up.Bosnian- Writer
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Srdjan Vuletic was born on 1 January 1971 in Bijeljina, Bosnia and Hercegovina, Yugoslavia. He is a writer and director, known for Ljeto u zlatnoj dolini (2003), It's Hard to Be Nice (2007) and Hop, Skip & Jump (2000).Bosnian- Director
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Born in Bosnia and Herzegovina, Sabina Vajraca immigrated to the U.S. as a war refugee. A natural storyteller, she started working in theatre as a teenager, eventually getting her B.F.A. in Theatre Directing and Stage Management. After graduation she worked in NYC, focusing on devised theatre and movement/experimental approach to Shakespeare and other Classics.
Her first film, the critically-acclaimed feature documentary BACK TO BOSNIA, premiered at the AFI Fest, played at over 30 festivals worldwide, winning Director's Choice at Crossroads, and was featured in the top 100 of the greatest films directed by women by the BBC.
Since then she wrote, directed, and produced commercials, music videos, and over a dozen films including the multiple-award-winning VARIABLES, and the Warner Bros./USC feature period drama VOODOO MACBETH. She also assisted writer/director Max Mayer on his feature drama ADAM, starring Hugh Dancy and Rose Byrne (2009 Sundance), and shadowed directors on MADAM SECRETARY and 9-1-1.
Sabina received numerous awards for her work, including the DGA SFA Grand Prize, the Alfred P. Sloan Grant, the Claims Conference Grant, the Stowe Story Labs' Tangerine Fellowship, and nominations for the Student Oscars, Student BAFTA, and Humanitas Prize.
She's a member of Film Fatales, Women in Film, and BAFTA, and an alumna of Ryan Murphy's Half Directing Mentorship, and Almanack Screenwriters. She holds an M.F.A. in Film and TV Production from the USC School of Cinematic Arts.Bosnian-American- Director
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Dragan Marinkovic was born on 28 October 1950 in Zemun, Serbia, Yugoslavia. He is a director and writer, known for Leeches (2019), Take a Deep Breath (2004) and Boomerang (2001).Serbian- Director
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Mila Turajlic was born on 4 July 1979 in Belgrade, Serbia. She is a director and producer, known for Non-Aligned: Scenes from the Labudovic Reels (2022), The Other Side of Everything (2017) and Cinema Komunisto (2010).Serbian- Writer
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Srdjan Koljevic was born on 31 December 1966 in Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Yugoslavia. He was a writer and director, known for The Woman with a Broken Nose (2010), The Red Colored Grey Truck (2004) and The Trap (2007). He was married to Melina Pota Koljevic. He died on 8 July 2023 in Belgrade, Serbia.Serbian- Director
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Srdjan Spasojevic was born in 1976 in Belgrade, Serbia, Yugoslavia. He is a director and writer, known for A Serbian Film (2010), The ABCs of Death (2012) and Whereout.Serbian- Director
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Nikola Lezaic was born on 6 August 1981 in Bor, Serbia, Yugoslavia. He is a director and editor, known for Tilva Rosh (2010), Bokser ide u raj (2007) and Mum.Serbian- Director
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Uros Stojanovic was born in 1973 in Belgrade, Serbia, Yugoslavia. He was a director and writer, known for Tears for Sale (2008), El indio and Shark Bait (2017). He died on 23 September 2017 in Los Angeles, California, USA.Serbian- Writer
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Miroslav Momcilovic was born on 11 May 1969 in Belgrade, Serbia, Yugoslavia. He is a writer and director, known for Wait for Me and I Will Not Come (2009), Seven and a Half (2006) and Death of a Man in the Balkans (2012).Serbian- Director
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Mladen Djordjevic was born on 1 December 1978 in Belgrade, Serbia, Yugoslavia. He is a director and writer, known for Zivot i smrt porno bande (2009), Working Class Goes to Hell (2023) and Sumrak u beckom haustoru (2020).Serbian- Director
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Mina Djukic was born on 22 July 1982 in Sombor, Serbia, Yugoslavia. She is a director and producer, known for The Disobedient (2014), Dosije pacov (2005) and Yugo, a Short Autobiography (2010).Serbian- Writer
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Stevan Filipovic's first feature was Shaitan's Warrior (Sejtanov ratnik, 2006, director/co-writer). Combining genre elements from the 80's flicks, as well as contemporary fantasy cinema, it was hailed as a breath of fresh air by both the critics and cinemagoers. Shaitan's Warrior was screened at numerous festivals in Serbia and worldwide, at Peter Jackson's WETA Workshop in New Zealand, and won Grand Prix at Grossmann Fantasy Film Festival in Slovenia in 2006.
