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{{Short description|Bosnian film director and screenwriter (born 1969)}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2023}}
{{Infobox person
|name = Danis Tanović
|image = Danis Tanović (cropped).jpg
|caption = Tanović in 2014
|birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1969|02|20|df=yes}}
|birth_place = [[Zenica]], [[Socialist Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina|SR Bosnia and Herzegovina]], [[Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia|SFR Yugoslavia]]
|nationality = Bosnian
|citizenship = [[Bosnia and Herzegovina|Bosnian]] and [[Belgium|Belgian]]
|alma_mater = [[University of Sarajevo]]; [[INSAS (film school)|INSAS]]
|occupation = [[Film director]], [[screenwriter]]
|yearsactive = 1994–present
|spouse = Maelys de Rudder
|children = 5
}}
'''Danis Tanović''' (born 20 February 1969) is a Bosnian [[film director]] and [[screenwriter]]. He is regarded as one of the best Bosnian directors and screenwriters of all time, and also one of the best from [[Southeast Europe]].

Tanović is best known for having directed and written the script for the 2001 Bosnian film ''[[No Man's Land (2001 film)|No Man's Land]]'', which won him many awards, including a [[Golden Globe Award for Best Foreign Language Film|Golden Globe Award]] and [[Academy Award for Best International Feature Film|Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film]]. He has also written and directed the award-winning Bosnian films ''[[An Episode in the Life of an Iron Picker]]'' and ''[[Death in Sarajevo]]''.

Tanović is the only person born in the territory of present-day [[Bosnia and Herzegovina]] to have won an [[Academy Awards|Academy Award]].

==Early life==
Tanović was born in [[Zenica]], [[Socialist Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina|SR Bosnia and Herzegovina]], [[Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia|SFR Yugoslavia]] on 20 February 1969. He was raised in the Bosnian capital of [[Sarajevo]], where he also received his primary and secondary education.

Tanović attended the [[University of Sarajevo]] Music Conservatory, where he played the piano. As a young adult, he decided to study at the [[Academy of Performing Arts in Sarajevo]].

==Career==
===Early beginnings===
Due to the [[siege of Sarajevo]] and the [[Bosnian War]], following [[Independence Day (Bosnia and Herzegovina)|Bosnia and Herzegovina's declaration of independence]] from Yugoslavia, Tanović was forced to stop his studies in 1992. Immediately after war broke out, he formed a film crew that followed the [[Army of the Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina]] going on dangerous missions. The material that he and the film crew produced has since been used in numerous films and news reports about the Siege of Sarajevo and the Bosnian War.

In late 1994, Tanović left the film crew he had worked with for over two years. A year later, he decided to resume his studies, this time in [[Brussels]], the capital of [[Belgium]]. In 1997, he completed his studies in Brussels, graduating at the top of his class. During his studies, Tanović made several documentary films.

===International recognition===
[[File:Viviane Reding and Danis Tanović, 2002 Cannes Film Festival.jpg|thumb|Tanović and [[Viviane Reding]] filming for the [[2002 Cannes Film Festival|Cannes Film Festival]], 24 May 2002]]

Shortly after, Tanović began his first movie project, entitled ''[[No Man's Land (2001 film)|No Man's Land]]''. He wrote and directed the movie, which was completed in 2001 and premiered at the [[Cannes Film Festival]] that same year. ''No Man's Land'' went on to win the [[Best Screenplay Award (Cannes Film Festival)|Award for Best Screenplay]] (''Prix du scénario'') at Cannes, followed by numerous awards including the [[Academy Awards|Oscar]] for [[Academy Award for Best International Feature Film|Best Foreign Language Film]] in 2001, the [[European Film Academy]] Award for Best Screenplay, the [[César Award|César]] for the Best First Feature Film, the [[André Cavens Award]] for Best Film in 2001, and the [[Golden Globe Award for Best Foreign Language Film]] in 2002. Tanović was a member of the jury at the [[2003 Cannes Film Festival]].

