Danis Tanovic
Danis Tanovic
Danis Tanovićis a Bosnian film director, producer and screenwriter. Tanović is best known for having directed and written the script for the 2001 Bosnian movie No Man's Land which won him the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film. He is widely considered one of the best contemporary Bosnian filmmakers of his generation and has garnered critical acclaim for many of his movies. In 2008, Tanović established Naša Stranka, a grassroots political party based in Sarajevo...
ProfessionDirector
Date of Birth20 February 1969
CityZenica, Bosnia And Herzegovina
I was above all drawn to the opportunity to intimately portray female characters. Up until then my films revolved around male characters plunged into conflict and war,
I don't have a very high opinion of men, without doubt it is because I am one. Men and women live on two planets. I find it even bizarre that we can coexist.