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Danis Tanovic

  • Director
  • Writer
  • Producer
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Danis Tanovic in Hell (2005)
A story set in the former Yugoslavia and centered on a guy who returns to Herzegovina from Germany with plenty of cash and hopes for a good new life.
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Danis Tanovic was born on 20 February 1969 in Zenica, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Yugoslavia. He is a director and writer, known for No Man's Land (2001), Kotlina (2022) and An Episode in the Life of an Iron Picker (2013).
BornFebruary 20, 1969
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BornFebruary 20, 1969
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    • Awards
      • 37 wins & 31 nominations total

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    Known for

    No Man's Land (2001)
    No Man's Land
    7.9
    • Director
    • 2001
    Kotlina (2022)
    Kotlina
    7.7
    TV Series
    • Director
    An Episode in the Life of an Iron Picker (2013)
    An Episode in the Life of an Iron Picker
    6.8
    • Director
    • 2013
    Cirkus Columbia (2010)
    Cirkus Columbia
    7.2
    • Director
    • 2010

    Credits

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    Director

    • The Hollow
      • director:
      • Production Unknown
      • TV Series
    • Hedgehogs in the Haze
      • Director
      • Pre-production
    • Frust (2026)
      Frust
      7.2
      TV Series
      • Director
      • 2026
    • Kotlina (2022)
      Kotlina
      7.7
      TV Series
      • Director
      • 2022–2025
    • My Late Summer (2024)
      My Late Summer
      6.1
      • Director
      • 2024
    • Not So Friendly Neighborhood Affair (2021)
      Not So Friendly Neighborhood Affair
      7.6
      • Director
      • 2021
    • Jeffrey Dean Morgan and Cush Jumbo in The Postcard Killings (2020)
      The Postcard Killings
      5.8
      • directed by
      • 2020
    • Uliks Fehmiu, Toni Gojanovic, Iva Mihalić, and Tara Thaller in Uspjeh (2019)
      Uspjeh
      7.8
      TV Series
      • Director
      • 2019
    • Death in Sarajevo (2016)
      Death in Sarajevo
      6.3
      • Director
      • 2016
    • Emraan Hashmi in Tigers (2014)
      Tigers
      7.2
      • Director
      • 2014
    • An Episode in the Life of an Iron Picker (2013)
      An Episode in the Life of an Iron Picker
      6.8
      • Director
      • 2013
    • Prtljag (2011)
      Prtljag
      6.5
      Short
      • Director
      • 2011
    • Cirkus Columbia (2010)
      Cirkus Columbia
      7.2
      • Director
      • 2010
    • Triage (2009)
      Triage
      6.5
      • Director
      • 2009
    • Emmanuelle Béart, Marie Gillain, and Karin Viard in Hell (2005)
      Hell
      6.7
      • Director
      • 2005
    • September 11 (2002)
      September 11
      6.8
      • Director (segment "Bosnia-Herzegovina")
      • 2002
    • No Man's Land (2001)
      No Man's Land
      7.9
      • Director
      • 2001

    Writer

    • Kotlina (2022)
      Kotlina
      7.7
      TV Series
      • creator
      • writer
      • Writer ...
      • 2022–2025
    • My Late Summer (2024)
      My Late Summer
      6.1
      • Writer
      • 2024
    • Not So Friendly Neighborhood Affair (2021)
      Not So Friendly Neighborhood Affair
      7.6
      • Writer
      • 2021
    • Death in Sarajevo (2016)
      Death in Sarajevo
      6.3
      • screenplay
      • 2016
    • Emraan Hashmi in Tigers (2014)
      Tigers
      7.2
      • Writer
      • 2014
    • An Episode in the Life of an Iron Picker (2013)
      An Episode in the Life of an Iron Picker
      6.8
      • screenplay
      • 2013
    • Prtljag (2011)
      Prtljag
      6.5
      Short
      • writer
      • 2011
    • Cirkus Columbia (2010)
      Cirkus Columbia
      7.2
      • written by
      • 2010
    • Triage (2009)
      Triage
      6.5
      • written by
      • 2009
    • September 11 (2002)
      September 11
      6.8
      • Writer (segment "Bosnia-Herzegovina")
      • 2002
    • No Man's Land (2001)
      No Man's Land
      7.9
      • written by
      • 2001
    • Budjenje
      4.8
      • writer
      • 1999
    • My Mother the Shahid
      7.2
      Short
      • Writer
      • 1992

    Producer

    • Father (2020)
      Father
      7.6
      • producer
      • 2020
    • What Comes Around (2018)
      What Comes Around
      7.9
      • associate producer
      • 2018
    • Centaur (2017)
      Centaur
      6.6
      • producer
      • 2017
    • Murat Kiliç, Mehmet Can Mertoglu, Şebnem Bozoklu, and Yoel Meranda in Albüm (2016)
      Albüm
      6.1
      • co-producer
      • 2016
    • Irrfan Khan and Nimrat Kaur in The Lunchbox (2013)
      The Lunchbox
      7.8
      • co-producer
      • 2013

    Videos2

    U.S. Version
    Trailer 2:08
    U.S. Version
    Triage
    Trailer 2:17
    Triage
    Triage
    Trailer 2:17
    Triage

    Personal details

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    • Height
      • 6′ 1½″ (1.87 m)
    • Born
      • February 20, 1969
      • Zenica, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Yugoslavia
    • Publicity listings
      • 2 Interviews
      • 2 Articles
      • 1 Magazine Cover Photo

    Did you know

    • Trivia
      He spent two years on the front lines filming for the Bosnian Army.
    • Quotes
      Hell is often brought on by something that we create in our own heads.

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