His second feature project was ''[[Hell (2005 film)|L'Enfer]]'', completed in 2005, from the screenplay by the late [[Krzysztof Kieślowski]] and [[Krzysztof Piesiewicz]]. The film marked the second installment in the Polish duo's projected trilogy ''Heaven'' (filmed by [[Tom Tykwer]] in 2002), ''Hell and Purgatory''. Inspired by [[Euripides]]' ''[[Medea (play)|Medea]]'', ''L'Enfer'' explores the lives of three sisters, "each locked in her own unhappiness, nursing a secret flower of misery, the seed for which was planted by their late father with a terrible incident in their girlhood" (from a review by [[Peter Bradshaw]]).<ref name="Bradshaw">{{cite news|last1=Bradshaw|first1=Peter|title=Hell (L'Enfer)|url=https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2006/apr/21/4|access-date=26 December 2017|work=The Guardian|date=April 21, 2006}}</ref> The film received mixed reviews.<ref name="Bradshaw"/><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.jutarnji.hr/arhiva/pakao-filmska-ponuda-koju-danis-tanovic-nije-mogao-odbiti/3762978/|title='Pakao': Filmska ponuda koju Danis Tanović nije mogao odbiti|work=jutarnji.hr|date=30 November 2006|access-date=26 December 2017}}</ref><ref name="Dawson">{{cite news|last1=Dawson|first1=Tom|title=Hell (L'Enfer) (2006)|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/films/2006/04/12/hell_2006_review.shtml|access-date=26 December 2017|work=BBC|date=April 12, 2006|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090616123513/http://www.bbc.co.uk/films/2006/04/12/hell_2006_review.shtml|archive-date=June 16, 2009}}</ref><ref name="Holden">{{cite news|last1=Holden|first1=Stephen|title=A Dose of French Film, Civil and Sane|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2006/03/10/movies/a-dose-of-french-film-civil-and-sane.html|access-date=26 December 2017|work=The New York Times|date=March 10, 2006}}</ref>

===Later projects===
[[File:Danis Tanović.jpg|thumb|150px|Tanović in 2008]]

Tanović's 2010 film ''[[Cirkus Columbia]]'' was selected as the Bosnian entry for the [[Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film|Best Foreign Language Film]] at the [[83rd Academy Awards]],<ref name="screendaily Bosnia">{{cite web |url=http://www.screendaily.com/awards/academy-awards/academy-awards-news/bosnia-selects-cirkus-columbia-bulgaria-submits-eastern-plays-for-oscars/5018574.article |title=Bosnia selects Cirkus Columbia; Bulgaria submits Eastern Plays for Oscars |access-date=29 September 2010|work=Screendaily}}</ref> but it did not make the final shortlist.<ref name="Oscar Shortlist">{{cite web |url=http://www.oscars.org/press/pressreleases/2011/20110119.html |title=9 Foreign Language Films Continue to Oscar Race |access-date=19 January 2011|work=oscars.org}}</ref> In June 2011, he was bestowed with an "honoris causa" doctorate by the [[University of Sarajevo]].

His 2013 film ''[[An Episode in the Life of an Iron Picker]]'' premiered in competition at the [[63rd Berlin International Film Festival]]<ref name="Berlin">{{Cite web |url=http://www.berlinale.de/en/presse/pressemitteilungen/alle/Alle-Detail_16404.html |title=Berlinale Competition 2013: Another Nine Films Confirmed |access-date=24 January 2013 |work=berlinale |archive-date=10 April 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130410152613/http://www.berlinale.de/en/presse/pressemitteilungen/alle/Alle-Detail_16404.html |url-status=dead }}</ref> where it won two prizes: [[Silver Bear for Best Actor]] and the [[Jury Grand Prix]].<ref name="BerlinPrizes">{{Cite web |url=http://www.berlinale.de/en/das_festival/preise_und_juries/preise_internationale_jury/index.html |title=Prizes of the International Jury |access-date=16 February 2013 |work=berlinale |archive-date=1 March 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170301075104/https://www.berlinale.de/en/das_festival/preise_und_juries/preise_internationale_jury/index.html |url-status=dead }}</ref> Tanović's 2016 film "[[Death in Sarajevo]]" won the [[Jury Grand Prix]] at the [[66th Berlin International Film Festival]]. It has also won the FIPRESCI Award for the best film in competition.

