Slobodan Šijan ( sr-Cyrl, Слободан Шијан, ; born 16 November 1946) is a Serbian
film director
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Biography
Šijan was born in
Belgrade
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Yugoslavia
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. He graduated from the Fine Arts Academy in Belgrade, and then enrolled in Belgrade's Academy of Theater
Faculty of Dramatic Arts in 1970.
He directed a number of television films as well as experimental and short films during the 1970s.
From 1976 to 1979, he published a series of
fanzines which according to him were made "out of frustration" in between his experimentation and attempts to break into professional cinema.
His first full-length feature ''
Ko to tamo peva'', directed in collaboration with writer
Dušan Kovačević and cinematographer Božidar Nikolić, was released in 1980 and became a box-office hit.
1982's ''
Maratonci trče počasni krug'', also achieved considerable commercial success.
Over the coming years Šijan directed two more notable films, ''
How I Was Systematically Destroyed by an Idiot (Kako sam sistematski uništen od idiota)'' and ''
Strangler vs. Strangler (Davitelj protiv davitelja)''.
In 2021, he was selected the Friend of Slovenian Cinema at the 2021
Festival of Slovenian Film.
Filmography
;TV work
* ''
Gradilište'' (1979) (TV)
* ''
Ing. ugostiteljstva'' (1979) (short)
* ''
Kost od mamuta'' (1979) (TV)
* ''
Najlepša soba'' (1978) (TV)
* ''
Šta se dogodilo sa Filipom Preradovićem'' (1977) (TV movie)
* ''
Pohvala svetu'' (1976) (TV short)
* ''
Sve što je bilo lepo'' (1976) (TV movie)
* ''
Sunce te čuva'' (1975) (TV short)
References
External links
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Serbian film directors
1946 births
Living people
Film people from Belgrade
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