His next film was Skinning (Sisanje, 2010, director/co-writer), a political drama about extreme right-wing hooligans in Serbia, was the biggest domestic box office hit that year (more than 80K adm. in Serbia). It won major awards on all Serbian film festivals and was screened at more than 20 international festivals. It was distributed in UK and Germany. Skinning was the backbone of a wider campaign against violence and fascism in Serbia. The film was screened in the British Parliament and Oxford University.
Stevan was the editor of Maja Milos's film Clip (Klip, 2012), which won Rotterdam FF Tiger Award that year.
He co-wrote (with Mirjana Karanovic) the screenplay for the film Dobra zena (A Good Wife), which had it's world premiere at prestigious Sundance Film Festival.
Next to Me (Pored mene), is the 3rd film he directed (and co-wrote). It had the world premiere at 62nd Pula Film Festival in Croatia, and won the the Golden Arena award for best film in the int'l program. It was also screened at 21st Sarajevo Film Festival (Young Audience Award), and more than 20 other int'l festivals. Next to me also got favorable reviews and mentions in Hollywood Reporter, Screen Daily, Cineuropa, Variety, and had more than 81K viewers in cinemas (no.1 B.O. hit of the season), winning main awards on all Serb. film festivals.
His next film Heart of Darkness (a Serbian/French/Belgian co-production, with Stevan as writer/director) got Creative Europe Media program financial support for development.
He was on Pula International Film Festival Jury in 2016.
Directed the pilot and 3 episodes of Serbian remake of WB Television series ER.
He is writing for Serbia's premium left-wing political web portal, Pescanik, and newspaper Danas.
Winner of the Coalition Against Discrimination annual award for 2012.
Has a tenure as a Professor of Editing and Visual Effects at the Academy of Arts, Belgrade.Serbian- Actress
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Maja Milos is a Serbian film director and screenwriter. She achieved her greatest success with the film "Clip." She graduated in film management in 2008 from the University of Arts in Belgrade. During her studies, she directed eleven films, including "Interval." "Clip" is her first feature film, which won the Tiger Award at the International Film Festival Rotterdam.Serbian- Director
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Darko Lungulov, originally from Serbia, moved to New York City, where he graduated with BFA in film and video from CCNY. His debut feature, Here and There, won Tribeca 2009 Best NY Narrative Award and received critical acclaim from The Hollywood Reporter, Variety, and The New York Times, winning 20 awards at over 50 international festivals. Theatrically released in the USA, Germany, Switzerland, Hungary, and Greece, the film was initially voted as Serbia's Oscar candidate but subsequently disqualified due to "too much English dialogue for the foreign-language category." FIPRESCI Serbia voted Darko for Best Director in 2009. It was one of the early Netflix-streamed films (2010 - 2012). Currently, it streams on the Amazon Prime platform. In 2010 Darko Lungulov was a Tribeca Festival jury member. His next film, a dark comedy, Monument to Michael Jackson (2014), had its World Premiere at Karlovy Vary IFF, with critical acclaim from Variety. It won The Best Eastern European Film Award at its US premiere at Santa Barbara IFF 2015, Grand Prix and The Best Actor Award at Nashville Film Festival, and Grand Prix at the Montenegro International Film Festival 2014. HBO Eastern Europe picked up the film. Darko co-wrote a Sundance 2016 official entry, A Good Wife, directed by Mirjana Karanovic. He directed two seasons of the TV series The Suspects for Serbian national television in 2016 and 2017. Darko was a director consultant on Mirjana Karanovic's second directorial effort, Mother Mara, filmed in October 2022. In March of 2023. the music documentary Yu Grupa - A Fleeting Dream, Darko's 7-year labor-of-love, had its national premiere. The story of a family and Yugoslavia told by following the 60+ year career of the rock band that outlived the country that was named by is an intimate portrait of a close-knit family and their struggles. It's told using unseen Super 8 home films and a wealth of footage from Yugoslav Film Archives, collapsing barriers between epic and intimate, past and present.Serbian- Writer
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Milos Radovic was born on 21 October 1955 in Belgrade, Serbia, Yugoslavia. He is a writer and director, known for Train Driver's Diary (2016), Moja domovina (1997) and A Small World (2003).Serbian- Director
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Dragan Bjelogrlic is one of the greatest Serbian actors, directors, and producers. Apart from a successful acting career that lasts 40 years, in the last two decades, he also devoted to producing and directing movies and TV shows, consequently becoming one of the most recognized and successful cinematographic creators in the entire region. As an actor, he played over 90 roles on film and TV series.
