Dejan Šorak

Dejan Šorak (b. 1954, Karlovac, Yugoslavia) studied direction at the Academy of Dramatic Arts in Zagreb. His first experiences with filmmaking were mainly in television. His film debut as director and screenwriter was the witty retro comedy The Small Train Robbery (Mala pljačka voza, 1984), which went down well the public at the Pula Festival and won the Golden Door Audience Award. He also wrote the screenplays for his next five feature films, of differing genre and theme. Dejan Šorak is well-known as a dramatist and novelist, as well as a filmmaker. The screenplay for his film Oficir s ružom won the Golden Arena Award. While a student he produced and directed his own play The Death of the Priest (Svečenikova smrt), and his The Spider and Cinderella (Pauk i Pepeljuga) was a major success. He is the author of such novels as Test Screening (Kontrolna projekcija) and Me and Kalista (Ja i Kalista), and is an important writer and director for radio.

MFF Karlovy Vary