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Zvonimir Jurić (born 4 June 1971) is a Croatian film director and screenwriter. In 2009, he co-directed and co-wrote the 2009 psychological war drama titled The Blacks.

Early life

Born in Osijek, SFR Yugoslavia, on 4 June 1971, Jurić finished his primary and secondary education in his hometown. As a teenager the 1980s he appeared in minor roles in a number of TV series produced by TV Zagreb such as the 10-part biographical series Nikola Tesla (1977), the Partisan series Nepokoreni grad (1982) and the popular children's series Smogovci (1982).

Career

After graduating from high school, Jurić spent the 1991–92 semester studying film directing at the Loyola Marymount University in Los Angeles. In 1992, he returned to Croatia and enrolled at the film directing department of the Academy of Dramatic Art in Zagreb. While a student at the academy, Jurić directed several short films and documentaries. In 2017, he has signed the Declaration on the Common Language of the Croats, Serbs, Bosniaks and Montenegrins.

Feature film directorial debut

His feature film directorial debut (which he co-directed and co-written with Goran Dević) was a critically acclaimed 2009 psychological war drama titled The Blacks. The film deals with a fictional Croatian Army unit who refuse to lay down their arms during a cease-fire in the Croatian War of Independence. The film won Jurić and Dević the Golden Arena for Best Director at the 2009 Pula Film Festival, the Croatian national film awards. It went on to be selected as Croatia's submission to the 83rd Academy Awards for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film, but it failed to make the final shortlist.

Filmography

• Zagreb Stories (Zagrebačke priče; 2002; segment)
• Sex, Drink and Bloodshed (Seks, piće i krvoproliće; 2004; segment)
• The Blacks (Crnci, 2009; co-director)
• The Reaper (Kosac, 2014)

References

1. "Zvonimir Juric". Internet Movie database. Retrieved 20 May 2011.
2. "Zvonimir Jurić". Film.hr (in Croatian). Archived from the original on May 14, 2011. Retrieved 20 May 2011.
3. Signatories of the Declaration on the Common Language, official website, retrieved on 2019-08-29.
4. "Crnci". Filmski.net (in Croatian). Retrieved 20 May 2011.
5. "The Blacks represents Croatia for Oscar bid". filmneweurope. Retrieved 2010-09-30.
6. "9 Foreign Language Films Continue to Oscar Race". oscars.org. Retrieved 2011-01-19.

External links

• Zvonimir Jurić at Film.hr (in Croatian)
• Zvonimir Jurić at IMDb

• 1971 births
• Croatian male actors
• Croatian film directors
• Croatian screenwriters
• People from Osijek
• Golden Arena for Best Director winners
• Living people
• Croatian documentary film directors
• Signatories of the Declaration on the Common Language