He started directing in 2009. He directed three films that brought in 2.500.000 viewers to the movie theaters which makes him the most successful director in the Balkans in the last ten years. His last film "Toma" attracted over 1.100.000 viewers and became the most seen film in the cinematographic history of the Balkans. The film "Toma" closed the 2021 Sarajevo Film Festival.
He directed the "Black sun" series (2 seasons ) which is the first series of the region streamed on the "Amazon Prime" platform. His directorial debut "Montevideo, God bless you" was shown on over fifty international festivals (Moscow/Audience Choice Award, Warsaw/Audience Choice Award, Beijing/Grand Prix, Sao Paulo, Jakarta, etc.) and was the Serbian candidate for the Oscars. It won The Best Director and The Best Film award at the Serbian "FIPRESCI" association.
He produced six films that together won over thirty awards on various film festivals and five TV series. Dragan Bjelogrlic was born on October 10, 1963. After finishing elementary and high school in Belgrade, he enrolled at the Faculty of Dramatic Arts (FDA). His first acting role in front of the camera was at the age of 15, as the character of Sava Jovanovic Sirogojno in the film "Bosko Buha" (1978).
After graduating from the FDA in 1989, he had a number of roles that made him a well-known actor and also recognized as one of Serbia's leading artists. He attracted a lot of public attention with the role of Slobodan Popadic in the series "Better Life" (1987-1990). After that role, he was in the TV show "Forgotten" (1990) and the films "The Black Bomber" (1992), "Full Moon over Belgrade" (1993), " Pretty Village, Pretty Flame" (1996). So far, he has played in almost 60 films, about 30 TV shows and dramas and 11 theater plays.
At the beginning of 1994, together with his brother Goran Bjelogrlic, he founded the production company "Cobra Film", which has produced some of the most famous theater plays, films, and TV series in Serbia and the Ex-Yu region.
A period drama Chain Reaction, is a big international project, with shooting planned for the middle of 2022. The Chain Reaction will be an emotional story that connects the Serbian and French people.
Two years ago, he established Master class at Faculty for media and communications, Singidunum University Belgrade. He is married to Maja Bjelogrlic with whom he has a daughter Mia and a son Aleksej.Serbian- Director
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Szabolcs Tolnai was born in 1971 in Subotica, Serbia, Yugoslavia. He is a director and writer, known for The Hourglass (2007), Arccal a földnek (2002) and Strange Forest (2014).Serbian-Hungarian- Director
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Ilija Stanojevic-Cica was born on 7 August 1859 in Belgrade, Serbia. He was a director and actor, known for Karadjordje (1911), Ulrih Celjski i Vladislav Hunjadi (1911) and Dorcolska posla (1972). He died on 8 August 1930 in Belgrade, Serbia, Yugoslavia.Serbian- Writer
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Djordje Milosavljevic was born on 6 May 1969 in Ivanjica, Serbia, Yugoslavia. He is a writer and director, known for Wheels (1998), The Mechanism (2000) and Trag divljaci (2022).Serbian- Writer
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Zivojin Pavlovic was born on 15 April 1933 in Sabac, Serbia, Yugoslavia. He was a writer and director, known for Rdece klasje (1970), When I Am Dead and Gone (1967) and Zadah tela (1983). He was married to Snezana Lukic. He died on 29 November 1998 in Belgrade, Serbia, Federal Republic of Yugoslavia.Serbian- Director
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Zivorad 'Zika' Mitrovic was born in Belgrade, Yugoslavia, in 1921. He belongs to the first generation of post-WW2 directors, and began directing in 1946. His first film was a documentary about the National Army rally named Nove pobede (1946). After this feature, he made a series of shorts (Prve svetlosti (1949), Zemlja je cekala traktor (1951), Prizrenski motivi (1952) and Pozari u gradu (1953)).
