Pjer Žalica

Pjer Žalica (2007)

Pjer Žalica (born May 7, 1964 in Sarajevo ) is a Bosnian film director and producer.

The son of the dramaturge and poet Miodrag Žalica (1926–1992) studied from 1989 - a. a. together with Danis Tanović - directing at the Academy of Scenic Arts in Sarajevo (Akademija scenskih umjetnosti u Sarajevu) , which he graduated with a diploma. During the siege of the city between 1992 and 1996 he made several documentaries as well as war reports and the like. a. for the BBC . For the film Savršeni krug ("The Perfect Circle", 1997) he wrote the screenplay with Ademir Kenović . As a director, he made two feature films that also received international recognition ( Gori vatra , 2003, and Kod amidže Idriza , 2004).

Since the end of 2013 he has been dean of the Academy for Scenic Arts in Sarajevo.

Pjer Žalica is a signatory of the 2017 declaration on the common language of Croats , Serbs , Bosniaks and Montenegrins .

Pjer Žalica is married to the actress Jasna Žalica and has a son with her.

Filmography

• Godot Sarajevo (Documentary about Susan Sontag's visit to Sarajevo, 1993)
• Savršeni krug ("The Perfect Circle", screenplay, 1997)
• Kraj doba neprijatnosti (short film, 1998)
• Made in Sarajevo (documentary, 1998)
• Mostar Sevdah Reunion (documentary, 2000)
• Gori vatra ("Gori vatra - Fire!", Feature film, 2003)
• Kod amidže Idriza (feature film, 2004)

Web links

• Pjer Žalica in the Internet Movie Database (English)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Boro Kontić: Moji junaci nisu sretni ljudi već oni koji su dovoljno hrabri da se za sreću bore. In: Sarajevske sveske, No. 11/12. Retrieved February 11, 2017.
2. ↑ Website ( Memento of the original dated November 12, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. the academy. Retrieved February 11, 2017.