Filip Peruzović
Born in 1986. Graduated in Film directing (BA and MA) at the Academy of Dramatic Arts in Zagreb.
Directed long feature film Walk the Dog, which won the Croatian Actor’s Guild Award for Best drama in 2015. and the award for Best Male Performance in 2016. (Franjo Dijak in the role of Janko). Attended the Sarajevo and Berlinale Talent Campuses. Won the Rector’s Award at the University of Zagreb for the short fiction film Tetrapak. Worked as TV director at the Croatian National Television from 2009.-2015. on TV shows Briljanteen, Knjiga ili život, Stand Up 3, Juhuhu, and Generation Y.
From 2015. up until now he has been working as a freelance director on TV Series such as The Sweet Cook (for the production house Antitalent) and Drive Safely (B produkcija). His short fiction film Coffee with Jam won the award for Best short film at the Pula Film Festival in 2013. and the award for Best regional film at the 2013. Kratkofil Plus film festival in Banja Luka. He directed the segment Sinking Objects in the omnibus film Deep Cuts which won the Best New Talent Award at the Valetta Film Festival in 2019. and Best Cinematography Award at the Pula Film Festival in 2018.
His most recent short fiction film Little Waves is a Croatian-French co-production. It was supported by the Croatian Audiovisual Centre, the French-German TV station ARTE and the Centre National du Cinema, and is just entering festival distribution.
He is one of the founders of the Plafon arts organization, a member of the Croatian Director’s Guild, and a member of the Croatian Freelance Artist’s Association.
Film director (selected filmography):
Little Waves / short fiction film / produced by Plafon and Rikiki / 2022
Sinking Objects / part of the omnibus Deep Cuts / produced by Kinematograf / 2018
Walk the Dog / long feature film / produced by the Croatian National Television / 2014
Shut Your Windows / short fiction film / produced by the Academy of Dramatic Arts in Zagreb / 2013
Coffee with Jam / short fiction film /produced by the Academy of Dramatic Arts in Zagreb / 2013
Tetrapak / short fiction film / produced by the Academy of Dramatic Arts in Zagreb / 2010
Good Morning / short fiction film / produced by Kino klub Zagreb / 2008
TV director :
Croatian National Television
Briljanteen / 2009 – 2013
EBU documentary “The Skater” / 2011
Knjiga ili život / 2012 – 2017
Stand Up 3 / 2013 – 2014
Juhuhu / 2014 – 2015
Private production houses for HRT :
Black Box / 26min, 1 episode / 2009 / production house: B.a.B.e.
Generacija Y / 26min, 4 episodes / 2014 / production house: Kinoteka
The Sweet Chef / 26min, 6 episodes / 2015 / production house: Antitalent
Drive Safely / 5min, 50 episodes / 2017 – 2018 / production house: B produkcija
Other work:
Ne damo Uljanik! / short documentary, 17min / 2018 / production house radnickaprava.org
Penzija na pola radnog vremena / short documentary, 13min / 2019 / production house radnickaprava.org
Od vize do bauštele: strani radnici u Hrvatskoj / short documentary , 8min / 2021 / production house radnickaprava.org
Commercials:
Young Creative Chevrolet / Award for best commercial video / 2013.
RTL pomaže djeci / 7 commercials / 2017 – 2018 / production house: B produkcija
Croatian Railways / commerical / 2018 / production house: B produkcija
Film workshop educator:
Stop-motion workshop, Diversions film festival in Sv. Ivan Zelina / 2018
Film workshop for children “Film o nasilju – FON” / 2019
Online children’s workshop “Režirajmo promjene!” / 2020
Short film workshop for high-school students, Klasična gimnazija / 2021
Education:
Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences in Zagreb, BA in Comparative Literature and Philosophy (2005 – 2008)
The Academy of Dramatic Arts in Zagreb, BA i MA in Film Directing (2008 – 2014)
Palunko, short film screenplay workshop, 2007
Nisi Masa European Short Pitch 2008
Berlinale Talent Campus, 2009
Sarajevo Talent Campus, 2010
“My first screenplay” workshop, Zagreb Film Festival, 2016
EKRAN + workshop, Warsaw, 2017
Slawomir Idziak’s Visual Dramathurgy Workshop, Bratislava, 2018
