Jovan "Joca" Jovanović (31 May 1940 — 3 August 2022) was a Serbian director, screenwriter, editor and film theorist.[1]
Jovan Jovanović | |
|---|---|
| Born | 31 May 1940 |
| Died | 3 August 2022 (aged 82) Belgrade, Serbia |
| Education | Faculty of Dramatic Arts, University of Arts in Belgrade |
| Occupation(s) | film director, screenwriter |
Biography
editJovanović was born on May 31, 1940, in Belgrade, then Kingdom of Yugoslavia. He graduated in film directing at the Belgrade Academy of Theater, Film, Radio and Television with the medium-length feature film Distinctly Me (1967). His documentary film Kolt 15 Gap (1971) won awards at festivals in Oberhausen, Utrecht and Belgrade, was included in the Anthology of Films of the Oberhausen Festival (published on the occasion of the 50th anniversary of the festival),[2] and the American film historian Erik Barnouw included it in his book Documentary – A History of the Non-Fiction Film.[3]
In the early 90s, he moved to Ljubljana. In an interview from 2010, Jovanović expressed the view that domestic pseudo-elites are the greatest danger for the Serbian nation.[4]
He is the author of the book Introduction to Film Thought.[3]
Filmography
editFeature films
edit- Distinctly Me (1967)
- Young and Healthy as Rose (1971)
- Landscapes in the Mist (1983)
Documentary films
edit- Self-portrait (1961)
- University Town (1965)
- Kolt 15 Gap (1971)
- Rrevolution that flows (1972)
- Working Class Artists (1975)
- Drug Addicts (1976)
- The Man Who Created Systems (1990)
References
edit- ^ "Preminuo reditelj Jovan Joca Jovanović, autor filmova "Mlad i zdrav kao ruža" i "Pejzaži u magli" - Kultura - Dnevni list Danas" (in Serbian). 2022-08-03. Retrieved 2024-04-01.
- ^ Beta (2022-08-03). "Preminuo Jovan Joca Jovanović, reditelj filma "Mlad i zdrav kao ruža"". N1 (in Serbian). Retrieved 2024-04-01.
- ^ a b Jovanović, Jovan; Milanovič, Sebastijan; Milanovič, Peter (2008). Uvod v filmsko mišljenje [Introduction to Film Thought] (in Slovenian). Ljubljana: Umco. ISBN 9789616445665.
- ^ "BalkanMagazin :: „SLEPA PRAKSA" U SRPSKOM FILMU". www.balkanmagazin.net. Retrieved 2020-05-17.