BENJAMIN FILIPOVIĆ
BENJAMIN FILIPOVIĆ

Born in 1962 in Sarajevo, Bosnia-Herzegovina. He graduated in film directing and earned his master’s degree from the Film and TV School of the Academy of Performing Arts in Prague, FAMU, in 1986 and 1996 respectively. After graduation, he directed short films MIRNA (1987) and LONGING FOR BUENOS AIRES (1989), as well as television series THE SURREALIST HIT PARADE (1990/1991) and COMMUNIST ISLAND (1990). He spent the 1992-95 Bosnian war in Sarajevo working as a director and a war reporter. In that period, he directed several theater plays and co-directed with Semezdin Mehmedinovic the essay film MIZALDO, THE KING OF THEATER. He served as the artistic director of the OBN television channel in 1996 and 1997. He taught film theory and genres at the Sarajevo Academy of Performing Arts. He died in 2006 in Sarajevo.

2005 - WELL TEMPERED CORPSES
1997 - A GOOD IDEA (short) 
1994 - MIZALDO – THE KING OF THEATRE
1991 - HOLIDAY IN SARAJEVO
1989 - LONGING FOR BUENOS AIRES (short) 
1987 - MIRNA (short)