Boris Miljković

Boris Miljković studied Film directing at the Department of Film and TV Directing of the Faculty of Dramatic Arts of Belgrade's University of Arts and graduated with diploma. Together with Branimir Dimitrijević, he became part of the creative duo Boris & Tucko and was co-author and co-director of numerous TV shows and films during the eighties, including Niko kao ja (Nobody Likes Me; children's TV series, 1981), Rokenroler (Rock'n'Roller; 1980), Ruski umetnički eksperiment (The Russian Artistic Experiment; 1982) and Šumanović - Komedija umetnika (Šumanović - Comedy of an Artist; 1987). A section of his contemporary video work was introduced at exhibitions of the Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) and the Contemporary Arts Museum Houston in 1989.

In the nineties, he worked as creative director in advertising for Saatchi and Saatchi Cairo and McCann Erickson Belgrade in cooperation with Srđan Šaper. The artist was creator of video impressions of the performance Silence of the Balkans which was the final event of Thessaloniki – European Capital of Culture 1997. In recent decades, he has created several hundred television advertisements, music videos and theater trailers. The film artist is also author of printed literature which is mostly edited by the publishing house Geopoetika. Miljkovic is laureate of renowned prizes such as JRT Award (1983), Prize of Monte Carlo Television Festival (1983), Clio Award (1988), MTV Award (1989), the Isidora Sekulić Award 2002 for his prose Tea Time in Zamalek, the UEPS Award 2007 and the Golden Maple Award (category tourism film) of Jahorina Film Festival 2016. In 2021 his novel The Yugoslavs was shortlisted for NIN Award for the Best Novel of the Year.

In 2003, he directed Slobodan Šnajder’s Nevjesta od vjetra (The Bride of the Wind) at National Theatre Belgrade and Stravinsky's Prica o vojniku (The Soldier's Tale) at Atelje 212 Theatre two years later. He was appointed artistic director for the conceptual realization of the Eurovision Song Contest 2008. In 2017, he was one of the initiators of the Serbian MTS Vision Festival. Miljković has been creative director at Radio Television of Serbia (RTS) for many years.Boris Miljković in: Ko je ko u Srbiji '96: biografski leksikon, Bibliofon, Belgrade 1996 at World Biographical Information System Online, retrieved on 2018-04-15.[http://www.geopoetika.com/author.php?id=689 Biography] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210728071603/http://www.geopoetika.com/author.php?id=689 |date=2021-07-28 }} on the official website of Geopoetika, retrieved on 2018-04-15.[https://www.moma.org/documents/moma_press-release_327536.pdf The Arts for Television – MoMA 1989] on the official website of the museum, retrieved on 2018-04-17.[http://www.vreme.com/cms/view.php?id=360676 Theater review] of the newspaper Vreme, retrieved on 2018-04-15.[http://ueps.org.rs UEPS] Award 2007, notification in [http://www.taboomagazine.org/upload/documents/ntv/nedeljne_taboo_vesti_32.pdf Taboo magazine No.32/2007] (p.2-3), retrieved on 2018-04-17.[https://issuu.com/milena_mihaljcic/docs/belguestprolece08screen BelGuest magazine, Volume 8/2008], Circus in Wonderland (English; p. 14-17) on issuu, retrieved on 2018-04-20.[https://www.jahorinafest.org/en/2017-09-25-11-49-08 Awards 2016] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180417025347/https://www.jahorinafest.org/en/2017-09-25-11-49-08 |date=2018-04-17 }}, website of Jahorina Film Festival, retrieved on 2018-04-16.[https://www.mts.vision Official website] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190417224824/http://www.mts.vision/ |date=2019-04-17 }} of MTS Vision Festival, retrieved on 2018-04-15.

• Čaj na Zamaleku (Tea Time in Zamalek), short stories, Geopoetika, Belgrade 2002, {{ISBN|86-83053-86-5}}.
• Fabrika hartije (Paper Factory), short stories, Geopoetika, Belgrade 2003, {{ISBN|86-7666-014-X}}.
• Uspavanka za Lalu (Lullaby for Lala), novel, Geopoetika, Belgrade 2004, {{ISBN|86-7666-048-4}}.
• Poljupci, sećanja i razgovori (Kisses, Memories and Conversations), novel, Geopoetika, Belgrade 2006, {{ISBN|86-7666-104-9}}.
• Život u raju (Life in Heaven), short stories, Samizdat B92, Belgrade 2016, {{ISBN|978-86-7963-434-4}}.[http://www.vbs.rs/cobiss/ COBISS] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140329135916/http://www.vbs.rs/cobiss/ |date=2014-03-29 }} (union catalogue) of National Library of Serbia.
• Kuvar, Šta mladi umetnik može da nauči od advertajzera, mašine, budale? (What can a young artist learn from an advertiser, a machine, a fool), novel, Geopoetika, Belgrade 2013, {{ISBN|978-86-6145-140-9}}.
• Jugosloveni (The Yugoslavs), novel, Geopoetika, Belgrade 2020, {{ISBN|978-86-6145-358-8}}.
• Duboka nostalgija (Deep Nostalgia), novel, Geopoetika, Belgrade 2023, {{ISBN|9788661454110}}.

