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- Ivana Milicevic (pronounced Ee-vah-nah Mee-lee-cheh-veech) was born on April 26, 1974, in Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina (part of Yugoslavia at the time), into a Croat family. She is the daughter of Tonka and Damir Milicevic, and has a younger brother, Tomo. The family emigrated to the United States, and young Ivana was raised in Michigan. She attended Athens High school in Troy, Michigan, and worked as a model during her school years. She became a naturalized citizen of the United States.
In 1992, Milicevic graduated from high school and moved to Los Angeles in pursuit of an acting career. She was a struggling stand-up comedienne, trying to win over crowds with her stories of the modeling business. In 1996, she made her film debut under the name Ivana Marina with a one-line role as a former girlfriend of Tom Cruise in Jerry Maguire (1996). In 1997, she followed up with a guest role on NBC's Seinfeld (1989) and made guest appearances on several other television shows, including Royal Pains (2009) and playing the love interest of John Casey on Chuck (2007). She played bit parts in Vanilla Sky (2001) and Love Actually (2003), among her many other cameo appearances. Milicevic capitalized on her experience as a comedienne in a supporting role as Russian model Roxana Milla Slasnikova in the romantic comedy Head Over Heels (2001). She appeared as a lookalike of Uma Thurman's character opposite Ben Affleck, trying to fool him into thinking she is Uma's character, in Paycheck (2003). In a departure from her one-dimensional roles, Milicevic showed her dramatic talent in a supporting role as Milla Yugorsky in a dark and gritty drama Running Scared (2006). In 2006, she started a recurring role on the CBS TV series Love Monkey (2006).
In 2006, Milicevic made a big step forward in her career appearing as Valenka, one of three Bond girls in Casino Royale (2006), for which she did most of her scenes on locations in Prague and in London. She resides in Los Angeles, California. - Director
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A Serbian film director. Born in 1954 in Sarajevo. Graduated in film directing at the prestigious Academy of Performing Arts (FAMU) in Prague in 1978. During his studies, he was awarded several times for his short movies including Guernica (1978), which took first prize at the Student's Film Festival in Karlovy Vary. After graduation, he directed several TV movies in his hometown, Sarajevo. In collaboration with the screenwriter Abdulah Sidran in 1981, he made the successful feature debut Do You Remember Dolly Bell? (1981) which won the Silver Lion for best first feature at the Venice Film Festival. Their subsequent work, human political drama When Father Was Away on Business (1985) unanimously won top prize at the 1985 Cannes Film Festival as well as FIPRESCI prize and was nominated for the Best Foreign Language film Oscar. In 1989 he won the Best Director award at Cannes for Time of the Gypsies (1988), a film about the life of a gypsy family in Yugoslavia scripted by Gordan Mihic. His first English language movie, Arizona Dream (1993) starring Johnny Depp, Jerry Lewis and Faye Dunaway and scripted by his USA student, David Atkins was awarded the Silver Bear at the 1993 Berlin Film Festival. Underground (1995), a bitter surrealistic comedy about the Balkans, scripted by Dusan Kovacevic, won him a second Palme d'Or at the Cannes Film Festival in 1995.- Luka Dimic was born in 1986 in Sarajevo, Bosnia, Yugoslavia [now Bosnia and Herzegovina]. He is an actor, known for Eismayer (2022), Zima (2013) and Tatort (1970).
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- Producer
- Director
Miraj Grbic is a Bosnian American actor known for Mission Impossible Ghost Protocol (2011), Halima's Path (2012), Lud, Zbunjen, Normalan (2007-2019). He was born in on July 17th, 1976 in Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina. Miraj was 15 years old when he started playing the guitar and started the interest for art and acting. After the war in Bosnia ended, he entered the Academy of Performing Arts Sarajevo and while still a student he started getting roles in the National Theatre Sarajevo as well as in films. His first move role was the Tunnel where he starred as a lead in 1998. He earned his MA degree in Acting and continued working in Theatre, Film and TV. He starred in more than 30 Feature Films, numerous TV Shows and since 1998 in more than 60 Theater titles on the main stage of National Theatre Sarajevo, in the plays of Shakespeare, Chekhov, Moliere, Camus etc. He acted in US, German, Austrian, Turkish, Irish, Australian, Croatian and Bosnian productions. He married the actress Mara Omaljev in 2008. and they both moved to Los Angeles, California in 2013. Miraj is a Tae Kwon Do black belt and continues practicing mixed martial arts as a hobby. He was a lead singer of a band Karne, a band made out of actors, artists, writers and doctors. They had their debut album in 2012. named Diktatura Amatera (The Dictatorship of the Amateurs). Miraj is environmentally conscious and is a vegan.- Bekim Fehmiu was born on 1 June 1936 in Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Yugoslavia. He was an actor, known for The Adventurers (1970), I Even Met Happy Gypsies (1967) and Protest (1967). He was married to Branka Petric. He died on 15 June 2010 in Belgrade, Serbia.