In March 2020, Tanović's film ''[[The Postcard Killings]]'' was released, based on the 2010 crime novel "[[The Postcard Killers]]". His latest film, ''[[Not So Friendly Neighborhood Affair]]'', was released in August 2021, receiving positive reviews.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.klix.ba/magazin/film-tv/ekskluzivno-pogledajte-trailer-za-novi-film-danisa-tanovica-deset-u-pola/210805019|title=Ekskluzivno pogledajte trailer za novi film Danisa Tanovića "Deset u pola"|date=5 August 2021|access-date=5 August 2021|language=bs|author=L.K.|publisher=Klix.ba}}</ref>

==Personal life==
Tanović holds joint [[Bosnia and Herzegovina|Bosnian]] and [[Belgium|Belgian]] citizenship and lives in [[Sarajevo]] with his wife Maelys de Rudder and five children. He lived in [[Paris]] until 2007.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.klix.ba/lifestyle/modailjepota/pogledajte-najljepse-kreacije-sa-crvenog-tepiha-24-sarajevo-film-festivala/180816091#7|title=Pogledajte najljepše kreacije sa crvenog tepiha 24. Sarajevo Film Festivala|date=16 August 2018|access-date=16 August 2018|language=bs|publisher=Klix.ba}}</ref>

===Political engagement===
Tanović announced in March 2008 that he would be founding a political party with his friend, director Dino Mustafić, called [[Our Party (Bosnia and Herzegovina)|Our Party]], which would start contesting elections with the [[2008 Bosnian municipal elections|municipal elections in October 2008]]. He stated his motivations as wanting to bring political change to the country; his announcement was received positively.<ref>[http://www.setimes.com/cocoon/setimes/xhtml/en_GB/features/setimes/features/2008/03/06/feature-03 Oscar-winning director to establish new political party in BiH (SETimes.com)]</ref><ref>http://soc.kuleuven.be/iieb/docs/2009/26780_Touquet.pdf{{dead link|date=September 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>

==Filmography==
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|- style="background:#b0c4de; text-align:center;"
! Year
! Film
! Director
! Writer
! Composer
! Screenplay
! [[Rotten Tomatoes]]
! [[Metacritic]]
|-
|-
|1995
|''[[Miracle in Bosnia]]''
|{{yes}}
|{{no}}
|{{no}}
|{{no}}
|
|
|-
|1996
|''L'Aube''
|{{yes}}
|{{no}}
|{{no}}
|{{yes}}
|
|
|-
|1999
|''Buđenje''
|{{yes}}
|{{yes}}
|{{no}}
|{{no}}
|
|
|-
|2001
|''[[No Man's Land (2001 film)|No Man's Land]]''
|{{yes}}
|{{yes}}
|{{yes}}
|{{no}}
| 93%<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/no_mans_land/?search=No%20Man|title=No Mans Land|date=2001|publisher=rottentomatoes.com|access-date=February 27, 2015}}</ref>
| 84%<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.metacritic.com/movie/no-mans-land|title=No Mans Land|date=2001|publisher=metacritic.com|access-date=February 27, 2015}}</ref>
|-
|2002
|''[[11'09"01 September 11]]''
|{{yes}}
|{{yes}}
|{{no}}
|{{no}}
|78%<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/september_11/?search=11|title=11'09\"01 September 11|date=2002|publisher=rottentomatoes.com|access-date=February 27, 2015}}</ref>
|
|-
|2005
|''[[Hell (2005 film)|Hell]]''
|{{yes}}
|{{no}}
|{{no}}
|{{no}}
|67%<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/10005817-lenfer/|title=L'Enfer|date=2005|publisher=rottentomatoes.com|access-date=February 27, 2015}}</ref>
|
|-
|2009
|''[[Triage (film)|Triage]]''
|{{yes}}
|{{no}}
|{{yes}}
|{{no}}
|
|
|-
|2010
|''[[Cirkus Columbia]]''
|{{yes}}
|{{no}}
|{{no}}
|{{no}}
|80%<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/cirkus_columbia/?search=Cirkus%20Columbia|title=Circus Columbia|date=2010|publisher=rottentomatoes.com|access-date=February 27, 2015}}</ref>
|57%<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.metacritic.com/movie/cirkus-columbia|title=Circus Columbia|date=2010|publisher=metacritic.com|access-date=February 27, 2015}}</ref>
|-
|2011
|''Prtljag''
|{{yes}}
|{{no}}
|{{no}}
|{{no}}
|
|
|-
|2013
|''[[An Episode in the Life of an Iron Picker]]''
|{{yes}}
|{{yes}}
|{{no}}
|{{no}}
|93%<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/an_episode_in_the_life_of_an_iron_picker/?search=An%20Episode%20in%20the%20Life%20of%20an%20Iron%20Picker|title=An Episode in the Life of an Iron Picker|date=2013|publisher=rottentomatoes.com|access-date=February 27, 2015}}</ref>
|
|-
|2014
|''[[Tigers (2014 film)|Tigers]]''
|{{yes}}
|{{yes}}
|{{no}}
|{{yes}}
|
|
|-
|2016
|''[[Death in Sarajevo]]''
|{{yes}}
|{{yes}}
|{{no}}
|{{yes}}
|76%<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/death_in_sarajevo|title=Death in Sarajevo|date=2016|publisher=rottentomatoes.com|access-date=March 8, 2021}}</ref>
|
|-
|2020
|''[[The Postcard Killings]]''
|{{yes}}
|{{no}}
|{{no}}
|{{no}}
|25%<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/the_postcard_killings|title=The Postcard Killings|date=2020|publisher=rottentomatoes.com|access-date=March 8, 2021}}</ref>
|29%<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.metacritic.com/movie/the-postcard-killings|title=The Postcard Killings|date=2020|publisher=metacritic.com|access-date=March 8, 2021}}</ref>
|-
|2021
|''[[Not So Friendly Neighborhood Affair]]''
|{{yes}}
|{{yes}}
|{{no}}
|{{no}}
|
|
|}