• Ruski umetnički eksperiment (The Russian Artistic Experiment), Television film (1982)[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9Sh5LocDhqQ TV film] on YouTube.
• Šumanović – Komedija umetnika (Šumanović – Comedy of an Artist), Television film (1987)[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CDZxUkRtkXw TV film] on YouTube
• #SamoKažem (#JustSaying), co-author, Web series (2013)[https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLhabEPxGXH-G3v6rnqZ8rOhUwTF441oVo Webisodes, playlist] on YouTube.
• Homecoming - Marina Abramovic and Her Children (Homecoming - Marina Abramovic and Her Children ), Film (2020)[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p7WG2X9rw7E] on YouTube

• Fabrika šećera (Sugar Factory), Documentary film series, RTS (2016)
• Put u budućnost (Way to the Future), Documentary film series, RTS (2017)[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vgKiCxgY5K4&list=PLxbMnBfiy6iHGovH7MGfVfEKwoDtiIdtb Documentary film series] on YouTube
• Umetnost buke (Art of Noise), Documentary film series, RTS (2019)[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OBGoISqb_Fc] on YouTube
• Kreativne industrije (Creative Indusrties), Documentary film series, RTS (2022)[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pq-Ow_d9gz8&list=PLxbMnBfiy6iHjQpo2sV5CDH90Yegq_j98] on YouTube
• Utopija (Utopia), Documentary film series, RTS (2024)[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bfz7WQM2DXY] on YouTube
• O ljubavi i gađenju (About Love and Loathing), Documentary film series, RTS (2024)[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bfz7WQM2DXY&list=PLxbMnBfiy6iEEUwKjadyeqeDMXhRZEMiC] on YouTube

• Slobodan Šnajder, Nevjesta od vjetra, Director of National Theatre Belgrade (2003)[https://vreme.com/kultura/nevjesta-od-vjetra-slobodan-snajder/]
• Dejan Mijač, Pseći valcer, Video Material of Yugoslav Drama Theatre (2004)[https://teatroslov.mpus.org.rs/predstave.php?id=4831]
• Biljana Srbljanović, Skakavci, Trailer of Yugoslav Drama Theatre (2005)[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S62oteMnEhU Official video] on YouTube
• Dejan Mijač, Uglješa Šajtinac, Pseći valcer, Creative director of Yugoslav Drama Theatre (2007)[https://www.politika.rs/sr/clanak/20962/balada-o-tisini]

• Telekom Srbija, BizNet, MTS (2007)[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=frHi0M7k_Ag Official video] on YouTube
• Telekom Srbija, MTS – Imate prijatelje!, Ensemble Kolo (2007)[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kgv_p-MquIU Official video] on YouTube
• Creative Center for Tourism, Art and Culture, Jedinstvena zemlja nadomak nas... (The unique country near us...), Kovačica (2016)[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jV7xoNXflhg Official video] (English subtitles) on YouTube
• RTS, Rio 2016 – Team Serbia (PTCreative Belgrade)[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H4ytuzwC1bA Official video] on YouTube
• Idea, Za koga ti kuvaš?[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PUA14AtMIGk Official video] on YouTube.

• Šarlo akrobata, Niko kao ja (1981)[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dMgoBNcDk2M] on YouTube
• Idoli, Maljčiki (1981)[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fsfKhW_Ys88] on YouTube
• Laibach, Across The Universe (1989)[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OTQcJx7xqAc&index=3&list=PLAOH3RTMh-JMVmtD-EbBLa3eSIgir5hgG Official video] on YouTube.
• Kanda, Kodža i Nebojša, Kafane i rokenrol (2010)[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6vptbbghl8o Official video] on YouTube
• Nina, Čaroban, Song of the Eurovision Song Contest 2011[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iaEDMot5QaU Official video] (English version) on YouTube.
• Grupa Regina, Kalimero (2014)[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z-W-4Tfp4s8 Official video] on YouTube.

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