Jasmila Žbanić[pronunciation?] (born 19 December 1974) is a Bosnian
film director and screenwriter.Žbanić was born in Sarajevo in 1974,
to Bosniak parents. Žbanić went to local schools before attending
the Academy of Performing Arts in Sarajevo, where she got a degree.
She worked for a time in the United States as a puppeteer in the
Vermont-based Bread and Puppet Theater and as a clown in a Lee De Long
workshop. In 1997, she founded the artist's association "Deblokada"
and started making documentaries and short films.Žbanić went to the
United States in order to work as a puppeteer in the Vermont-based
Bread and Puppet Theater. She also learned to act as a clown in a Lee
De Long workshop.After her return to Bosnia and Herzegovina, she
founded the artists' association "Deblokada" (meaning "de-blocking.")
Through Deblokada, Žbanić wrote and produced many documentaries,
video artworks, and short films. Her work has been seen around the
globe, screened in film festivals and shown at exhibitions such as the
Manifesta 3 in Slovenia in 2000, the Kunsthalle Fridericianum in
Kassel in 2004, and the Istanbul Biennale in 2003. Since then she has
made well-received feature films.
film director and screenwriter.Žbanić was born in Sarajevo in 1974,
to Bosniak parents. Žbanić went to local schools before attending
the Academy of Performing Arts in Sarajevo, where she got a degree.
She worked for a time in the United States as a puppeteer in the
Vermont-based Bread and Puppet Theater and as a clown in a Lee De Long
workshop. In 1997, she founded the artist's association "Deblokada"
and started making documentaries and short films.Žbanić went to the
United States in order to work as a puppeteer in the Vermont-based
Bread and Puppet Theater. She also learned to act as a clown in a Lee
De Long workshop.After her return to Bosnia and Herzegovina, she
founded the artists' association "Deblokada" (meaning "de-blocking.")
Through Deblokada, Žbanić wrote and produced many documentaries,
video artworks, and short films. Her work has been seen around the
globe, screened in film festivals and shown at exhibitions such as the
Manifesta 3 in Slovenia in 2000, the Kunsthalle Fridericianum in
Kassel in 2004, and the Istanbul Biennale in 2003. Since then she has
made well-received feature films.
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