Slobodan Šijan

Slobodan Šijan (Serbian Cyrillic: Слободан Шијан, pronounced [slɔbɔ̌dan ʃîjaːn]; born November 16, 1946) is a Serbian film director.

Slobodan Šijan
Slobodan Šijan in April 2014
Born (1946-11-16) November 16, 1946
Belgrade, SR Serbia, SFR Yugoslavia
NationalitySerbian
OccupationDirector
Years active1980-present
Known forKo to tamo peva, Maratonci trče počasni krug, Davitelj protiv davitelja

Biography

Born in Belgrade, Yugoslavia, Šijan graduated film direction at the Faculty of Dramatic Arts in Belgrade and directed a handful of TV movies in the late 1970s. He caught a big break with his first full-length feature Ko to tamo peva in 1980. The enormous success of that film written by Dušan Kovačević led to the duo collaborating on another project - 1982's Maratonci trče počasni krug, which also achieved considerable critical and commercial success.

Over the coming years Šijan directed two more notable films - Kako sam sistematski uništen od idiota and Davitelj protiv davitelja.

Šijan has written more than five books on the subject of film, film theory and mass media.

As of 2001, he is teaching at Loyola Marymount University film school.

His favorite movie is Howard Hawks' Rio Bravo (1959).

Filmography
Year Film Director Writer Producer Awards / Notes
1980 Ko to tamo peva Yes No No Bronze Arena at Pula Film Festival
1982 Maratonci trče počasni krug Yes No No Jury prize at Montréal World Film Festival
1983 Kako sam sistematski uništen od idiota Yes Yes No
1984 Davitelj protiv davitelja Yes Yes No
1988 Tajna manastirske rakije Yes No No
2003 Siroti mali hrčki 2010 Yes No No
2007 S. O. S. - Spasite naše duše Yes No No
2021 Budi Bog s nama Yes Yes No Filming
TV work
  • Gradilište (1979) (TV)
  • Ing. ugostiteljstva (1979) (short)
  • Kost od mamuta (1979) (TV)
  • Najlepša soba (1978) (TV)
  • Šta se dogodilo sa Filipom Preradovićem (1977) (TV movie)
  • Pohvala svetu (1976) (TV short)
  • Sve što je bilo lepo (1976) (TV movie)
  • Sunce te čuva (1975) (TV short)
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