Tanović Danis
Tanović Danis

Director / Screenwriter

DANIS TANOVIĆ was born in 1969 in Zenica, Bosnia and Herzegovina. His debut feature NO MAN’S LAND was awarded the Best Script Award at the Cannes Film Festival in 2001 and 2002 American Academy Award for Best Foreign Film. NO MAN’S LAND won a total of 42 awards, making it one of the most highly awarded debut film in the history of filmmaking. He has won Silver Bear at Berlin Film Festival for his films AN EPISODE IN THE LIFE OF AN IRON PICKER in 2013 and DEATH IN SARAJEVO in 2016. He currently lives in Sarajevo and is Professor of Directing at Sarajevo Academy of Performing Arts. 

Filmography

2021 - NOT SO FRIENDLY NEIGHBOURHOOD AFFAIR - Feature film - (director, screenwriter), WHEN WE WERE THEM - Short documentary film - (cinematografpher, music, director, screenwriter)

2016 - DEATH IN SARAJEVO / MORT À SARAJEVO - Feature film - (director, screenwriter)

2013 - AN EPISODE IN THE LIFE OF AN IRON PICKER - Feature film - (director, screenwriter)

2011 - BAGGAGE - Short film - (director, screenwriter)

2010 - CIRCUS COLUMBIA - Feature film - (director, screenwriter)

2001 - NO MAN'S LAND - Feature film - (music, director, screenwriter)

1994 - PORTRAIT OF THE ARTIST IN THE WAR - Short documentary film - (director, screenwriter)

1992 - MY MOTHER THE Å EHID - Short documentary film - (cinematografpher, director, screenwriter)

Other movies

2014 - TIGERS

2009 - TRIAGE

2005 - L’ENFER

2002 - 11’9’’01 SEPTEMBER 11, omnibus

2001 - NO MAN’S LAND

1999 - BUĐENJE, doc.

1996 - L'AUBE, doc.