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Danis Tanović (born 20 February 1969) is a Bosnian film director and screenwriter. He is best known for having directed and written the script for the 2001 Bosnian movie No Man's Land which won him many awards, including an Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film and a Golden Globe Award for Best Foreign Language Film among many others.

Danis Tanović
Tanović in August 2008
Born	(1969-02-20) 20 February 1969 (age 53) Zenica, SR Bosnia and Herzegovina, SFR Yugoslavia
Nationality	Bosnian
Citizenship	Bosnian and Belgian
Alma mater	University of Sarajevo; INSAS
Occupation	Film director, screenwriter
Years active	1994–present
Spouse	Maelys de Rudder[1]
Children	5

Tanović has also written and directed the award-winning Bosnian films An Episode in the Life of an Iron Picker and Death in Sarajevo. He is regarded as one of the best Bosnian directors and screenwriters of all time, and also one of the best from Southeast Europe.

Tanović is the only person born in the territory of present-day Bosnia and Herzegovina to have won an Academy Award.

Life and career

Tanović was born in Zenica, SR Bosnia and Herzegovina, SFR Yugoslavia on 20 February 1969. He was raised in the Bosnian capital of Sarajevo, where he also received his primary and secondary education. Tanović also attended the University of Sarajevo Music Conservatory, where he played the piano. As a young adult, he decided to study at the Academy of Performing Arts in Sarajevo. However, due to the Siege of Sarajevo and the Bosnian War, Tanović was forced to stop his studies in 1992. Immediately after war broke out, Tanović formed a film crew that followed the Army of the Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina going on dangerous missions. The material that he and the film crew produced has since been used in numerous films and news reports about the Siege of Sarajevo and the Bosnian War.

In late 1994, Tanović left the film crew he had worked with for over two years. A year later, he decided to resume his studies, this time in Brussels, the capital of Belgium. In 1997, he completed his studies in Brussels, graduating at the top of his class. During his studies, Tanović made several documentary films.

Shortly after, he began his first movie project, entitled No Man's Land. He wrote and directed the movie, which was completed in 2001 and premiered at the Cannes Film Festival that same year. No Man's Land went on to win the Award for Best Screenplay (Prix du scénario) at Cannes, followed by numerous awards including the Oscar for Best Foreign Language Film in 2001, the European Film Academy Award for Best Screenplay, the César for the Best First Feature Film, the André Cavens Award for Best Film in 2001, and the Golden Globe Award for Best Foreign Language Film in 2002.

Tanović was a member of the jury at the 2003 Cannes Film Festival.

His second feature project was L'Enfer, completed in 2005, from the screenplay by the late Krzysztof Kieślowski and Krzysztof Piesiewicz. The film marked the second installment in the Polish duo's projected trilogy Heaven (filmed by Tom Tykwer in 2002), Hell and Purgatory. Inspired by Euripides' Medea, L'Enfer explores the lives of three sisters, "each locked in her own unhappiness, nursing a secret flower of misery, the seed for which was planted by their late father with a terrible incident in their girlhood" (from a review by Peter Bradshaw).[2] The film received mixed reviews.[2][3][4][5]

Tanović announced in March 2008 that he would be founding a political party with his friend, director Dino Mustafić, called Our Party, which would start contesting elections with the local elections in October 2008. He stated his motivations as wanting to bring political change to the country; his announcement was received positively.[6][7]

His 2010 film Cirkus Columbia was selected as the Bosnian entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 83rd Academy Awards,[8] but it didn't make the final shortlist.[9]

In June 2011, Tanović was bestowed with an "honoris causa" doctorate by the University of Sarajevo.

His 2013 film An Episode in the Life of an Iron Picker premiered in competition at the 63rd Berlin International Film Festival[10] where it won two prizes: Silver Bear for Best Actor and the Jury Grand Prix.[11]

His 2016 film "Death in Sarajevo" won the Jury Grand Prix at the 66th Berlin International Film Festival. It has also won the FIPRESCI Award for the best film in competition. In March 2020, Tanović's film The Postcard Killings was released, based on the 2010 crime novel "The Postcard Killers". His latest film, Not So Friendly Neighborhood Affair, was released in August 2021.[12]

Tanović holds joint Bosnian and Belgian citizenship and lives in Sarajevo with his wife Maelys de Rudder and five children. He lived in Paris until 2007.

Filmography

Year	Film	Director	Writer	Composer	Screenplay	Rotten Tomatoes	Metacritic
1995	Miracle in Bosnia	Yes	No	No	No
1996	L'Aube	Yes	No	No	Yes
1999	Buđenje	Yes	Yes	No	No
2001	No Man's Land	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	93%[13]	84%[14]
2002	11'09"01 September 11	Yes	Yes	No	No	78%[15]
2005	Hell	Yes	No	No	No	67%[16]
2009	Triage	Yes	No	Yes	No
2010	Cirkus Columbia	Yes	No	No	No	80%[17]	57%[18]
2011	Prtljag	Yes	No	No	No
2013	An Episode in the Life of an Iron Picker	Yes	Yes	No	No	93%[19]
2014	Tigers	Yes	Yes	No	Yes
2016	Death in Sarajevo	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	76%[20]
2020	The Postcard Killings	Yes	No	No	No	25%[21]	29%[22]
2021	Not So Friendly Neighborhood Affair	Yes	Yes	No	No

Awards and nominations

Year	Association	Category	Work	Result	Ref.
2001	Cannes Film Festival	Palme d'Or	No Man's Land	Nominated	[23][24]
		Best Screenplay		Won
	European Film Awards	Best Screenwriter		Won
	Belgian Film Critics Association	André Cavens Award		Won
2002	Academy Award	Best Foreign Language Film		Won
	Golden Globe Awards	Best Foreign Language Film		Won
	César Awards	Best Writing		Nominated
	European Film Academy	Best Screenplay		Won
2003	Cinema for Peace	The Cinema for Peace Award for the Most Valuable Film of the Year		Won
2013	Berlin International Film Festival	Golden Bear	An Episode in the Life of an Iron Picker	Nominated
		Jury Grand Prix		Won
2016	Berlin International Film Festival	Golden Bear	Death in Sarajevo	Nominated
		Jury Grand Prix		Won

References

External links

• Danis Tanović at IMDb

На других языках

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[de] Danis Tanović

Danis Tanović (* 20. Februar 1969 in Zenica, Jugoslawien, heute Bosnien und Herzegowina) ist ein bosnischer Filmregisseur, Filmproduzent und Politiker. Sein Kriegsdrama No Man’s Land wurde 2002 mit dem Oscar für den besten fremdsprachigen Film ausgezeichnet. Gemeinsam mit Emir Kusturica gehört er zu den bekanntesten zeitgenössischen Regisseuren des ehemaligen Jugoslawien.

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- [en] Danis Tanović

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[es] Danis Tanović

Danis Tanović es un guionista y director de cine bosnio, nacido en 1969 en Zenica.

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[ru] Танович, Данис

Данис Танович (босн. Danis Tanović; род. 20 февраля 1969, Зеница) — боснийский кинорежиссёр, сценарист, продюсер и композитор.

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