Miroslav Mandić

Miroslav Mandić

Actor · Director · Writer

Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Yugoslavia
August 4, 1955

Biography

Miroslav Mandić (1955), born in Sarajevo, graduated from the Columbia University School of the Arts, New York. After a brief film career in Bosnia and Herzegovina, he emigrated to the Czech Republic during the 1990s Yugoslav Wars and directed numerous documentaries. Currently, he lives and works in Slovenia. His films have been screened at many renowned international film festivals – Locarno, Chicago, Santa Barbara, Munich, Sarajevo, Melbourne, Krakow, Cairo – and have won several awards. These works include I Act, I Am (2018, fiction feature), Stairway (2015, fiction short), Adria Blues (2013, fiction), Searching for Johnny (2009, documentary), and Borderline Lovers (2005, documentary), Adria Blues (2013, fiction feature), I Act, I Am (2018, fiction feature) and Sanremo (2020, fiction feature).

Photo

Miroslav Mandić 1

Representative Works

Underground
Underground
7.7
/ Serbian
Stairway
Stairway
10.0
/ Slovenian
Estrellita
Estrellita
6.0
/ Slovenian
Short Skin
Short Skin
5.8
/ Italian
Scenes from the Life of BH Film
Scenes from the Life of BH Film
No Rating Yet
/ Bosnia
I Act, I Am
I Act, I Am
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/ Slovenian

Awards and Honors

Critical Favorites

Underground
1995Winner

Best Director

Underground

Stairway
2015Winner

Best Director

Stairway

Pretty Women Walking Through the City
1986Nominee

Best Writing

Pretty Women Walking Through the City

Career Highlights

Second Generation
1983Highlight

Best Writing

Second Generation

It's Hard to Be Nice
2007Highlight

Best Writing

It's Hard to Be Nice