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{{Short description|Bosnian-Canadian film writer and director}}
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| birth_name = Igor Drljača
| birth_date = 1983
| birth_date = {{Birth year and age|1983}}
| birth_place = [[Sarajevo]], [[Socialist Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina|SR Bosnia and Herzegovina]], [[Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia|SFR Yugoslavia]]
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| nationality = [[Canadians|Canadian]]
| nationality = Canadian
| occupation = Filmmaker, professor
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| alma_mater = [[York University]]
| occupation = Film director, screenwriter, producer
| years_active = 2000s–present
| years_active = 2009–present
| known_for = ''[[In Her Place]]''
| known_for = diasporic cinema
| website = {{URL|igordrljaca.com}}
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}}'''Igor Drljaca''' (born 1983 in [[Sarajevo]], [[Bosnia and Herzegovina]]) is a Bosnian-Canadian film director and producer.<ref name="etalk">[http://www.etalk.ca/News/2015/September/TIFF-Igor-Drljaca-and-The-Waiting-Room "TIFF spotlight: Igor Drljaca and 'The Waiting Room'"]. [[Canadian Press]], September 17, 2015.</ref> A graduate of [[York University]],<ref name="tfs">[http://thetfs.ca/2015/09/12/exploring-the-immigrant-experience-the-waiting-room-actor-jasmin-geljo-director-igor-drljaca/ "Immigration, accents and typecasting: The Waiting Room actor Jasmin Geljo & director Igor Drljaca"]. ''Toronto Film Scene'', September 12, 2015.</ref> he is a partner with [[Albert Shin]] in the Canadian film production firm TimeLapse Pictures.<ref>[http://playbackonline.ca/2014/12/02/cameras-roll-on-igor-drljacas-the-waiting-room/ "Cameras roll on Igor Drljaca’s The Waiting Room"]. ''[[Playback (website)|Playback]]'', December 2, 2014.</ref>
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'''Igor Drljaca''' (born 1983) is a [[Bosnian Canadians|Bosnian Canadian]] film writer, producer and director.<ref name="etalk">[http://www.etalk.ca/News/2015/September/TIFF-Igor-Drljaca-and-The-Waiting-Room "TIFF spotlight: Igor Drljaca and 'The Waiting Room'"]. [[Canadian Press]], September 17, 2015.</ref> A graduate of [[York University]],<ref name="tfs">[http://thetfs.ca/2015/09/12/exploring-the-immigrant-experience-the-waiting-room-actor-jasmin-geljo-director-igor-drljaca/ "Immigration, accents and typecasting: The Waiting Room actor Jasmin Geljo & director Igor Drljaca"]. ''Toronto Film Scene'', September 12, 2015.</ref> he cofounded the Canadian production company Timelapse Pictures with [[Albert Shin]].<ref>[http://playbackonline.ca/2014/12/02/cameras-roll-on-igor-drljacas-the-waiting-room/ "Cameras roll on Igor Drljaca’s The Waiting Room"]. ''[[Playback (magazine)|Playback]]'', December 2, 2014.</ref>


== Career ==
== Career ==
As a director, he has made the feature films ''[[Krivina (film)|Krivina]]''<ref name="tfs" /> and ''[[The Waiting Room (2015 film)|The Waiting Room]]'',<ref name="etalk" /> and the short films ''The Battery-Powered Duckling'', ''Mobilni Snovi'', ''Woman in Purple'', ''On a Lonely Drive'' and ''The Fuse: Or How I Burned Simon Bolivar,'' the latter of which was nominated for Best Short Documentary at [[1st Canadian Screen Awards]].
As a writer and director, he has made the narrative feature films ''[[Krivina (2012 film)|Krivina]]'' (2012),<ref name="tfs" /> ''[[The Waiting Room (2015 film)|The Waiting Room]]'' (2015)<ref name="etalk" /> and ''[[The White Fortress]]'' (2021),<ref>Anna Franklin, [http://filmneweurope.com/news/region/item/121321-fne-at-berlinale-2021-films-from-poland-and-bosnia-and-herzegovina-in-2021-berlinale-s-generation "FNE at Berlinale 2021: Films from Poland and Bosnia and Herzegovina in 2021 Berlinale's Generation"]. ''[[Film New Europe Association|Film New Europe]]'', February 9, 2021.</ref> as well as the feature documentary ''[[The Stone Speakers]]'' (2018). His short films include ''Woman in Purple'' (2009); ''On a Lonely Drive'' (2009); ''[[The Fuse: Or How I Burned Simon Bolivar]]'' (2011), which was a [[Canadian Screen Award]] nominee for [[The Fuse: Or How I Burned Simon Bolivar|Best Short Documentary]] at the [[1st Canadian Screen Awards]]; and ''[[The Archivists]]'' (2020).


