Slobodan Šijan ( sr-Cyrl, Слободан Шијан, ; born November 16, 1946) is a Serbian

film director A film director controls a film's artistic and dramatic aspects and visualizes the screenplay (or script) while guiding the film crew and actors in the fulfilment of that vision. The director has a key role in choosing the cast members, p ...

Biography

Šijan was born in

Belgrade Belgrade ( , ;, ; Names of European cities in different languages: B, names in other languages) is the Capital city, capital and List of cities in Serbia, largest city in Serbia. It is located at the confluence of the Sava and Danube rivers a ...

Yugoslavia Yugoslavia (; sh-Latn-Cyrl, separator=" / ", Jugoslavija, Југославија ; sl, Jugoslavija ; mk, Југославија ;; rup, Iugoslavia; hu, Jugoszlávia; rue, label=Pannonian Rusyn, Югославия, translit=Juhoslavija ...

. He graduated from the Fine Arts Academy in Belgrade, and then enrolled in Belgrade's Academy of Theater

Faculty of Dramatic Arts The Faculty of Dramatic Arts ( sr, Факултет драмских уметности, Fakultet dramskih umetnosti; abbreviated FDU) is a constituent institution of the University of Arts in Belgrade which focuses on education and research in t ...

in 1970. He directed a number of television films as well as experimental and short films during the 1970s. From 1976 to 1979, he published a series of

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which according to him were made "out of frustration" in between his experimentation and attempts to break into professional cinema. His first full-length feature ''

Ko to tamo peva ''Who's Singin' Over There?'' ( sh, Ko to tamo peva) is a 1980 Cinema of Yugoslavia, Yugoslav film written by Dušan Kovačević and directed by Slobodan Šijan. It is a dark comedy and features an ensemble cast. The film tells a story about a gro ...

'', directed in collaboration with writer

Dušan Kovačević Dušan Kovačević ( sr-Cyrl, Душан Ковачевић, ; born 12 July 1948) is a Serbian playwright, scriptwriter, film director and academic best known for his theatre plays and movie scripts. He also served as the ambassador of Serbia in L ...

and cinematographer Božidar Nikolić, was released in 1980 and became a box-office hit. 1982's ''

Maratonci trče počasni krug ''The Marathon Family'' ( sr, Маратонци трче почасни круг / Maratonci trče počasni krug, lit. ''Marathon Runners Do a Lap of Honour'', or often simply ''Maratonci'', lit. ''The Marathon Runners'') is a 1982 Cinema of Yugo ...

'', also achieved considerable commercial success. Over the coming years Šijan directed two more notable films - '' Kako sam sistematski uništen od idiota'' and ''

Davitelj protiv davitelja ''Strangler vs. Strangler'' ( sh, Davitelj protiv davitelja) is a 1984 Yugoslav Serbian film featuring elements of comedy, thriller and horror genres. Plot In the mid-1980s Belgrade finally gets its first serial killer: an awkward carnations ...

''.

Filmography

;TV work * '' Gradilište'' (1979) (TV) * ''

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'' (1979) (short) * ''

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'' (1979) (TV) * '' Najlepša soba'' (1978) (TV) * '' Šta se dogodilo sa Filipom Preradovićem'' (1977) (TV movie) * '' Pohvala svetu'' (1976) (TV short) * ''

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'' (1976) (TV movie) * '' Sunce te čuva'' (1975) (TV short)

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* Serbian film directors 1946 births Living people Film people from Belgrade {{Serbia-film-director-stub