Dragan Bjelogrlić
Драган Бјелогрлић
Bjelogrlić promoting Cinema City in June 2007.
Born (1963-10-10) 10 October 1963
NationalitySerbian
Other namesBjela
Occupation(s)Actor, director, producer
Spouse
Maja Bjelogrlić
(m. 1996)
Websitewww.cobrafilm.com/bjelogrlic

Dragan "Bjela" Bjelogrlić (Serbian Cyrillic: Драган "Бјела" Бјелогрлић, pronounced [drǎɡan bjěːla bjelǒɡr̩litɕ]; born 10 October 1963) is a Serbian actor, director and producer.

Career

Bjelogrlić made his acting debut as a 15-year old, playing Sava Jovanović Sirogojno in Boško Buha, a 1978 film that achieved sizable popularity.[1]

He followed that up in the coming years with other roles in TV series, short, and feature films. By the mid-1980s, Bjelogrlić was an established young actor in SFR Yugoslavia. In 1985 he appeared in Bal na vodi as part of an ensemble cast featuring Srđan Todorović, Nebojša Bakočević, Goran Radaković, and Gala Videnović.[2]

In 1987, he became one of the central cast members on the hugely popular drama television series Bolji život, playing the role of Boba Popadić. His brother Goran Bjelogrlić is a film producer. His 2010 film, Montevideo, God Bless You!, was selected as the Serbian entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 84th Academy Awards,[3] but did not make the final shortlist.[4] The film's sequel, See You in Montevideo, was released in 2014.

Awards and recognition

  • Best acting couple (with Vesna Trivalić) at the festival in Niš for the series Bolji život 1991.
  • Two grand prizes "Ćele-kula" for the best actor in the film Lepa sela lepo gore at the acting festival in Niš
  • Two Golden Mimosas, for best acting role in the film Lepa sela lepo gore]at the Herceg Novi Film Festival
  • Statue of Liberty for the best acting achievement at Sopot Film Festival
  • Charter Award for Outstanding Male Role in Doktor Rej i đavoli
  • Golden Antenna for the best screenplay for Montevideo, God Bless You!
  • Audience Award in Moscow for the film See You in Montevideo
  • Award for contribution to European cinematography at the 10th European and Mediterranean Film Festival in Piran (2020)

Selected filmography

As actor

Year Title Role Notes
1978 Boško Buha Sava Jovanović Sirogojno
1987 Dancing in Water Saša
1992 The Black Bomber Crni bombarder
1996 Pretty Village, Pretty Flame Milan
1998 The Wounds Čika Kure
2000 War Live Sergej
2012 Doctor Ray and the Devils Ratko Dražević
2014 Monument to Michael Jackson Dusan
2023 Guardians of the Formula Leka Ranković

As director

Year Title Notes
2010 Montevideo, God Bless You!
2014 See You in Montevideo
2021 Toma
2023 Guardians of the Formula

Television

Year Title Role Notes
1987-1991 A Better Life Slobodan "Boba" Popadić TV series
2004-2007 Crna hronika Goran Latinović TV series
2007-2008 The Storks Will Return Aleksandar Vrancov "Ekser" TV series

See also

References

  1. Šarić, Jelena (28 February 2014). "Dragan Bjelogrlić: Hercegovac sam pa bih trebao biti tvrdoglav". Večernji list.
  2. Goulding, Daniel J. (2002). Liberated Cinema: The Yugoslav Experience, 1945-2001. Indiana University Press. p. 269. ISBN 978-0-25321-582-6.
  3. "Serbia submits their popular 'Montevideo Bog te video'". blic.rs. Retrieved 31 August 2011.
  4. "9 Foreign Language Films Vie for Oscar". Archived from the original on 18 May 2012. Retrieved 19 January 2012.
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