Goran Dević (born 1971) is a

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n film director and screenwriter. Born in

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Dević was formally educated at the University of Zagreb's Faculty of Law, the

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(archeology department) and the Academy of Dramatic Art (film directing department). Since the early 2000s Dević directed a number of

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s and short

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. His feature film directorial debut (which he co-directed and co-written with Zvonimir Jurić) was a critically acclaimed 2009 psychological war drama titled '' The Blacks''. The film deals with a fictional Croatian Army unit who refuse to lay down their arms following the end of the

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. The film won Jurić and Dević the

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at the 2009 Pula Film Festival, the Croatian national film awards. It went on to be selected as Croatia's submission to the

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for the

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, but it failed to make the final shortlist. In 2017, Dević has signed the Declaration on the Common Language of the

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and Montenegrins.Signatories of the Declaration on the Common Language
official website, retrieved on 2018-08-16.

Filmography

*'' The Blacks'' (''Crnci'', 2009; co-director)

References

External links

Goran Dević
at Film.hr * {{DEFAULTSORT:Devic, Goran 1971 births Croatian film directors Croatian screenwriters People from Sisak Golden Arena for Best Director winners Living people Signatories of the Declaration on the Common Language