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He is married to Slovenian actress and singer Tanja Ribic. He has two Daughters, Zala and Ela. From a previous marriage he has a son Filip. He Lives in Ljubljana, Slovenia. He also has a band Bombaj Stampa. He has Also received several awards including Best Actor - Valencia Film Festiva, Best Actor - Terra di Siena, Best Actor - Bar International Festival and he was also nominated for the best European film actor 2001.- Actor
- Producer
Fedja Stukan was born in 1974 in Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Yugoslavia. He is an actor and producer, known for A Perfect Day (2015), Tom Clancy's Jack Ryan (2018) and The Command (2018).- Actor
- Producer
Goran Kostic was born on 18 November 1971 in Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Yugoslavia. He is an actor and producer, known for The Zookeeper's Wife (2017), In the Land of Blood and Honey (2011) and Taken (2008).- Amila Terzimehic was born on 18 April 1988 in Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina. She is an actress, known for The November Man (2014), Klan (2020) and Vivegam (2017).
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Jasmila Zbanic was born on 19 December 1974 in Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Yugoslavia. She is a writer and director, known for Quo Vadis, Aida? (2020), Grbavica (2006) and Na putu (2010). She is married to Damir Ibrahimovic. They have one child.- Actress
- Producer
- Writer
Zana Marjanovic was born on 31 May 1983 in Sarajevo, Yugoslavia [now Bosnia and Herzegovina]. She is an actress and producer, known for In the Land of Blood and Honey (2011), A Rose in Winter (2018) and Broken (2012). She has been married to Emir Kapetanovic since 2 March 2014. They have two children.- Actor
- Producer
Adnan Haskovic was born on 23 December 1984 in Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Yugoslavia. He is an actor and producer, known for Snowpiercer (2013), Legends (2014) and Twice Born (2012).- Actress
- Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
- Cinematographer
Born in Sarajevo, 2nd of December 1991. Her acting career started in 2005 when chosen to play the role of Sara in "Grbavica" (directed by Jasmila Zbanic, winner of the Golden Bear 2006.) It was her first acting experience and she continues to do acting in Bosnia, Slovenia, Croatia, Holland, Austria and Germany.- Actor
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Jasmin Geljo was born on 18 September 1959 in Sarajevo. He is an actor and director, known for Assault on Precinct 13 (2005), Cube Zero (2004) and The Sentinel (2006).- Actor
- Soundtrack
Zinaid Memisevic was born on 26 April 1950 in Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Yugoslavia. He was an actor, known for 2012 (2009), I Spy (2002) and Miracle (2004). He died on 7 January 2023 in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.- Minja Pekovic was born on 21 October 1983 in Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Yugoslavia. She is an actress, known for Tajkun (2020), Polovni ljudi and Trolling (2013).
- Davor Dujmovic was born on 20 September 1969 in Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Yugoslavia. He was an actor, known for Time of the Gypsies (1988), Underground (1995) and Last Waltz in Sarajevo (1990). He died on 31 May 1999 in Novo Mesto, Slovenia.
- Aleksandar Seksan was born on 24 August 1968 in Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina. He is an actor, known for Picnic (2015), Fuse (2003) and It's Hard to Be Nice (2007).
- Mediha Musliovic was born on 28 February 1975 in Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Yugoslavia. She is an actress, known for The November Man (2014), Jasmina (2010) and Twice Born (2012).
- Actress
- Director
- Writer
Dzana Pinjo Haracic was born on 7 April 1982 in Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Yugoslavia. She is an actress and director, known for In the Land of Blood and Honey (2011), Liga prvaka (2023) and Na rubu pameti (2022).- Amra Silajdzic was born on 1 October 1984 in Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina. She is an actress, known for Don't Trust the B---- in Apartment 23 (2012), Gothic Assassins (2012) and CSI: NY (2004). She has been married to Edin Dzeko since 2014. They have two children. She was previously married to Vladimir Vicentijevic.
- Brankica Sebastijanovic was born on 8 August 1990 in Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Yugoslavia. She is an actress, known for Zona Zamfirova 2 (2017), Love Isn't Always on Time (2014) and Svindleri (2019).
