Zdravko Velimirović

• Name — Zdravko Velimirović • Born — 11 October 1930 • Birthplace — Cetinje, Zeta Banovina, Kingdom of Yugoslavia • Died — 7 February 2005 • Place of death — Belgrade, Serbia and Montenegro • Occupation — Film director, screenwriter • Years Active — 1954-2005 • Spouse — Ranka Velimirović • Children — Milica Velimirović Mladen Velimirović • Relatives — Dr Vesna Velimirović Filipović (sister) • Website — www.weblibra.com

Zdravko Velimirović was born on 11 October 1930 in Cetinje, the son of Professor Luka Velimirović and Professor Zagorka (née Balić) Velimirović.

Zdravko as young boy and the family, father Luka, mother Zagorka and sister Vesna lived in Cetinje at “Banski stanovi”. His first contact with cinema was at “Gurdić” in Cetinje where he would go as a boy to watch some world significant movies that inspired him and developed desire for film making. At “Banski stanovi” (block of flats for high governmental officials and families), in Cetinje, Zdravko lived at “Banski stanovi”, in the same block of flats together with his friends and school mates: Borislav Pekić, Pavle Vuisić, Minja Dedić who later in life also became eminent in Culture and Arts.

Zdravko spent significant years of his life in Kotor Old town – Bay of Kotor (Boka Kotorska where he later completed High school. He lived at Buća Palace (built 14th century) in Old town Kotor with his family: father Luka, professor and director of school, his mother Zagorka, teacher and sister Vesna, who was later doctor, paediatrician in Kotor hospital. Kotor was very important inspiration for his Art studies and further Art creation in life, Zdravko already in school started performing in drama classes, theatre, recitals, theatre plays and ultimately film work preparations. He continued education at Film Academies in Belgrade and Paris. During his big career he made seven documentaries about his beloved Boka Bay and Kotor where he grew up and where his mother Zagorka Velimirović Balić was born.

During his career he directed and was a screenwriter for feature films, documentaries,short films, TV series, radio dramas, and theater plays. Apart from his achievements in Yugoslavia, he cooperated with film makers internationally. He was also a university professor and the principal at the Belgrade Dramatic Arts University. He married film and TV producer, Ranka Velimirovic, in 1963.

• Year — Film — Original title — Film festival — Award — Credited as • Director — Screenwriter • 1960 — The Fourteenth Day — Dan četrnaesti — Cannes Film Festival 1961, Cannes Film Festival Classics Selection 2021 • 1965 — Provereno nema mina — Проверено — мин нет • 1968 — Mount of Lament — Lelejska gora • 1974 — The Dervish and Death — Derviš i smrt — Yugoslav submissions for the 47th Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film 1975, Pula Film Festival 1974 — Golden Arena • 1975 — The Peaks of Zelengora — Vrhovi Zelengore — Pula Film Festival 1976 — Golden Arena • 1978 — The Battle for the Southern Railway — Dvoboj za južnu prugu • 1981 — Dorotej — Dorotej • 1985 — The time of Leopards — O Tempo dos Leopardos, Vreme leoparda

• Sinovi (1989) - 2 episodes • Rijeka Zeta - Zeta zemlja (1991) - 5 documentary episodes • Put za Pivu (1993) - 4 episodes (1. A zna Piva šta su muke. 2. Doziv Sile i Zdravine 3, Piva zbori i sebi i svome 4. Krov u Pivi, čeka ukućane) • Lovćen vidokrug (1995) - 5 episodes

• Tvoj rođendan (1961) • Nevoljite na pokojniot K. K (1963) • Pogibija (1972) • Most (1979)

• Čovjek i voda (1954) • Zublja Grahovačka (1958) • U spomen slavne mornarice (1959) • Nokturno za Kotor (1959) • Između dva kralja (1959) • Za danas, za sjutra (1959) • Za Djerdapsku branu (1960) • Četvrta strana (1963) • Rade, sin Tomov; Njegošu uz hodočašće (1964) • Lux Aeterna; Večita svetlost (1965) • Ekselencije (1966) • Španija naše mladosti (1967) • Skenderbeg (1968) • A, to ste vi! (1968) • Tajna večera; Medijala (1969) • Prvi pešački prolazi (1969) • Srušeni grad (1970) • Ostrog (1970) • Umir krvi (1971) • More, sunce i... (1971) • U zdravom telu, zdrav je i duh (1971) • Tito - vrhovni komandant (1972) • Dokaz (1972) • Podanici drevnog kulta (1977) • Derviši (1977) • Most (1979) • Veselnik (1980) • Gradsko saobraćajno Beograd (1981) • Kad ti kao ličnost nestaješ (1983) • Srpska akademija nauka i umetnosti (1984) • Kako sačuvati grad (1987) • Uzvišenje (Exaltation) (1991) • Rijeka Zeta, majka i kolijevka (Zeta, mother and cradle) (1991) • Povratak na Medun (Return to Medun) (1992) • Piva (1993) • Njegoš u Boki (Njegos in the bay of Kotor) (1995) • Naši dragi gosti (Our dear guests) (1996) • Kapa lovćenska (The cap of Lovcen) (1996) • Od zlata jabuka (The golden apple) (1996) • Na svetim vodama Lima (The holy water of river Lim) (1996) • Gifts to the home of sacred warriors (Gifts to the home of holy warriors) (Original title: Darovi domu svetih ratnika) (2004)