Sulejman Kupusović

{{Short description|Bosnian theater director}}

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|birth_date = {{birth date|1951|04|07|df=y}}

|birth_place = Kladanj, Yugoslavia

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|death_place = Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina

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|occupation = Director

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|years_active = 1973–2014

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Sulejman Kupusović (7 April 1951 – 15 August 2014) was a Bosnian theater director. Also, he directed some television films and series.

In 1974, Kupusović received a diploma from the Academy of Theatre and Film Arts in Zagreb, as a director of theater, film and television. He later studied philosophy and comparative literature at the University of Zagreb.{{cite web|author=|url=http://www.radiosarajevo.ba/novost/162107/Sulejman-Kupusovic-imao-je-poseban-dar-njegovo-ime-trebamo-spominjati-s-postovanjem|title='Sulejman Kupusović imao je poseban dar, njegovo ime trebamo spominjati s poštovanjem'|publisher=Radio Sarajevo|date=16 August 2014|access-date=25 August 2014|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140820004614/http://radiosarajevo.ba/novost/162107/sulejman-kupusovic-imao-je-poseban-dar-njegovo-ime-trebamo-spominjati-s-postovanjem|archive-date=20 August 2014|df=}} He directed in theaters across the former Yugoslavia, as well as the first Bosnian opera, Hasanaginica, which premiered in Sarajevo on 18 March 2000.{{cite web|author=|url=http://www.glassrpske.com/kultura/vijesti/Preminuo-reditelj-Sulejman-Kupusovic/lat/160636.html|title=Preminuo reditelj Sulejman Kupusović|publisher=Glas Srpske|date=16 August 2014|accessdate=25 August 2014}} In addition to theater performances, he has directed several TV films, dramas and sitcoms. He directed the award-winning 2011 theater play Krokodil Lacoste written by Zlatko Topčić, in Chamber Theater 55.

Kupusović died aged 63 in the Bosnian capital city after a long illness.{{cite web|author=|url=http://www.slobodnaevropa.org/archive/news/20140816/500/500.html?id=26533749|title=Preminuo bh. režiser Sulejman Kupusović|publisher=Radio Slobodna Evropa|date=16 August 2014|accessdate=25 August 2014}}{{cite web|author=|url=http://www.avaz.ba/clanak/130908/preminuo-cuveni-bh-reditelj-sulejman-kupusovic|title=Preminuo čuveni bh. reditelj Sulejman Kupusović|publisher=Dnevni avaz|date=16 August 2014|accessdate=25 August 2014}}{{cite web|author=|url=http://depo.ba/clanak/117281/u-sarajevu-preminuo-poznati-bh-reditelj-sulejman-kupusovic|title=U Sarajevu preminuo poznati bh. reditelj Sulejman Kupusović|publisher=Depo|date=16 August 2014|accessdate=25 August 2014}}{{cite web|author=|url=http://www.glas-slavonije.hr/244176/5/Umro-kazalisni-redatelj-Sulejman-Kupusovic|title=Umro kazališni redatelj Sulejman Kupusović|publisher=Glas Slavonije|date=17 August 2014|accessdate=25 August 2014}} After his death, the stages of the Sarajevo National Theatre where Kupusović directed a number of plays were covered with white roses. The memorial began with the John Lennon song Working Class Hero as Kupusović's paintings were shown on screen.{{cite web|author=|url=http://depo.ba/clanak/117704/sulejman-kupusovic-ispracen-uz-stihove-johna-lennona-bio-je-vizionar-i-kreativac|title=Sulejman Kupusović ispraćen uz stihove Johna Lennona: Bio je vizionar i kreativac|publisher=Depo|date=25 August 2014|accessdate=25 August 2014}}