Biography

Nikola Vukčević (Serbian Cyrillic: Никола Вукчевић; born 19 August 1974 in Podgorica, SR Montenegro, SFR Yugoslavia) is a Montenegrin film director. He is a stage and film director, an independent producer since 1995 and a member of the film board of the Montenegrin Academy of Sciences and Arts (CANU). He is a professor at national Faculty of Dramatic Arts – Cetinje and has been the artistic director at City theatre Podgorica since 2004. Vukcevic is the creative director of Podgorica City Theatre (2003-), professor of Film Directing module at the Department of Film Directing at the Montenegrin National Faculty of Drama Cetinje (FDU Cetinje). Also, Vukcevic is the youngest member ever to join the Film Board of the National Academy of Arts and Science (CANU).

Vukcevic worked as the director/ author in around 80 projects, including one feature film A View from the Eiffel Tower, presented at around 30 international festivals; for a selected list please see the attached factsheet), ten theatre performances, (performed and awarded at a number of important festivals, i.e. Budva Theatre City, Infant, Exit, TIBA, etc.) He also directed four short films, one TV film (shown on many festivals and televisions inside country and abroad), 25 half-an-hour documentaries for Montenegrin Broadcasting Service TV CG, as well as numerous music videos, commercials, TV clips.

(since 2004) - Vukcevic is at the position of artistic director of City Theatre Podgorica (second important theatre in state of Montenegro, after its National theatre), and artistic head of new productions, with more than 25 stage productions in charge (since 2003). Vukcevic is well versed in the use of modern cinematic technology, a skill he learned through collaboration with experienced production and postproduction crews (including Arkadena – Slovenia, Vizije – Croatia) as well as through attendance of international festivals, workshops and training sessions. Also, Vukcevic owns a majority in film company GALILEO PRODUCTION MONTENEGRO, which deals with film & video production, advertising, advertising, promotional films etc.

He has been awarded with many national and foreign awards. Nikola Vukcevic is married and a father of two children.

Vukcevic projects have been seen by a wide international audiences – in the last five years his films and plays have been performed/screened at more than 40 international film and theatre festivals. His work has earned him the status of one of the best known and respected theatre and film directors of his generation in Montenegro. He is also the youngest professor of film direction at a national Drama Faculty on the Balkans – a status that he specially covets.

Nikola Vukcevic has been named an Ambassador of Montenegrin Culture by the EU's Directorate General Enlargement. The Directorate is a project set up to promote the countries applying for membership of European Union, and the Ambassadors of culture will represent their country during the accession.

His next film project The Boys from Marksa I Engels Street is the winner of the 2nd award by the Ministry of Culture of Montenegro's programme for cinema 2010. The project has been awarded 60,000 Euro financial assistance.