Biljana was born in Vinkovci (Croatia) in 1967. She graduated painting at the Academy of Fine Arts in Zagreb. She shot her first film in 1992, and left to further her studies at the European Film College in Denmark in 1997, continuing filmmaking professionally. Works for TV and independently.

In 2001 she finished the project she had been preparing for nine years - the documentary The Boy Who Rushed, the story of her search with her family for her brother who went missing during the recent war in Croatia. The film has major domestic and international awards.


filmography


documentary films:

The Boy Who Rushed | DECKO KOJEM SE ZURILO - 52'/ Factum/ 2001
Vili(m) | VILI(M) - 30'/ HTV/ 2000
Berak | BERAK - 30'/ 1999
Exiled Childhood | PROGNANO DJETINJSTVO - 30'/1997
Maja | MAJA - 6'/ 1992

short fiction:

Underwear and Something About It - 15'/ Danish Film College/1988
Lost But Perfect - 1995

experimental:

Start -The End - 1'/ 1994