Jasmila Žbanić

Film director

1974 –

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Who is Jasmila Žbanić?

Jasmila Žbanić is a Bosnian film director. She is noted for the film Grbavica, which won the 2006 Golden Bear at the 56th Berlin Film Festival. Her 2010 film Na putu was nominated for the Golden Bear at the 60th Berlin International Film Festival.

Žbanić graduated from the Academy of Performing Arts in Sarajevo's Department for Theater and Film Directing. She worked for a time in the United States as a puppeteer in the Vermont-based Bread and Puppet Theater and as a clown in a Lee De Long workshop. In 1997, she founded the artist's association "DEBLOKADA" and started making documentaries and short films.

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Born
Dec 19, 1974
Sarajevo
Also known as
  • Jasmila Zbanic
Children
Nationality
  • Bosnia and Herzegovina
Profession
Lived in
  • Sarajevo

Submitted
on July 23, 2013

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