Pjer Žalica (born 7 May 1964 in

Sarajevo Sarajevo ( ; cyrl, Сарајево, ; ''see names in other languages'') is the capital and largest city of Bosnia and Herzegovina, with a population of 275,524 in its administrative limits. The Sarajevo metropolitan area including Sarajevo ...

) is a Bosnian film director, screenwriter and a professor at the Academy of Performing Arts in Sarajevo. His father Miodrag (1926–1992) was a noted dramaturgist and poet who scripted several TV movies. He has directed several short films, only one of which is (''

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'' 2000) as well as three feature films, '' Gori vatra'' (2003), and '' Kod amidže Idriza'' (2004). In May 2008, he directed the music video for the duet '' Dabogda'' by

Dino Merlin Edin Dervišhalidović (; born 12 September 1962), known professionally as Dino Merlin (), is a Bosnian singer-songwriter, musician, and record producer. Born in Sarajevo, he was the founder and leader of Merlin, which eventually became one of ...

and

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. In 2017, Žalica signed the

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of the

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, Bosniaks and

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.Signatories of the Declaration on the Common Language
official website, retrieved on 2018-08-16. He is married to Bosnian actress Jasna Žalica and has one child with the actress.

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* Bosnia and Herzegovina film directors Film people from Sarajevo Living people 1964 births Signatories of the Declaration on the Common Language Academic staff of the University of Sarajevo {{BosniaHerzegovina-bio-stub