Biography

Nebojša Slijepčević (born 1973 in Zagreb, Croatia) is a Croatian film director. In 2005 he graduated in Film Directing from the Academy of Drama and Art in Zagreb. He directed numerous documentaries and series for which he received awards from various festivals. In 2013 he finished his first feature documentary, an international co-production Gangster of Love. The film premiered as the opening film of Zagreb Dox 2013 where it won the audience award for best film. Gangster of Love was one of the biggest box office successes in Croatia. Nebojša is also an educator, mentoring and lecturing at the School of Documentary Film in Zagreb. He lives and works in Zagreb, Croatia. His short film The Man Who Could Not Remain Silent won the Palme d'Or at the 77th Cannes Film Festival in the Best Short Film category. This marked the first time since independence that a film by a Croatian author had won the Palme d'Or.