Mitrovic was one of the most productive directors in the history of Yugoslav cinema, and by 1986 he had made 20 feature films, including _Esalon doktora M (1953)_ and Captain Lechi (1960). This latter film lead to great success and popularity for both Mitrovic and the star Aleksandar Gavric, and spawned a sequel, Obracun (1962).
Mitrovic made several historic films but also tackled contemporary subjects within the crime genre. His famous urban crime films are Poslednji kolosek (1956), Noz (1967) and Murder Commited in a Sly and Cruel Manner and from Low Motives (1969). He also made two spectacular war epics Mars na Drinu (1964) and _Uzicka republika (1974)_. The first film is considered noteworthy because it portrays the heroics of the Serbian Royal Army in WW1; communist authorities used to forbid even faint mentions of the subject, so even the production of this film remains a secret to this day. One of the rare non-action films in his opus is Savamala (1982), an acclaimed period piece about life in Belgrade in 1936. Mitrovic's work won many national and international awards.Serbian- Writer
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Vlastimir Radovanovic was born on 28 March 1926 in Krusevac, Serbia, Yugoslavia. He was a writer and director, known for Groznica ljubavi (1985), Halo taxi (1983) and Lov u mutnom (1981). He died on 13 October 2012 in Belgrade, Serbia.Serbian- Director
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After working few years as reporter and editor in Radio Zagreb, Kresimir Golik joined Jadran Film, newly formed production company, in 1947. After directing few documentaries he finally got chance to direct a feature film. The Blue 9 (1950), being one of the first comedies in rigid postwar years, brought attention of the public. The Girl and the Oak (1955), being stylish dramma, brought appraisal of the critic. In the later years Golik showed even greater genre versatility: he was directing documentaries (_Od 3 do 22 (1966)_ won international awards), experimental movies and assisted his younger colleagues in directing their debuts. Greatest successes of Kresimir Golik came in 70s: _Tko pjeva zlo ne misli, nostalgic comedy about Zagreb in the 30s, was biggest cinema hit in its time and later got cult status. _"Gruntovcani" (1975) (mini)_, television series about rural Croatia, was also immensely popular. In 80s he was less successful, but that didn't take away his reputation of "Croatian Howard Hawks".Croatian- Director
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Zelimir Zilnik was born on 8 September 1942 in Nis, Serbia, Yugoslavia. He is a director and writer, known for Early Works (1969), Marble Ass (1995) and Logbook_Serbistan (2015).Serbian- Director
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Borislav Sajtinac was born in 1943 in Melenci, Vojvodina, Yugoslavia. He is a director and writer, known for Le tueur de Montmartre (2007), The Bride (1971) and Izvor zivota (1969).Serbian-French- Director
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Dusan Makavejev is the premier figure in Yugoslavian film history; his films are deeply rooted in his nation's painful postwar experiences and draw on important Yugoslavian cinematic and cultural models. Makavejev's work has violated many political and sexual taboos and invited censorship in dozens of nations. In the 1950s, after studying psychology at Belgrade University, Makavejev became involved in the activities of various film societies and festivals and studied direction at the Academy for Radio, Television and Film. As early as 1953, he began making short films and documentaries and would work in various capacities at both the Zagreb and Avala studios during the late 50s and early 60s. The documentary impulse remains powerful in Makavejev's work, as does the tendency to intercut undigested segments from other films into longer works.
