Goran Paskaljević

Goran Paskaljević
Born	April 22, 1947(1947-04-22) Belgrade, Serbia
Occupation	Film director and screenwriter
Years active	1969 - present
Awards	Berlin Golden Bear for Best Film Nominated 1978 The Dog Who Loved Trains Cannes Palme d'Or Nominated 1985 Special Treatment Venice Golden Lion for Best Film Nominated 2001 How Harry Became a Tree Festróia Golden Dolphin for Best Film Nominated 2002 How Harry Became a Tree San Sebastián Golden Shell for Best Film Nominated 2004 Midwinter Night's Dream Valladolid Golden Spike for Best Film 1995 Someone Else's America 2006 The Optimists Pula Golden Arena for Best Director 1976 Beach Guard in Winter 1980 Special Treatment

Goran Paskaljević (Serbian Cyrillic: Горан Паскаљевић, pronounced [ɡɔ̌ran paskǎːʎɛvit͡ɕ]) is a Serbian film director. He was raised by his grandparents in Niš, following the divorce of his parents, and 14 years later returned to Belgrade where he worked in his stepfather's cinema.

He graduated from the Film Faculty of the Academy of Performing Arts in Prague (FAMU). He directed many documentary films and TV dramas for TV Belgrade. His first feature film was Beach Guard in Winter (Serbian: Чувар плаже у зимском периоду, Čuvar plaže u zimskom periodu), released in 1976. It was entered into the 26th Berlin International Film Festival. Two years later, his film The Dog Who Loved Trains was entered into the 28th Berlin International Film Festival in 1978.

Filmography

• Pan Hrstka (1969)
• A Few Words About Love (1970)
• Legend of Lapot (1972) (TV)
• Servant (1973) (TV)
• Children (1973)
• Burden (1974)
• Potomak (1974) (TV)
• Kapetan Janko (1974)
• Iz pobede u pobedu (1975)
• Čuvar plaže u zimskom periodu (1976)
• The Dog Who Loved Trains (Pas koji je voleo vozove) (1977)
• The Days on Earth Are Flowing (1979)
• Sipad (1979)
• Special Treatment (Poseban tretman) (1980)
• Twilight Time (1982)
• The Illusive Summer of '68 (Varljivo leto '68) (1984)
• Guardian Angel (Anđeo čuvar) (1987)
• Time of Miracles (Vreme čuda) (1989)
• Tango argentino (1992)
• Someone Else's America (1995)
• Cabaret Balkan (Bure baruta) (1998)
• How Harry Became a Tree (2001)
• Midwinter Night's Dream (San zimske noći) (2004)
• The Optimists (Optimisti) (2006)
• Honeymoons (Medeni mesec) (2009)

External links

• Goran Paskaljević at the Internet Movie Database
• http://www.politika.rs/ilustro/2388/4.htm
• New York Times Profile, Jan. 9, 2008