Zvonimir Jurić
Zvonimir Jurić (born 4 June 1971) is a Croatian film director and screenwriter. In 2009, he co-directed and co-wrote the 2009 psychological war drama titled The Blacks.
Zvonimir Jurić
- Name
- Zvonimir Jurić
- Born
- 4 June 1971
- Birthplace
- Osijek, SFR Yugoslavia
- Occupation
- Film director, screenwriter
- Nationality
- Croatia
- Education
- Loyola Marymount University · Academy of Dramatic Art
- Languages
- Croatian
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Zvonimir Jurić (born 4 June 1971) is a Croatian film director and screenwriter. In 2009, he co-directed and co-wrote the 2009 psychological war drama titled The Blacks.
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• Name — Zvonimir Jurić • Born — 4 June 1971 • Birthplace — Osijek, SFR Yugoslavia • Years Active — 1996–present • Occupation — Film director, screenwriter
Early life
Early life
Born in Osijek, SFR Yugoslavia, on 4 June 1971, Jurić finished his primary and secondary education in his hometown. As a teenager the 1980s he appeared in minor roles in a number of TV series produced by TV Zagreb such as the 10-part biographical series Nikola Tesla (1977), the Partisan series Nepokoreni grad (1982) and the popular children's series Smogovci (1982).
Career
Career
After graduating from high school, Jurić spent the 1991–92 semester studying film directing at the Loyola Marymount University in Los Angeles. In 1992, he returned to Croatia and enrolled at the film directing department of the Academy of Dramatic Art in Zagreb. While a student at the academy, Jurić directed several short films and documentaries. In 2017, he has signed the Declaration on the Common Language of the Croats, Serbs, Bosniaks and Montenegrins.
Filmography
Filmography
• Zagreb Stories (Zagrebačke priče; 2002; segment) • Sex, Drink and Bloodshed (Seks, piće i krvoproliće; 2004; segment) • The Blacks (Crnci, 2009; co-director) • The Reaper (Kosac, 2014) • Small Things (Male stvari, 2026)
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1971
Zvonimir Jurić was born on 4 June 1971.
Feature film directorial debut
His feature film directorial debut (which he co-directed and co-written with Goran Dević) was a critically acclaimed 2009 psychological war drama titled The Blacks. The film deals with a fictional Croatian Army unit who refuse to lay down their arms during a cease-fire in the Croatian War of Independence. The film won Jurić and Dević the Golden Arena for Best Director at the 2009 Pula Film Festival, the Croatian national film awards. It went on to be selected as Croatia's submission to the 83rd Academy Awards for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film, but it failed to make the final shortlist.
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- 1.Internet Movie database. Zvonimir Juric.
- 2.Zvonimir Jurić. Film.hr.
- 3.Signatories of the Declaration on the Common Language, official website, retrieved on 2019-08-29.
- 4.Crnci. Filmski.net.
- 5.The Blacks represents Croatia for Oscar bid. filmneweurope.
- 6.9 Foreign Language Films Continue to Oscar Race. oscars.org.
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