Goran Rušinović is a

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n film director and screenwriter. After graduating from the Zagreb Academy of Fine Arts Rušinović went on to enrol at the

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in 1993, where he directed his first short film titled ''Kilo of Shrimp''. In 1996 he went on to the

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where he made another short film titled ''Get the Hard Goods''. His first feature film was the independently produced '' Mondo Bobo'' (1997), which won four Golden Arena awards at the 1997

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, the Croatian national film awards, including the Golden Arena for Best Director. His next film was the largely unnoticed ''The World's Greatest Monster'' (2003), but his 2008 film ''

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'', based on a novel by

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, won him the Golden Arena for Best Screenplay at the 2008 Pula Film Festival, as well as the main award in the regional competition at the 2009

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, and the Best Film award at the 2008

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Filmography

*'' Mondo Bobo'' (1997) *''The World's Greatest Monster'' (''Svjetsko čudovište'', 2003) *''

'' (2008)

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Goran Rušinović
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Goran Rušinović
at Film.hr {{DEFAULTSORT:Rusinovic, Goran 1969 births Living people Film people from Zagreb Croatian film directors Croatian screenwriters Golden Arena for Best Director winners Academy of Fine Arts, University of Zagreb alumni New York Film Academy alumni Croatian expatriates in the United States