Biography

Srdjan Saper

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Srdjan Saper was born in Belgrade in 1958. During the 80s Srdjan Saper was one of the members of new wave band "VIS" Idoli and actor in one of the cult movies "Davitelj protiv davitelja". During that period Srdjan graduated Film and Television direction and started a career in advertising as creative director and TV commercials producer in agencies "Saacthi & Saatchi" and "Ogilvy and Mather" where he cooperated with Branimir Dimitrijevic Tucko and Boris Miljkovic (Bucko and Tucko). In 1995 he founded along with Branimir Dimitrijevic Tucko advertising agency "Idols and Friends". In 1997 he founded "McCann Erickson Belgrade" advertising agency. Today, Srdjan is Chairman of "I&F Grupa", one of the leading marketing communications networks in Southeast Europe and Nordics, with operations in 12 countries.
- IMDb mini biography by: McCann Erickson

In 1986, Saper composed music for the TV drama "Sumanovic - komedija umetnika", in which he also played a character called Rastko Petrovic.
The debut studio album of the VIS Idoli was released under the simple title "VIS Idoli". The second album, "Odbrana i poslednji dani" (The defense and the last days). Music critics voted it the best album of 1982 and, what is more, the best Yugoslav rock album of the 20th century. Later on, in 1998, the album was voted as greatest Yugoslav POP album in the book "YU 100: Najbolji albumi jugoslovenske rok i pop muzike" (YU 100: The best albums of Yugoslav pop and rock music).Their third album, "Cokolada" (Chocolate), released in 1983. The last music recordings by the "VIS Idoli" were featured in the album "Sest dana juna" (Six days in June) in 1985, where Srdjan composed soundtrack for the film of the same name.
In the 1980s, as a member of "VIS Idoli" band, he played himself in TV movies "Decko koji obecava" (The Promising Boy) and "Rock and Revolution".
Srdjan Saper enrolled in the University of Belgrade's Faculty of Medicine. However, despite a successful start, he abandoned his medical studies to enroll in the Faculty of Dramatic Arts, graduating in film and television direction.
He wrote the song "Beogradski davitelj" (Bejbi Bejbi), and performed it with the "VIS Simboli" band.

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