Silvije Petranovic

Croatia

Silvije Petranovic

director, editor, script writer, director of photography

Born in 1959, graduated in film direction at Zagreb Film Academy. Producer, filmmaker, painter. He directed feature films based on Milan Kundera (Nobody Will Laugh) and Jiri Sotola (The Society of Jesus) classics, and documentaries from war in Croatia. As producer and director he was a guest at major film festivals and panels. Selected filmography: Tigar (experimental, 1982), City Lights (experimental, 1982), Laudatores Temporis Acti (short, 1984), Nobody Will Laugh (TV feature, 1985), Exploits and Fates - Nova Gradiska (doc, 1992), Rafael Talvi - Island (doc, 2000), Thoma - The Torments (doc, 2003), The Society of Jesus (feature, 2004), Footsteps (doc, 2005), A Place to Live (doc, 2006), Cryptogram - The Book of Torments (doc, 2009), One Rabbi in Greb (doc, 2010).