Nikola Stojanović
Biography
Nikola Stojanović was born on May 4, 1942, in Dušanovo near Leskovac, Serbia. He graduated Architecture in Sarajevo, where he started making films at the age of 22. He directed several short films as a member of amateur film club "Sarajevo" in the nineteen sixties, winning awards at film contests. He started working professionally in 1968 when he directed the 35 mm short "In The Kitchen" - a movie made in one static shot. He wrote and directed feature lenght dramatic film "Dear Irena" in 1970. He continued working as a filmmaker and has directed five features, around thirty short films, two TV movies and many TV documentaries. He also wrote about film in many magazines and publications and was founder and editor-in-chief of movie magazine "Sineast" from 1967 until 1992. He was a professor at Belgrade's Faculty of dramatic arts, Novi Sad's Academy of Arts and Sarajevo's Academy. His Doctoral thesis was published as a book "Directed by Akira Kurosava". He is the recipient of Life Achievement Award of Martovski festival in 2002. He died in Belgrade on January 4, 2021. His son Srđan Stojanović is also a film director who made a feature lenght documentary about his father titled "Rebel With A Cause: Nikola Stojanović (1942 - 2021)"
Known For & Full Filmography4 Titles
Movie - 2024, 2h 15m • as Himself
An emotional journey through the life and film works of Nikola Stojanović, a graduate architect who directed five feature films, significant amount of short films and also founded and edited the legendary film magazine Sineast. He collaborated with some of the most prominent actors of Tito's Yugoslavia (Petar Božović, Mira Furlan, Predrag Ejdus, Radmila Živković) and was the recipient of Lifetime Achievement Award of the Martovski festival. His son Srđan Stojanović directed this documentary with tender loving care, saluting the man he so admired.
Movie - 2007, 2h 15m • as Himself
In 1990, writer / director Nikola Stojanović shot a very expensive feature film "Belle epoque or the Last Waltz in Sarajevo". The war broke in Bosnia and Herzegovina, so the post-production stopped. He finaly finished the editing in 2007, when the movie premiered after 17 years of waiting to be completed. This is the triumphant sequel to the 1996 documentary "Farewell Belle Epoque - Destiny of a Movie".
Movie - 1996, 2h 15m • as Himself
In the summer of 1990, writer / director Nikola Stojanović shot his new feature film Belle Epoque in Sarajevo. The war in Bosnia and Herzegovina breaks out, making it imposible to finish the editing of the film. The year is now 1996, and Nikola Stojanović remembers working on expensive project. He lives in Belgrade, the film's negative is in Zagreb and sound materials are in Sarajevo. Will he ever finish editing his film?
Movie - 2022, 2h 15m • as Himself
The history of Bosnian cinematography over 75 years of existence.