Nevio Marasović (born 7 July 1983) is a Croatian film director, screenwriter, and a

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director.

Biography

Marasović made his first feature film called ''The Computer Repairment'' at the age of sixteen. He graduated from high school in 2002 and then studied film directing at the

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. In 2005 he made a ghost commercial “Durex Lunch” which won numerous awards at different advertising festivals. “Lunch” also became an

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in the following years. Later on, Marasović shot over 150 TV commercials all over Europe. Still being a student of the Academy, in 2010 Marasović wrote and directed his feature film ''

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''. The film became a break-through for the 24-year-old director, it received numerous awards such as ''

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'', ''Golden Arena'' for the Best Special Effects, ''Best Newcomer award'' and the ''Critic's Choice Movie of the Year'' award at the Croatia's national film festival in Pula. Also in 2010, Marasović made a TV comedy show called ''Instruktor'' for Croatia's RTL television. Along with a Croatian actor Stjepan Perić, Marasović was ''Instruktors author and writer. In 2013, he released ''

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'', a spontaneous and introspective indie movie about a director and actor. The film was screened at numerous international film festivals and received high critical acclaim. It won the Special Mention in the feature film competition at the 11th Zagreb Film Festival. The movie was also named one of the top five best European films of 2013 by

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. In 2016, Marasović released dark comedy ''Goran''. Its premiere took place at the 20th

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. The movie was a result of collaboration with the Norwegian screenwriter Gjermund Gisvold, the setting is inspired by aesthetics of '' Frago''. It won 6 awards, including ''Best Balkan Film'' at the International Film Festival in Priština. In 2018, he released ''

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''. It premiered at the 46th

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and was screened at numerous world film festivals, winning many awards. His next movie ''

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'' was released in 2023 and premiered at the 2023 Pula Film Festival.

Filmography

* ''Autobiography'' (2003) * ''Run'' (2009) * ''

'' (2010) feature film * ''Instructor'' (2010) comedy show * ''

'' (2013) * '' Goran'' (2016) * ''

'' (2018) * ''

'' (2023)

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Marasovic, Nevio 1983 births Living people Croatian film directors Film people from Zagreb Croatian screenwriters Golden Arena winners