==Awards and nominations==
{| class="wikitable"
! Year
! Association
! Category
! Work
! Result
! {{Abbr|Ref.|Reference(s)}}
|-
|rowspan=4|2001
|rowspan=2|[[2001 Cannes Film Festival|Cannes Film Festival]]
|[[Palme d'Or]]
|rowspan="9"|''[[No Man's Land (2001 film)|No Man's Land]]''
|{{nom}}
|rowspan="13"|<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0849786/awards|title=Danis Tanović awards|access-date=10 March 2020|language=en|website=IMDb}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.tagesspiegel.de/berlin/grosse-namen-bei-cinema-for-peace-gala/388548.html|title = Große Namen bei "Cinema for Peace"-Gala}}</ref>
|-
|[[Cannes Film Festival Award for Best Screenplay|Best Screenplay]]
|{{win}}
|-
|[[14th European Film Awards|European Film Awards]]
|[[European Film Award for Best Screenwriter|Best Screenwriter]]
|{{win}}
|-
|[[Belgian Film Critics Association]]
|[[André Cavens Award]]
|{{win}}
|-
|rowspan="4"|2002
|[[74th Academy Awards|Academy Award]]
|[[Academy Award for Best International Feature Film|Best Foreign Language Film]]
|{{win}}
|-
|[[59th Golden Globe Awards|Golden Globe Awards]]
|[[Golden Globe Award for Best Foreign Language Film|Best Foreign Language Film]]
|{{win}}
|-
|[[27th César Awards|César Awards]]
|[[César Award for Best Writing|Best Writing]]
|{{nom}}
|-
|[[European Film Academy]]
|Best Screenplay
|{{win}}
|-
|rowspan=1|2003
|[[Cinema for Peace]]
|The Cinema for Peace Award for the Most Valuable Film of the Year
|{{win}}
|-
|rowspan=2|2013
|rowspan=2|[[63rd Berlin International Film Festival|Berlin International Film Festival]]
|[[Golden Bear]]
|rowspan=2|''[[An Episode in the Life of an Iron Picker]]''
|{{nom}}
|-
|[[Silver Bear Grand Jury Prize|Jury Grand Prix]]
|{{win}}
|-
|rowspan=2|2016
|rowspan=2|[[66th Berlin International Film Festival|Berlin International Film Festival]]
|[[Golden Bear]]
|rowspan=2|''[[Death in Sarajevo]]''
|{{nom}}
|-
|[[Silver Bear Grand Jury Prize|Jury Grand Prix]]
|{{win}}
|}

==References==
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==External links==
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Ajay Kumar at 06:34, 20 August 2023