Nikola Stojanović

Directing

Nikola Stojanović

Born — Died

1942-05-04 — 2021-01-04

Place of birth

Leskovac, Serbia, Yugoslavia

Known for

Directing

Credits

24 titles

Nikola Stojanović was born on May 4, 1942, in Dušanovo near Leskovac, Serbia. He graduated Architecture in Sarajevo, where he started making films at the age of 22. He directed several short films as a member of amateur film club "Sarajevo" in the nineteen sixties, winning awards at film contests. He started working professionally in 1968 when he directed the 35 mm short "In The Kitchen" - a movie made in one static shot. He wrote and directed feature lenght dramatic film "Dear Irena" in 1970. He continued working as a filmmaker and has directed five features, around thirty short films, two TV movies and many TV documentaries. He also wrote about film in many magazines and publications and …

Known for

Golden Apple poster
5.7

In the first year of freedom after WW2, a poor family from rocky Herzegovina moves to fertile province of Vojvodina hoping for a better life. However, there they face different type of troubles following the Tito's break-up with Stalin in 1948. Destinies of individual members of this family are about to have a tragic epilogue.

Golden Apple

1986

The Great Talent poster
NR

A group of factory workers is trying to make a theatrical play as amateur production, but political bigwigs want to supress them.

The Great Talent

1984

In the Kitchen poster
NR

A one-shot film that follows two separate stories. In the foreground a family of three leads its ordinary life. Not far from them, but shielded from their view, two lovers are dealing with a personal drama.

In the Kitchen

1969

Dear Irena! poster
7.0

Students Marko, Dragan, Misko and Cutko make a foursome living in the spirit of their high-school "gang". One day they meet Irena, a student of medicine, who subsequently has an affair with Marko. Relationships within the foursome begin to deteriorate.

Dear Irena!

1970

Rebel with a Cause: Nikola Stojanović (1942-2021) poster
NR

An emotional journey through the life and film works of Nikola Stojanović, a graduate architect who directed five feature films, significant amount of short films and also founded and edited the legendary film magazine Sineast. He collaborated with some of the most prominent actors of Tito's Yugoslavia (Petar Božović, Mira Furlan, Predrag Ejdus, Radmila Živković) and was the recipient of Lifetime Achievement Award of the Martovski festival. His son Srđan Stojanović directed this documentary with tender loving care, saluting the man he so admired.

Rebel with a Cause: Nikola Stojanović (1942-2021)

2024

The Act poster
8.0

Short by N. Stojanović.

The Act

1980

Film credits

Behind the camera

Golden Apple poster
5.7

In the first year of freedom after WW2, a poor family from rocky Herzegovina moves to fertile province of Vojvodina hoping for a better life. However, there they face different type of troubles following the Tito's break-up with Stalin in 1948. Destinies of individual members of this family are about to have a tragic epilogue.

Golden Apple

1986

Golden Apple poster
5.7

In the first year of freedom after WW2, a poor family from rocky Herzegovina moves to fertile province of Vojvodina hoping for a better life. However, there they face different type of troubles following the Tito's break-up with Stalin in 1948. Destinies of individual members of this family are about to have a tragic epilogue.

Golden Apple

1986

The Great Talent poster
NR

A group of factory workers is trying to make a theatrical play as amateur production, but political bigwigs want to supress them.

The Great Talent

1984

The Great Talent poster
NR

A group of factory workers is trying to make a theatrical play as amateur production, but political bigwigs want to supress them.

The Great Talent

1984

In the Kitchen poster
NR

A one-shot film that follows two separate stories. In the foreground a family of three leads its ordinary life. Not far from them, but shielded from their view, two lovers are dealing with a personal drama.

In the Kitchen

1969

In the Kitchen poster
NR

A one-shot film that follows two separate stories. In the foreground a family of three leads its ordinary life. Not far from them, but shielded from their view, two lovers are dealing with a personal drama.

In the Kitchen

1969

Dear Irena! poster
7.0

Students Marko, Dragan, Misko and Cutko make a foursome living in the spirit of their high-school "gang". One day they meet Irena, a student of medicine, who subsequently has an affair with Marko. Relationships within the foursome begin to deteriorate.

Dear Irena!

1970

Dear Irena! poster
7.0

Students Marko, Dragan, Misko and Cutko make a foursome living in the spirit of their high-school "gang". One day they meet Irena, a student of medicine, who subsequently has an affair with Marko. Relationships within the foursome begin to deteriorate.

Dear Irena!

1970

The Act poster
8.0

Short by N. Stojanović.

The Act

1980

The Act poster
8.0

Short by N. Stojanović.

The Act

1980

The Autograph poster
NR

Živka, a kitchen helper at a restaurant where visiting sports teams eat, is in love with basketball star Mensur. Late at night, on a deserted street, the two meet by chance and he spends the night with her in a dormitory.

The Autograph

1977

The Autograph poster
NR

Živka, a kitchen helper at a restaurant where visiting sports teams eat, is in love with basketball star Mensur. Late at night, on a deserted street, the two meet by chance and he spends the night with her in a dormitory.

The Autograph

1977

Triptych poster
NR

Short documentary.

Triptych

1982

Triptych poster
NR

Short documentary.

Triptych

1982

Pollen Dust poster
5.8

A young journalist is sent to a small Bosnian town to interview people on happiness. He mixes up with local affair and has a romance with a student. He gets a shock when he finds out that he is going to be important due to childhood mumps.

Pollen Dust

1974

Pollen Dust poster
5.8

A young journalist is sent to a small Bosnian town to interview people on happiness. He mixes up with local affair and has a romance with a student. He gets a shock when he finds out that he is going to be important due to childhood mumps.

Pollen Dust

1974

The Last Waltz in Sarajevo poster
5.0

The last film made in Yugoslavia, tells a story about Sarajevo during the last days of Europe, better known as the "Belle Epoque", between the years 1910-1914. A time of troubled events in the Balkans and an assassination attempt of Franz Ferdinand, which caused the beginning of the First World War.

The Last Waltz in Sarajevo

1990

The Last Waltz in Sarajevo poster
5.0

The last film made in Yugoslavia, tells a story about Sarajevo during the last days of Europe, better known as the "Belle Epoque", between the years 1910-1914. A time of troubled events in the Balkans and an assassination attempt of Franz Ferdinand, which caused the beginning of the First World War.

The Last Waltz in Sarajevo

1990

Looking Into the Night poster
8.0

The common motif of two stories is love and death. In the first story, a drama of love and adultery takes place with a tragic ending. In the second story, the environment of hospital asylum and the constant presence of death makes two diabetics carefully watching over an unknown man in coma.

Looking Into the Night

1978

Looking Into the Night poster
8.0

The common motif of two stories is love and death. In the first story, a drama of love and adultery takes place with a tragic ending. In the second story, the environment of hospital asylum and the constant presence of death makes two diabetics carefully watching over an unknown man in coma.

Looking Into the Night

1978