Vuk Lungulov-Klotz

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Vuk Lungulov-Klotz (born 1994 in New York City) is a Chilean-American film director.

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Life and career

Vuk Lungulov-Klotz was born in 1994 in New York City to Maria Isabel Klotz, a Chilean painter, and Darko Lungulov, a Serbian filmmaker. The filmmaker grew up mainly in Chile, and spent a fair amount in New York and Serbia. [1] [2] [3] At the age of 18, he returned to the United States from Chile to attend SUNY Purchase Film Conservatory, where he graduated in 2016. [3] [4] At the age of 23, he participated in the Screenwriter's Lab of the Sundance Institute. [5]

His trans-themed short film Still Liam, which features Liam, a trans man who works at a gas station before transitioning, was released in select United States theaters in May 2016. The film shows his experiences in everyday life from his point of view and in comparison to how the world sees him. [4] In this student film, Liam is embodied by two different actors, a trans man and a cis man.

His feature film drama Mutt , for which he developed the screenplay as part of the Sundance Institute Labs, premiered in January 2023 at the 2023 Sundance Film Festival. In February 2023, the film was shown at the Berlin International Film Festival. In Mutt, he tells the story of Feña, a young trans man, over the course of a single hectic day in New York City, when three people from his past come back into his life. [6]

Lungulov-Klotz was selected to be one of 2023's twelve BAFTA Breakthrough USA participants. [7]

Personal life

Lungulov-Klotz lives in Brooklyn. [6] He worked in the Grip and Electric department for eight years before directing his debut feature film. [8]

Filmography

Awards

Berlin International Film Festival

Sundance Film Festival

Seattle International Film Festival

Pink Apple Queer Film Festival

Mix México Film Festival

Connecticut LGBTQ Film Festival

Mix Milano Film Festival

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References

  1. ↑ "Mutt - Generation 14plus 2023". www.berlinale.de (in German). Retrieved 2023-06-17.
  2. ↑ "Vuk Lungulov-Klotz". Vimeo. Retrieved 2023-06-17.
  3. 1 2 "Vuk Lungulov-Klotz". Vuk Lungulov-Klotz. Retrieved 2023-06-17.
  4. 1 2 "Vuk Lungulov-Klot '16". www.purchase.edu. Retrieved 2023-06-17.
  5. ↑ jo@nofilmschool.com (2023-01-26). "How Vuk Lungulov-Klotz Made One of Sundance's Best Dramas with a Small Crew and Limited Time". No Film School. Retrieved 2023-06-17.
  6. 1 2 https://www.berlinale.de/de/presse/pressematerial/presseheft-download-action.html?file=Generation/Mutt/202309562_en_1_Mutt.pdf
  7. ↑ "Vuk Lungulov-Klotz - Writer/Director". bafta.org. Retrieved 7 December 2023.
  8. ↑ "Vuk Lungulov-Klotz on "Mutt," Working With Trans Crew, and the Value of Sweetness". www.autostraddle.com.
  9. ↑ "Gläserne Bären und die Preise der Bundeszentrale für politische Bildung bei Generation 14plus". www.berlinale.de (in German). Retrieved 2023-06-17.
  10. ↑ "SIFF 2023 Award Winners". siff.net. SIFF. Retrieved 7 December 2023.
  11. ↑ "Submissions and Awards". pinkapple.ch. Pink Apple Film Festival. Retrieved 7 December 2023.
  12. ↑ "MIX Mexico Film Festival Presented Vuk Lungulov-Klotz's MUTT at the 21st FICM". Gabriela Martínez. Retrieved 7 December 2023.
  13. ↑ "Out Film CT Announces Winners of 36th Connecticut LGBTQ Film Festival". patch.com. Nancy Sasso Janis. Retrieved 7 December 2023.
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