Jovan "Joca" Jovanović (31 May 1940 — 3 August 2022) was a Serbian director, screenwriter, editor and film theorist.

Biography

Jovanović was born on May 31, 1940, in

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, then

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. 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

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, was included in the Anthology of Films of the Oberhausen Festival (published on the occasion of the 50th anniversary of the festival), and the American film historian

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included it in his book ''Documentary – A History of the Non-Fiction Film''. In the early 90s, he moved to

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. In an interview from 2010, Jovanović expressed the view that domestic pseudo-elites are the greatest danger for the Serbian nation. He is the author of the book ''Introduction to Film Thought''.

Filmography

Feature films

* ''Distinctly Me'' (1967) * '' Young and Healthy as Rose'' (1971) * ''Landscapes in the Mist'' (1983)

Documentary films

* ''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

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