Dragan Ćirjanić

Dragan M. Ćirjanić (Serbian Cyrillic: Драган М. Ћирјанић; Belgrade, 1954) is a Serbian film and television director, screenwriter, producer and writer.[1]

Dragan M. Ćirjanić
Dragan M. Ćirjanić in 2017
Born1954
Belgrade, PR Serbia, FPR Yugoslavia
NationalitySerbian
OccupationFilm director, screenwriter, producer

He is known for films and series treating Serbian, Balkan and Eurasian tradition.

Biography

He was born in Belgrade, where he graduated from Mathematical high school.[2] He graduated from Faculty of Dramatic Arts (University of Arts in Belgrade) in Belgrade in 1983, at the Department of Film and TV directing.

Since 1987 he works at TV Belgrade/Radio Television of Serbia in multiple editorials and with various TV forms, mostly in General Education and Documentary editorial, where he worked on themes of Serbian and European tradition. Presently he works in Educational-Scientific editorial of RTS. He lived in the United States of America on a study journey since 1989 til 1993.

With Dragoš Kalajić he created a series "Mont Blanc" ("Mon Blan", 1996–1997). Prominent among his TV works are "Solidarity of the Samurai", "Vladimir Ćorović", "Dragutin Inkiostri", a cycle of movies "Russian White Builders" and "We the cadets, we the children of Russia", series about Milan Kašanin, "Our father, where are you?" about the fate of painter Branko Popović, "How to love a river", "Troitskosavsk — Kyakhta of count Sava Vladislavić", "Divine glow of the Milanković canon"...

He is preparing a mini series about Milutin Milanković, as well as a feature live action film about the count Sava Vladislavić.

He is a contributor to several journals where he writes about various themes from art, spirituality and history. Lives and works in Belgrade. He is a member of Association of Serbian Film Artists.[3]

Filmography (choice)

Essays and other texts (choice)

Prizes and awards

  • Special jury award on TV festival Prix Italia, Italy, Perugia, for film "How to love river", Specijalna nagrada žirija na TV festivalu Prix Italia, Peruđa, za film "Kako voleti reku", 1989.
  • Special award on the festival "Bdenje duše" in Sremski Karlovci, for film "Our father, where are you?" (Specijalno priznanje festivala Bdenje duše u Sremskim Karlovcima, za film "Oče naš, gde si?"), 2011.

References

  1. Dragan Ćirjanić, biography and filmography, Project Rastko
  2. Former students Archived 2017-07-03 at the Wayback Machine (Bivši učenici), Mathematical high school, Belgrade
  3. Association of Serbian Film Artists, documentary films section (Udruženje filmskih umetnika Srbije, Sekcija dokumentarnog filma)
  4. Petrović, Ljiljana. „Zvona dobrotvora Save”, Politika (e-edition), Belgrade, 9. january 2018.
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