Person Details

Birthday: 1947-04-22 17:11:35

Death: 2020-09-25 17:11:35

Aliases: Goran Paskaljevic

Gender: Male

Place of birth: Belgrade, Serbia

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Movie Involvements: 47

TV Involvements: 0


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Biography

Goran Paskaljević was a Serbian and former Yugoslav film director. Born in Belgrade, he was raised by his grandparents in Niš in southern Serbia, following the divorce of his parents. Fourteen years later he returned to Belgrade where he worked with his stepfather at the Yugoslav Film Archive. Paskaljević belonged to a group of several Yugoslav filmmakers who studied abroad and graduated from the prestigious Film and TV School of the Academy of Performing Arts in Prague (FAMU). After returning to Yugoslavia, he made some 30 documentaries and 16 feature films which were screened at many international film festivals (such as Cannes, Berlin, Venice, Toronto and San Sebastian) and met with critical acclaim. The rise of nationalism during the breakup of Yugoslavia forced him to leave his country in 1992. In 1998 he returned to Yugoslavia to make the Powder Keg (known as Cabaret Balkan in the USA) which won the FIPRESCI prize at the Venice Film Festival and at the European Film Awards. In 2001, Variety International Film Guide marked him as one of the world's top five directors of the year. The Museum of Modern Art in New York (MoMA) presented a full retrospective of his work in January 2008. It was BFI Southbank's (London) turn to organize in July 2010 a full retrospective of his 16 feature films, along with the publication of a monograph (in English) about his work. Paskaljević lived between Belgrade and Paris, France and he held both Serbian and French citizenship. As of 2008 he was named Officer of the French Ordre des Arts et des Lettres. He died on 25 September 2020 in Paris.

Most Famous Work

The Elusive Summer of '68
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8
How Harry Became a Tree
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6

How Harry Became a Tree

(2002) Writer
Cabaret Balkan
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8

Cabaret Balkan

(1998) Writer
Tango Argentino
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5

Tango Argentino

(1992) Director
Land of the Gods
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5

Land of the Gods

(2016) Writer
Despite the Fog
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6

Despite the Fog

(2019) Writer
Someone Else's America
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7

Someone Else's America

(1995) Director
The Beach Guard in Winter
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6

The Beach Guard in Winter

(1976) Director

Acting

Year Character Movie/Tv
2021 Self
2018 Himself
1971 Himself
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Directing

Writing

Production

Year Role Movie/Tv
2004 Producer
Year Role Movie/Tv

Editing

Year Role Movie/Tv
1970 Editor
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