Goran Neric
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Goran Nerić is an international Canadian, French, and Yugoslav documentary
film director
and screenwriter
.
His first documentary film “Zona Arizona” was awarded at the festival “Traces de vies” (Rencontres du film documentaire) at Clermont-Ferrand
, France. For this film, he draws inspiration from culturally diverse sources of former Yugoslavia, his lost motherland, and tries to show that the common life between belligerents is still possible on this soil, destroyed by civil war tragedy.
In 2005, his film “Champion’s Zone” (La Zone des Champions) for which he was credited as the writer and directing consultant, was nominated by the Academy of Canadian Cinema and Television
for a Gémeaux award
in the Best Sports Program or Series category.
In his youth, Goran Nerić participated in international sport competitions. He is a former Yugoslavian handball
player who competed in the 1980 Summer Olympics
.
He graduated in Film Directing from the ESRA Côte d'Azur (Ecole Supérieure de Realisation Audiovisuelle
) and holds a Master's degree (M.A.) in Film Studies from the University of Montreal and a Bachelor's degree in Economic Sciences from the University of Sarajevo
.
Documentary film
Documentary films constitute a broad category of nonfictional motion pictures intended to document some aspect of reality, primarily for the purposes of instruction or maintaining a historical record...
film director
Film director
A film director is a person who directs the actors and film crew in filmmaking. They control a film's artistic and dramatic nathan roach, while guiding the technical crew and actors.-Responsibilities:...
and screenwriter
Screenwriter
Screenwriters or scriptwriters or scenario writers are people who write/create the short or feature-length screenplays from which mass media such as films, television programs, Comics or video games are based.-Profession:...
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His first documentary film “Zona Arizona” was awarded at the festival “Traces de vies” (Rencontres du film documentaire) at Clermont-Ferrand
Clermont-Ferrand
Clermont-Ferrand is a city and commune of France, in the Auvergne region, with a population of 140,700 . Its metropolitan area had 409,558 inhabitants at the 1999 census. It is the prefecture of the Puy-de-Dôme department...
, France. For this film, he draws inspiration from culturally diverse sources of former Yugoslavia, his lost motherland, and tries to show that the common life between belligerents is still possible on this soil, destroyed by civil war tragedy.
In 2005, his film “Champion’s Zone” (La Zone des Champions) for which he was credited as the writer and directing consultant, was nominated by the Academy of Canadian Cinema and Television
Academy of Canadian Cinema and Television
The Academy of Canadian Cinema & Television is a Canadian non-profit organization created in 1979 to recognize over 4,000 Canadian film industry and television industry professionals...
for a Gémeaux award
Gémeaux Award
The Prix Gémeaux or Gémeaux Awards honour French Canadian achievements in Canadian television. It has been sponsored by the Academy of Canadian Cinema and Television since 1985. In 2005 the Prix Gémeaux celebrated its 20th anniversary. Its English-language counterpart is the Gemini Awards.-External...
in the Best Sports Program or Series category.
In his youth, Goran Nerić participated in international sport competitions. He is a former Yugoslavian handball
Team handball
Handball is a team sport in which two teams of seven players each pass a ball to throw it into the goal of the other team...
player who competed in the 1980 Summer Olympics
1980 Summer Olympics
The 1980 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XXII Olympiad, was an international multi-sport event celebrated in Moscow in the Soviet Union. In addition, the yachting events were held in Tallinn, and some of the preliminary matches and the quarter-finals of the football tournament...
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He graduated in Film Directing from the ESRA Côte d'Azur (Ecole Supérieure de Realisation Audiovisuelle
Ecole Supérieure de Réalisation Audiovisuelle
Ecole Supérieure de Réalisation Audiovisuelle is a French educational academy which specialises in the training of cinema, television, photography, sound engineering and digital art through the Desra diploma.ESRA was created in 1972 in Paris by Max Azoulay.In 2007 the school created a fourth year...
) and holds a Master's degree (M.A.) in Film Studies from the University of Montreal and a Bachelor's degree in Economic Sciences from the University of Sarajevo
University of Sarajevo
The University of Sarajevo is the first university in Bosnia and Herzegovina. It was originally established in 1531 as a Madrasah or Islamic Law college, with a modern university being established and expanded on top of that in 1949. Today, with 23 faculties and around 55,000 enrolled students, it...
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