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Danis Tanovic ________________________
Bosnia (1969- )
Danis Tanovic won both an Oscar and an Italian peace prize called the Golden Dove of Peace for No Man's Land, his biting satire on the Bosnian war. Tanovic wrote and directed the film about a Bosnian Muslim soldier and a Serb soldier who become trapped in an abandoned trench during the country's 1992-95 war.
During the Bosnian War, Tanovic, who was born in Bosnia-Herzegovina, watched his country self destruct, capturing the horror first as a documentary filmmaker and later as the writer and director of the powerful dramatic allegory.
Tanovic started his film career as a Bosnian army cameraman. He filmed more than 300 hours of archival footage of the siege of Sarajevo. "I was 23 years old. I had a camera. I was foolish and I believed I was invincible."
Now living in France, Tanovic is a hero to many in Bosnia, with thousands lining the streets of capital Sarajevo to greet him after his Oscar success.
(www.canoe.ca)
Viewer's Guide to No Man's Land Prof. Skutski lecture notes.
Becker, Felicitas. "From the Battlefield to a Cinema Near You: Pitfalls in Representing the Yugoslav Wars on Screen." 18 February 2002. 11 April 2004 (http://www.kinoeye.org/02/04/becker04.php)
Marritz, Ilya. "Caught in the Middle: Danis Tanovic's No Man's Land."
Kinoeye. 17 September 2001. 11 April 2004 (http://www.kinoeye.org/01/02/marritz02.php)
Kaufman, Anthony. "INTERVIEW: Soldier with a Camera." indieWIRE. 5 December 2001. 11 April 2004 (http://www.indiewire.com/people/int_Tanovic_Danis_011205.html)
Dobko, Arzie. "No Man's Land: Danis Tanovic's Anti-War Story."
Creative-Screenwriting . 8.6(November-December 2001): 24-25.
Savich, Carl K. "War, Journalism, and Propaganda
An Analysis of Media Coverage of the Bosnian and Kosovo Conflicts." Projekat Rastko. 2001. Good overview of the media in the wars. Excellent source for papers on No Man's Land.
Brock, Peter. “Dateline Yugoslavia: The Partisan Press.” Foreign Press 93 (1993): 152-72. Very thorough scholarly article on the same issue.
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