Makavejev enjoyed great critical success with his first three features, Man Is Not a Bird (1965), "Love Affair" (1967) and Innocence Unprotected (1968). Highly allegorical and relying on techniques derived from Brecht and influenced by Godard, these films were sardonic and anarchistic views of Eastern European state socialist milieus.
Much of Makavejev's work has been uncompromisingly experimental as well as politically outrageous. WR: Mysteries of the Organism (1971) is the best example of this combination and is the director's most influential work to date. Much of the film is composed of a documentary Makavejev researched in the late 1960s while in the US on a Ford Foundation grant and which was eventually financed by German TV. A witty, passionate, and often rambling account of pioneering psychoanalyst Wilhelm Reich and his American disciples, the material is intercut with a fictitious political-sexual allegory set in contemporary Belgrade. The film was instantly banned in Yugoslavia and made Makavejev persona non grata in his native country until the late 1980s.
Sweet Movie (1974) was made in Canadian exile, with some production resources furnished by the National Film Board of Canada. Also a disjointed, two-part narrative, it again focuses on radical techniques in sexual psychotherapy, here played out rather than verbalized. Intertwined is yet another acidic, allegorical fable of the decay of Yugoslavia's socialist legacy. Extremely violent and sexually explicit, "Sweet Movie" was dismissed (and censored) as pornography in many countries, and added to Makavejev's reputation as a "filmmaker maudit."
Montenegro (1981) has been Makavejev's greatest financial success to date. Political commentary and formal experimentation are subordinated to narrative drive in this story of a housewife (Susan Anspach) who grapples with sexual liberation and fails.
The Coca-Cola Kid (1985), Makavejev's second major international co-production, was marred by on-set squabbles between actors, and the rejection of Makavejev's intriguing plan to use a long reel of multilingual Coca-Cola commercials as a narrative structuring device. What emerged was a genuinely erotic film which takes a quirky, satiric view both of its Australian setting and the international business world.
Makavejev's long exile from his homeland ended in 1988 with the release of Manifesto (1988), a Ruritanian political farce mostly shot in Yugoslavia. Although the film marks the most disciplined, traditional storytelling of Makavejev's career, it has seen only limited bookings in the US. Also little seen was his follow-up Gorilla Bathes at Noon (1993), a political comedy based on the adventures of a Russian soldier as he wanders around Berlin.
Profession(s): director, screenwriter, professor, essayist Sometimes Credited As: Sam Rotterdam
Family wife: Bojana Marijan (married in 1964; has worked with Makavejev)
Education Academy of Theater, Radio, Film and Television Belgrade, Yugoslavia Belgrade University Belgrade, Yugoslavia psychology 1955.Serbian- Director
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Midhat Ajanovic was born on 20 October 1959 in Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Yugoslavia. Midhat is a director and writer, known for Voajer (1995).Bosnian-Swedish- Director
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Vojislav 'Kokan' Rakonjac was born on 1 April 1935 in Struga, Macedonia, Yugoslavia. He was a director and editor, known for Kapi, vode, ratnici (1962), Grad (1963) and Izdajnik (1964). He was married to Milena Dravic. He died on 12 June 1969 in Belgrade, Serbia, Yugoslavia.Serbian- Writer
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Ljubisa Kozomara was born on 7 August 1934 in Belgrade, Serbia, Yugoslavia. He was a writer and director, known for Crows (1969), Hot Years (1966) and Zvizduk u osam (1962). He died on 31 July 1984 in Belgrade, Serbia, Yugoslavia.Serbian- Writer
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Gordan Mihic was born on 19 September 1938 in Mostar, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Yugoslavia. He was a writer and director, known for Black Cat, White Cat (1998), Happy New Year (1986) and Time of the Gypsies (1988). He was married to Vera Cukic. He died on 11 August 2019 in Belgrade, Serbia.Serbian- Director
