Darko Lungulov is a Serbian-American

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, and

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Biography

Born in

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. Lungulov graduated from the

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with a B.F.A. in film and video. In 2004, his documentary Escape won the Audience Award at the Hamptons International Film Festival. It was then screened at the IDFA, Leipzig, and

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film festivals. Lungulov's debut feature, '' Here and There'', won the Best NY Narrative Award at the 2009

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. It received critical acclaim from ''

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'', ''

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'',

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, and '' Variety''. It was theatrically released in the US, Germany, Switzerland, Hungary, and Greece. ''Here and There'' was initially voted to be the Serbian foreign-language Oscar candidate, but it was subsequently withdrawn because of "too much English language in the dialogue". Lungulov was voted Best Director by

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Serbia in 2009. In 2010, Lungulov was a Tribeca Festival jury member. Lungulov's dark comedy ''

Monument to Michael Jackson ''Monument to Michael Jackson'' ( sr, Spomenik Majklu Džeksonu) is a 2014 Serbian comedy film directed by Darko Lungulov. It was one of six films shortlisted by Serbia to be their submission for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film ...

'', released in 2014, had its world premiere at the Karlovy Vary International Festival. It won the Eastern European Film Award at the 2015

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and the Grand Prix Award at the Nashville Film Festival. It received critical acclaim from ''Variety'' and

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. Lungulov was one of the co-writers on '' A Good Wife'' – the directorial debut of Serbian actress Mirjana Karanović – which had its world premiere at the Sundance Fim Festival in 2016.

References

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