Predrag Bambić is a

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and

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and producer born August 7, 1958, in Belgrade, Yugoslavia.alpbachwin.acw.at
, Predrag Bambić bio brief

Education

From 1977 through 1981, Bambić studied at the

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in the Film and TV Camera department of the Faculty of Drama Arts, earning his Master of Arts degree.

Career

From 1981 through 1988, Bambić worked at TV Belgrade filming the

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related serials '' Pop Express'' and '' Rock’n’Rolller'', and also filming over 2,000 information,

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, and music programs. In 1986, he joined the Yugoslav Army

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, and from 1989 through 1993 worked for the Yugoslav Army’s

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company Zastava film where he specialized in filming training films for the

Yugoslav Air Force The Air Force and Air Defence ( sh-Cyrl-Latn, Ратно ваздухопловство и противваздушна одбрана, Ratno vazduhoplovstvo i protivvazdušna odbrana ; abbr. sh-Cyrl-Latn, label=none, separator=/, РВ и ПВ� ...

. He also documented the genesis of the violent disintegration of

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, covering all the major events related to the development of the wars in

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and

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, much of which was seen on the

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documentary serial ''

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''. From 1992 through 1994, Bambić filmed many

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stories and

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on the war in

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and Croatia for:

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, and

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, among others. From 1995 through 1996, he worked for Reuters TV agency, covering all the major news stories and events in southeast

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, including the wars in Croatia and Bosnia. From 1996 through 2002, he worked for

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on many assignments, reports, and documentaries about all the (then) tumultuous events in the

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. In both 1999 and 2000, Bambić was nominated for the

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"Hard News Award" for his work with CNN.Rory Peck Trust 2000
In 2002, he became the

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and

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of the Montage film and TV production company, one of the first, truly independent, film production companies in

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. He is the author of many well-known pictures of the wars in the Balkans.

Filmography

;As a director of photography: :2007: "Vilenjakova prica" (a.k.a.:''Willow's story''), feature film :2007: ''Agi i Emma'', feature film :2005: ''Jug jugoistok'' (a.k.a. South by Southeast), feature film :2004: ''Sokratova odbrana i smrt'' (a.k.a. Socrates' defence and death), TV documentary :2004: ''Japan danas'', TV documentary serial :2001: ''Bez grada i bez zakona'', feature film :2000: ''Zemlja istine, ljubavi i slobode'' (a.k.a. Land of Truth, Love and Freedom), feature film :1999: ''Yugoslavia, avoidable war'', TV documentary film :1996: ''Het Misferstand'' (a.k.a. Misunderstanding), TV documentary :1994: ''Japan, road to Future'', TV documentary serial :1992: ''Velika frka'' (a.k.a. Big Mess)(a.k.a. Велика фрка (Yugoslavia: Serbian title)), feature film :1990: ''Cudna noc '' (a.k.a. Odd Night), feature film :1989: ''Fear'', short feature film :1988: ''Happy New 1989.'', short feature film :1988: ''Dome, slatki dome'' (a.k.a. Home, Sweet Home), TV series :1987: ''Special Education'', short documentary film :1985: ''Leibach, Victory Under the Sun'', short documentary film :1985: ''Springtime has begin'', feature TV film :1983: ''Titan'', short documentary film :1981: ''Lagani povratak'' (a.k.a. Slow Return), feature film ::... and about thirty other documentaries. As a producer: :2007: ''Agi i Emma'', feature film :2005: ''Jug jugoistok'' (a.k.a. ''South by Southeast''), feature film :2004: ''Poljupci'' (a.k.a. Kisses), feature film :2000: ''Zemlja istine, ljubavi i slobode'' (a.k.a. Land of Truth, Love and Freedom), feature film As an actor: :2000: ''Zemlja istine, ljubavi i slobode'' (a.k.a. Land of Truth, Love and Freedom), feature film :1981: ''Decko koji obecava'' (a.k.a. ''Promising Guy''), feature film As a director: :1980: ''Unsaddled'', TV documentary

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