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Darko is a European-born, American-based, genre-oriented writer and director. Graduated with a degree in Film and TV Directing in his native country, worked in several others. Passionate about suspense thrillers, mystery SF, all kinds of westerns and dark comedies. Heavily influenced by non-superhero comics and vinyl records. Adores cats, despite his allergy.Macedonian- Writer
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Zivojin Pavlovic was born on 15 April 1933 in Sabac, Serbia, Yugoslavia. He was a writer and director, known for Rdece klasje (1970), When I Am Dead and Gone (1967) and Zadah tela (1983). He was married to Snezana Lukic. He died on 29 November 1998 in Belgrade, Serbia, Federal Republic of Yugoslavia.Serbian- Director
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Sava Trifkovic is known for Hands in the Purple Distance (1962), Praistorija Vojvodine (1975) and Nedjelja (1969).- Director
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Dragoslav Lazic was born on 23 November 1936 in Jagodina, Serbia, Yugoslavia. He is a director and writer, known for Tezgarosi, Seljaci (2006) and Zvezdara (2013). He has been married to Dragana Turkalj since 1998. They have two children. He was previously married to Snezana Savic.Serbian- Director
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Ivan Rakidzic is known for Sou Boleta Stosica (1972), Tebi dajem spomen ovu (1971) and Taj ludi srednji vek (1973).- Director
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Vladimir Momcilovic was born on 26 May 1946 in Belgrade, Serbia, Yugoslavia. He is a director and writer, known for Smesne i druge price (1986), The Game of Love (1967) and Siroti mali hrcki (1973).Serbian- Director
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Milenko Jovanovic is known for The First Photo of Me Ever Taken (1972), Legenda (1975) and Podne (1978).Serbian- Director
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Miodrag Milosevic was born in 1929 in Brestovac, Serbia, Yugoslavia. He was a director and writer, known for Montreal: Expo 67, Greenfield, Panta Rei (1966), Pas i njegov covek (1978) and Ljudi govore (1979). He died on 23 October 1995 in Belgrade, Serbia, Yugoslavia.Serbian- Cinematographer
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Radoslav Vladic was born in Belgrade.
Qualifications: Graduate of the Belgrade Design School in 1972; and of the Faculty of Dramatic Arts, Department of Film and Television Camera in 1977.
Professional title and status: Director of Photography. Professor, Head of Department Film & TV Camera, Academy of Arts, Belgrade. Member of UFUS. Member of the Yugoslav Academy of Film Art and Science. Prominent artist.
Experience as a cinematographer (1970-2011): 1510 films and television works include: 47 feature films (+ 9 as a co-cinematographer), 46 short films, 7 full length documentaries, 130 short documentaries, 151 promotional films, 45 experimental films, 51 musical spots, 2 television films, 217 television episodes, 25 television programs, 33 television supplements and 747 commercial television spots for 257 different producers from Yugoslavia and abroad lasting a total of 25.930 minutes.
Previous film experience: 64 alternative film d'auteur, made between 1970 and 1980. Radoslav Vladic is one of the most important authors in the Yugoslav alternative (experimental) cinema. The American Federation Of Arts has included his film 'Kuca (1981)' in the selection of EUROPEAN AVANT-GARDE CINEMA 1960 -1980, together with the works of the authors like Wim Wenders, Werner Nekes, Gabor Body etc.
Awards and prizes: For his work as a an Author and cinematographer he won 135 prizes. For his professional work he has won all the Yugoslav prizes for cinematography - for feature films, shorts and promotional: Gold Arena, Pula - 1987, three "Belgrade" Golden Medals (1986, 1991, 2002), six Gold Mimosis Awards, (1994, 1995, 1996, 2000, 2001, 2004), three Novi Sad Arena Prizes, 2000, 2004, 2005, two Crystal Prisms (1995, 1996) etc...
Teaching experience: Professor of Film and Television camera and Film Image Esthetics and head of Department in the "Dunav Film" Film School in Belgrade (since 1996), professor of Film and Television camera and head of department at the Art Academy in Belgrade (since 2000).Serbian- Director
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Miroslav Bata Petrovic is known for Lavirinti Igora Vasiljeva (2019), Amerikanac (1995) and Dodir pakla (1995).Serbian