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- Director
Admir Glamocak was born on 23 June 1962 in Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Yugoslavia. He is an actor and director, known for Viza za buducnost (2002), Dani AVNOJ-a (1983) and Remake (2003).- Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
- Director
- Actor
Radivoje Andric, born 1967, a film and television director. Prior to his studies at the Faculty of Dramatic Arts, he directed the performances at the Dadov amateur theatre: "Tomb for Boris Davidovich" (Grobnica za Borisa Davidovica) by Danilo Kis and "Che - the Lasting Tragedy" (Ce-tragedija koja traje) by Dusko Radovic and Matija Beckovic. He acquired his experience over the past ten or so years working as an assistant to renowned Yugoslav directors. Participated on Festival of Documentary and Short Film in Belgrade (1997) with the films: "January River" (Januarska reka), "The Week of Fighting Against Interference" (Nedelja borbe protiv ometanja) - all about demonstrations in Belgrade during 1996-1997, produced by independent Belgrade radio station and video production - B-92. With his film January River, he participated at Pusan International Film Festival (1998) and L'Alternativa '98 (Barcelona). With those films and also with his last short documentary "Can't they see the writing on the wall- emancipating the media" he participated at this years La Biennale di
- Dragan Marinkovic was born on 17 March 1968 in Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Yugoslavia. He is an actor, known for The November Man (2014), Behind Enemy Lines (2001) and The Enemy (2011).
- Actress
- Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Alena Dzebo was born on 1 April 1978 in Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Yugoslavia. She is an actress and assistant director, known for Sabina K. (2015), Alenino putovanje (2008) and Import (2016).- Danina Jeftic was born on 9 November 1986 in Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Yugoslavia. She is an actress, known for Montevideo: Taste of a Dream (2010), Montevideo, Bog te video! (2012) and Klan (2020).
- Lidija Zovkic was born on 15 September 1969 in Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina. She is an actress, known for The Beach (2000), The Saint (1997) and Menace (2002).
- Music Department
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Tomo Milicevic was born on 3 September 1979 in Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Yugoslavia. He is known for King Ripple (2015), Madden NFL 2007 (2006) and Into the Wild (2014). He has been married to Vicki Bosanko since 4 July 2011.- Actress
- Writer
Maja Juric was born in Sarajevo in Bosnia & Herzegovina. She is a graduate of the Academy of performing arts in Sarajevo. Among other roles, she is known for BBC's Love, Lies & Records, and her awarded role in Francois Lunel's "Those dark nights"
She is fluent in Bosnian (Croatian, Serbian), German and English.- Tatjana Sojic was born on 9 April 1964 in Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Yugoslavia. She is an actress, known for Crazy, Confused, Normal (2007), Crna hronika (2004) and Sixty Minutes (2024).
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In the end of '70s and all through the '80s, he was the leader of the most popular Yugoslav band "Bijelo dugme" (from Sarajevo). They published more than 10 LPs, selling altogether more than 15 million copies. He was the first one to introduce "shepperd's rock" (a kind of folk-rock) into popular Yugoslav music. He plays guitar and sometimes sings. Very prolific composer, he turned more towards world music since he left Yugoslavia at the beginning of the war. He lives in Paris.- Director
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- Producer
Aida Begic was born on 9 May 1976 in Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina. She is a director and writer, known for Snijeg (2008), Djeca (2012) and Never Leave Me (2017).- Actress
- Writer
Vedrana Bozinovic was born on 25 April 1976 in Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Yugoslavia. She is an actress and writer, known for Behind Enemy Lines (2001), Ostrom (2018) and Kotlina (2022). She was previously married to Aleksandar Seksan.- Zorana Becic was born on 12 February 1981 in Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Yugoslavia. She is an actress, known for Little Night Music (2002), Nine Positions of Loneliness (2014) and Ironclad: Battle for Blood (2014). She has been married to Igor Djordjevic since 12 May 2007. They have one child.
- Actor
- Additional Crew
- Director
Ermin Bravo was born on 5 December 1979 in Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Yugoslavia. He is an actor and director, known for In the Land of Blood and Honey (2011), Breath (2018) and Remake (2003).- Semka Sokolovic-Bertok was born on 22 December 1935 in Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Yugoslavia. She was an actress, known for The Fourth Man (2007), Fatal Sky (1990) and U registraturi (1974). She was married to Mario Bertok. She died on 4 March 2008 in Zagreb, Croatia.
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Jasmin Fazlic (born 16 October 1986), known by his stage name Jala Brat, is a Bosnian rapper and producer. He represented Bosnia and Herzegovina in the The Eurovision Song Contest: Semi Final 1 (2016) by co-writing and performing "Ljubav je" together with Dalal Midhat, Fuad Backovic and Ana Rucner. He's mostly known for his work alongside Bosnian rapper Buba Corelli. In the summer of 2016, Jala announced he would run as a candidate for the Bosniak nationalist Party of Democratic Action (SDA) in Bosnia's 2016 municipal elections.- Sasa Petrovic was born on 2 January 1962 in Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Yugoslavia. He was an actor, known for It's Hard to Be Nice (2007), No Man's Land (2001) and Easy Money (2010). He died on 27 January 2023 in Bosnia & Herzegovina.
