Ljubisa Samardzic

Ljubisa Samardzic was born on Nov 19, 1936 in Yugoslavia. Ljubisa Samardzic's big-screen debut came with Kozara directed by Veljko Bulajic in 1962, strarring Mitar. Ljubisa Samardzic is known for Sky Hook directed by Ljubisa Samardzic, Nebojsa Glogovac stars as Kaja and Ana Sofrenovic as Tijana. Ljubisa Samardzic has got 10 awards and 3 nominations so far. The most recent award Ljubisa Samardzic achieved is Avanca Film Festival. The upcoming new movie Ljubisa Samardzic plays is The Scent of Rain in the Balkans which will be released on Sep 14, 2011.

Ljubisa Samardzic was born into a miner's family. His acting talent was discovered very early and he won a scholarship with respected director Bojan Stupica. After graduating Belgrade Drama Arts Academy and playing a few theater roles, Ljubisa Samardzic was given the part in Igre na skelama (1961). After that experience, he decided to quit theater and try his luck in movies. In a few years he got the leading roles in some of the most popular or influential movies ever made in former Yugoslavia and soon became one of the movie icons in that country, together with 'Velimir 'Bata' Zivojinovic', Milena Dravic and Boris Dvornik. In the 1980s and during the break-up of Yugoslavia his acting star began to fade but he managed to switch careers by founding his own movie production company together with his son Dragan Samardzic. The company not only survived the harsh times of UN sanctions against rump Yugoslavia, but managed to produce few successful movies that became popular in many of the former Yugoslav republics. Ljubisa Samardzic now lives and works in Belgrade, is married and has two children and two grandchildren.