As a producer, he garnered a [[Canadian Screen Award]] nomination at the [[3rd Canadian Screen Awards]] as coproducer of Shin's [[Academy of Canadian Cinema and Television Award for Best Motion Picture|Best Picture]]-nominated film ''[[In Her Place]]''.<ref>[http://playbackonline.ca/2015/02/15/canadian-screen-awards-15-feature-film-categories/ "Canadian Screen Awards ’15: Feature film categories"]. ''[[Playback (website)|Playback]]'', February 15, 2015.</ref>
As a producer, he received a Canadian Screen Award nomination at the [[3rd Canadian Screen Awards]] for Shin's [[Canadian Screen Award for Best Motion Picture|Best Picture]]-nominated film ''[[In Her Place]]'' (2014),<ref>[http://playbackonline.ca/2015/02/15/canadian-screen-awards-15-feature-film-categories/ "Canadian Screen Awards ’15: Feature film categories"]. ''[[Playback (magazine)|Playback]]'', February 15, 2015.</ref> and was a producer of Bojan Bodružić's 2018 documentary film ''[[The Museum of Forgotten Triumphs]]''.


At the [[10th Canadian Screen Awards]] in 2022, Drljaca received a nomination for [[Canadian Screen Award for Best Screenplay|Best Original Screenplay]] for ''The White Fortress''.<ref>Brent Furdyk, [https://web.archive.org/web/20220215130202/https://etcanada.com/news/867531/2022-canadian-screen-awards-nominees-announced/ "2022 Canadian Screen Award Nominees Announced, ‘Sort Of’ & ‘Scarborough’ Lead The Pack"]. ''[[ET Canada]]'', February 15, 2022.</ref>
Drljaca now teaches filmmaking at his alma mater, the [[York University]] [[film school]].

== Teaching ==
Drljaca is an associate professor in film production at the [[University of British Columbia]]'s theatre and film department.<ref name="Film Production Professor Igor Drljaca's Documentary: The Stone Speakers Presented at TIFF and VIFF!">{{cite web|title=Film Production Professor Igor Drljaca's Documentary: The Stone Speakers Presented at TIFF and VIFF!| url=https://theatrefilm.ubc.ca/news/film-production-professor-igor-drljacas-documentary-the-stone-speakers-presented-at-tiff-and-viff/ |date=September 7, 2018 |website=[[University of British Columbia]]|accessdate=Aug 20, 2019}}</ref>


==References==
==References==
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==External links==
==External links==
*{{IMDb name|2029862}}
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*{{Official website|https://www.timelapsepictures.ca/|name=Timelapse Pictures}} website

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Latest revision as of 20:14, 20 October 2023

Igor Drljaca
Drljaca in 2016
Born
Igor Drljača

1983 (age 40–41)
Sarajevo, SR Bosnia and Herzegovina, SFR Yugoslavia
NationalityCanadian
Alma materYork University
Occupation(s)Filmmaker, professor
Years active2009–present
Known fordiasporic cinema
Websiteigordrljaca.com

Igor Drljaca (born 1983) is a Bosnian Canadian film writer, producer and director.[1] A graduate of York University,[2] he cofounded the Canadian production company Timelapse Pictures with Albert Shin.[3]

Career[edit]

As a writer and director, he has made the narrative feature films Krivina (2012),[2] The Waiting Room (2015)[1] and The White Fortress (2021),[4] as well as the feature documentary The Stone Speakers (2018). His short films include Woman in Purple (2009); On a Lonely Drive (2009); The Fuse: Or How I Burned Simon Bolivar (2011), which was a Canadian Screen Award nominee for Best Short Documentary at the 1st Canadian Screen Awards; and The Archivists (2020).

As a producer, he received a Canadian Screen Award nomination at the 3rd Canadian Screen Awards for Shin's Best Picture-nominated film In Her Place (2014),[5] and was a producer of Bojan Bodružić's 2018 documentary film The Museum of Forgotten Triumphs.

At the 10th Canadian Screen Awards in 2022, Drljaca received a nomination for Best Original Screenplay for The White Fortress.[6]

Teaching[edit]

Drljaca is an associate professor in film production at the University of British Columbia's theatre and film department.[7]

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b "TIFF spotlight: Igor Drljaca and 'The Waiting Room'". Canadian Press, September 17, 2015.
  2. ^ a b "Immigration, accents and typecasting: The Waiting Room actor Jasmin Geljo & director Igor Drljaca". Toronto Film Scene, September 12, 2015.
  3. ^ "Cameras roll on Igor Drljaca’s The Waiting Room". Playback, December 2, 2014.
  4. ^ Anna Franklin, "FNE at Berlinale 2021: Films from Poland and Bosnia and Herzegovina in 2021 Berlinale's Generation". Film New Europe, February 9, 2021.
  5. ^ "Canadian Screen Awards ’15: Feature film categories". Playback, February 15, 2015.
  6. ^ Brent Furdyk, "2022 Canadian Screen Award Nominees Announced, ‘Sort Of’ & ‘Scarborough’ Lead The Pack". ET Canada, February 15, 2022.
  7. ^ "Film Production Professor Igor Drljaca's Documentary: The Stone Speakers Presented at TIFF and VIFF!". University of British Columbia. September 7, 2018. Retrieved Aug 20, 2019.

External links[edit]

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