- Actor
- Soundtrack
Milan Pavlovic was born on 2 January 1970 in Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Yugoslavia. He is an actor, known for Twice Born (2012), Mujo & Haso Superstars (2004) and Marginalci (2022).- Mirvad Kuric was born on 17 August 1972 in Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Yugoslavia. He is an actor, known for Crna hronika (2004), Na putu (2010) and Tata i zetovi (2006).
- Miralem Zupcevic was born on 29 July 1949 in Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Yugoslavia. He is an actor, known for Dug moru (2019), The Bridge at the End of the World (2014) and Osma ofanziva (1979).
- Daniel Kovacevic was born in 1980 in Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Yugoslavia. He is an actor, known for South Wind (2018), The Balkan Line (2019) and Jazavac Pred Sudom: With the Badger on Trial (2020).
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Hemon was born in Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina, then Yugoslavi. He graduated from the University of Sarajevo and was a published writer in former Yugoslavia by the time he was 26. Since 1992 he has lived in the United States, where he found himself as a tourist and became stranded at the outbreak of the war in Bosnia. In the U.S. he worked as a Greenpeace canvasser, sandwich assembly-line worker, bike messenger, graduate student in English literature, bookstore salesperson, and ESL teacher. He earned his master's degree from Northwestern University in 1996. He won the MacArthur Foundation grant. He published his first story in English, "The Life and Work of Alphonse Kauders" in Triquarterly in 1995, followed by "The Sorge Spy Ring," also in Triquarterly in 1996, "A Coin" in Chicago Review in 1997, "Islands" in Ploughshares in 1998, and eventually "Blind Jozef Pronek" in The New Yorker in 1999. His work also eventually appeared in Esquire, The Paris Review, Best American Short Stories, and elsewhere. Hemon also has a bi-weekly column, written and published in Bosnian, called "Hemonwood" in the Sarajevo-based magazine, BH Dani (BH Days). Hemon is a professor of creative writing at Princeton University, where he lives with his second wife, Teri Boyd, and their daughters Ella and Esther. The couple's second child, 1-year-old daughter Isabel, died of complications associated with a brain tumor in November 2010. Hemon published an essay, "The Aquarium," about Isabel's death in the June 13/20, 2011 issue of The New Yorker.- Director
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Emir Kapetanovic is a Bosnian award-winning director based in Los Angeles. He graduated Film and Theatre directing and holds MA degree in Performing Arts - Directing. He has created socially engaged films, plays, cabarets, web series, hip-hop videos, street performances and stand-up comedy shows that have received national, and international, acclaim. His work turns art into activism as he highlights issues of social justice and reconciliation in his home country and abroad. A winner of SEE Film LA Special Jury Mention for Best Documentary, he has directed films that screened at various festivals across the world, Istanbul Modern, the State Department, the United Nations Headquarters New York, as well as notable universities as Columbia University, TCU and Pratt Institute.- Daria Lorenci Flatz was born on 13 April 1976 in Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Yugoslavia. She is an actress, known for Matriarch (2019), Oprosti za kung fu (2004) and Sex pice i krvoprolice (2004). She has been married to Emil Flatz since 2008. They have three children. She was previously married to Jernej Lorenci.
- Actress
- Additional Crew
- Visual Effects
Lana Likic was born on 5 April 1981 in Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina. She is an actress, known for Last Holiday (2006), Hannibal Rising (2007) and RED 2 (2013).- Writer
- Director
- Actor
Pjer Zalica was born on 7 May 1964 in Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Yugoslavia. He is a writer and director, known for Fuse (2003), Praznik rada (2022) and MGM Sarajevo: Covjek, Bog, Monstrum (1994).- Actress
- Producer
Maya Berovic (born 8 July 1987) is a Bosnian born Serbian singer. Maja was born in the village of Malesici, part of the Ilijas municipality near Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina, to Serbian parents. She lost her father when she was three years old. Berovic family lived in Malesici until the end of the Bosnian War in 1995, alongside her mother and older brother; Maja relocated to Bratunac where her mother is originally from.
In Bratunac, she attended school and first began practicing music. From age 12 she used to sing in local discotheques every weekend until she turned 18.
Still a teenager, Maya was signed to the Belgrade-based record label Grand Production and released her debut studio album "Zivot uzivo" in August 2007, achieving initial success with the song "Dzin i limunada" (Gin and Lemonade).
She has acquired enormous popularity since of 2014, becoming one of the leading regional performers, mainly due to her collaboration with Bosnian rappers Jala Brat and Buba Corelli.- Producer
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Ademir Kenovic was born on 14 September 1950 in Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Yugoslavia. He is a producer and director, known for The Perfect Circle (1997), MGM Sarajevo: Covjek, Bog, Monstrum (1994) and Kuduz (1989).