Jan Cvitkovič | |
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| Born | Ljubljana, Slovenia |
| Occupations | Director, screenwriter, actor |
| Years active | Late 1990s–present |
| Awards | Lion of the Future (Venice Film Festival), Best New Director (San Sebastian Film Festival) |
Jan Cvitkovič (born 1966) is a Slovenian film director, screenwriter and actor.
Jan Cvitkovič was born in Ljubljana. He attended primary school in Tolmin and finished his high school studies in Idrija. He graduated in Archaeology from the Faculty of Arts in Ljubljana.
In the late '90s, he entered the world of filmmaking as a screenwriter, soon after that as an actor and finally as a film director.
His films have been screened at more than 200 festivals around the world and have received more than 60 awards. The most notable awards he received were the Lion of the Future at the Venice Film Festival and the Best New Director Award at the San Sebastian Film Festival.
His films have been broadcast in several European countries on well-known television stations such as TV1000, RAI, HBO, ARTE, SBS Australia.
Cvitkovič received the Prešeren Fund Award at the University of Ljubljana for his significant artistic works in the field of film and television.
He is a member of the European Film Academy and has also been a jury member at several international film festivals in Locarno, Sarajevo, Miami, Gijon, Palm Springs, Warsaw, Skopje, Herceg Novi, and Belgrade.
He was a guest lecturer at University of Pennsylvania (UPenn), where his feature films were screened.
Cvitkovič is also the co-founder of the film production company STARAGARA and the initiator and honorary president of the International Film Festival Kino Otok (Isola Cinema).
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Documentary of the Month on Slovenian National Television (2010)
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