Slobodan Šijan

Slobodan Šijan
Slobodan Šijan in April 2014
Born	(1946-11-16) November 16, 1946 Belgrade, SR Serbia, SFR Yugoslavia
Nationality	Serbian
Occupation	Director
Years active	1980-present
Known for	Ko to tamo peva, Maratonci trče počasni krug, Davitelj protiv davitelja

Slobodan Šijan (Serbian Cyrillic: Слободан Шијан, pronounced [slɔbɔ̌dan ʃîjaːn]; born November 16, 1946) is a Serbian film director.

Biography

Born in Belgrade, Yugoslavia, Šijan graduated film direction at the Faculty of Dramatic Arts in Belgrade and directed a handful of TV movies in the late 1970s. He caught a big break with his first full-length feature Ko to tamo peva in 1980. The enormous success of that film written by Dušan Kovačević led to the duo collaborating on another project - 1982's Maratonci trče počasni krug, which also achieved considerable critical and commercial success.

Over the coming years Šijan directed two more notable films - Kako sam sistematski uništen od idiota and Davitelj protiv davitelja.

Šijan has written more than five books on the subject of film, film theory and mass media.

As of 2001, he is teaching at Loyola Marymount University film school.

His favorite movie is Howard Hawks' Rio Bravo (1959).

Filmography

Year	Film	Director	Writer	Producer	Awards / Notes
1980	Ko to tamo peva	Yes	No	No	Bronze Arena at Pula Film Festival
1982	Maratonci trče počasni krug	Yes	No	No	Jury prize at Montréal World Film Festival
1983	Kako sam sistematski uništen od idiota	Yes	Yes	No
1984	Davitelj protiv davitelja	Yes	Yes	No
1988	Tajna manastirske rakije	Yes	No	No
2003	Siroti mali hrčki 2010	Yes	No	No
2007	S. O. S. - Spasite naše duše	Yes	No	No
2021	Budi Bog s nama	Yes	Yes	No	Filming

TV work

• Gradilište (1979) (TV)
• Ing. ugostiteljstva (1979) (short)
• Kost od mamuta (1979) (TV)
• Najlepša soba (1978) (TV)
• Šta se dogodilo sa Filipom Preradovićem (1977) (TV movie)
• Pohvala svetu (1976) (TV short)
• Sve što je bilo lepo (1976) (TV movie)
• Sunce te čuva (1975) (TV short)

External links

• Slobodan Šijan at IMDb