Igor Drljaca | |
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 Drljaca in 2016 | |
| Born | Igor Drljača 1983 (age 40–41) |
| Nationality | Canadian |
| Alma mater | York University |
| Occupation(s) | Filmmaker, professor |
| Years active | 2009–present |
| Known for | diasporic cinema |
| Website | igordrljaca |
Igor Drljaca (born 1983) is a Bosnian Canadian film writer, producer and director. [1] A graduate of York University, [2] he cofounded the Canadian production company Timelapse Pictures with Albert Shin. [3]
As a writer and director, he has made the narrative feature films Krivina (2012), [2] The Waiting Room (2015) [1] and The White Fortress (2021), [4] as well as the feature documentary The Stone Speakers (2018). His short films include Woman in Purple (2009); On a Lonely Drive (2009); The Fuse: Or How I Burned Simon Bolivar (2011), which was a Canadian Screen Award nominee for Best Short Documentary at the 1st Canadian Screen Awards; and The Archivists (2020).
As a producer, he received a Canadian Screen Award nomination at the 3rd Canadian Screen Awards for Shin's Best Picture-nominated film In Her Place (2014), [5] and was a producer of Bojan Bodružić's 2018 documentary film The Museum of Forgotten Triumphs .
At the 10th Canadian Screen Awards in 2022, Drljaca received a nomination for Best Original Screenplay for The White Fortress. [6]
Drljaca is an associate professor in film production at the University of British Columbia's theatre and film department. [7]
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