Ana Renovica is a

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, spiritual teacher and film producer stationed in

Novi Sad, Serbia Novi Sad ( sr-Cyrl, Нови Сад, ; hu, Újvidék, ; german: Neusatz; see below for other names) is the second largest city in Serbia and the capital of the autonomous province of Vojvodina. It is located in the southern portion of the Pan ...

. Renovica co-owns a film production company 888 Films based in Los Angeles and Serbia, where she produces and develops films, shorts, commercials, and television shows for the United States and Europe. She is the youngest producer in Serbia to have worked with

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, producing the Cannes exhibited film ''10 Minutes''. She is the CEO of 888 Films in Serbia, focusing on development and distribution of films in the United States, Europe and abroad.

Career

At the age of nineteen, Renovica met Serbian-American writer and director

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, who was looking to develop films in Serbia. Knezev was beginning post-production on the film franchise series '' American Addict'', about prescription drug abuse in the United States. Renovica helped Knezev organize a post-production crew. This eventually led to a business partnership that led to Renovica creating her own production company, 888 Films, while still finishing her education at her university. In 2012, ''American Addict'' was nominated for Best Documentary Film at the

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. ''American Addict'' was also rated the second best documentary on Netflix by Mic on its list of "11 Netflix Documentaries That Will Change The Way You Think About Drugs", ranking only below 2012 Sundance Grand Jury Prize Winner ''The House I Live In''. ''American Addict'' was broadcast in Spain on national television on RTVE, Spain's largest broadcaster. It has been viewed in over 40 countries. Released in 2016, ''The Big Lie: American Addict 2'' exposed the politics of the pharmaceutical industry.

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, and

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contributed to the sequel.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Renovica, Ana Year of birth missing (living people) Living people People from Cetinje Serbian film producers