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Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Gender

Male

Birthday

1963-10-10

Place of Birth

Opovo, Srbija

Dragan Bjelogrlić

Biography

Dragan Bjelogrlic is one of the greatest Serbian actor, director, and producer. Among successful acting career that lasts 40 years, last two decades he also devoted to producing and directing movies and TV shows, therefore he became one of the most recognized and successful cinematographic creators in the entire region. Dragan Bjelogrlic was born on October 10, 1963 and after finished elementary and high school in Belgrade, he enrolls at the Faculty of Dramatic Arts (FDA). His first acting role in front of the camera was at the age of 15, as the character of Sava Jovanovic Sirogojno in the film "Bosko Buha" (1978). After graduating from the FDA in 1989, he had a number of roles that made him a well-known actor and also recognized as one of Serbia's leading artists. He attracted a lot of public attention with the role of Slobodan Popadic in the series "Better Life" (1987-1990). After that role, he was in the TV show "Forgotten" (1990) and the films "The Black Bomber" (1992), "Full Moon over Belgrade" (1993), " Pretty Village, Pretty Flame" (1996). So far, he has played in almost 40 films, about 20 TV shows and dramas and 11 theater plays. At the beginning of 1994, he founded the production company "COBRA FILM", which has produced some of the most famous theater plays, films and TV shows. For the last 20 years, Bjelogrlic has dedicated himself to production. The first film he produced was " Pretty Village, Pretty Flame ". He continued his artistic ambitions as a director and achieved a lot of success for directing the feature film and TV series "Montevideo, God Bless you". The film was chosen to represent Serbia at the Oscars when it was released. Over the last two years, he has set new standards for TV shows s with his very successful TV show "Black Sun", which second part was filmed and released in 2020. Also, this is the first Serbian TV show broadcasted on Amazon Prime. During 2020, Bjelogrlic directed and produced a film about the famous Serbian singer Toma Zdravkovic, whose premiere is expected in 2021. The film Guardians of the Formula, a big project from which a lot is expected, will start shooting in the middle of 2021. The Guardians of the Formula movie will be an emotional story that connects the Serbian and French people. Two years ago, he established Master class at Faculty for media and communications, Singidunum University Belgrade. He is married to Maja Bjelogrlic with whom he has a daughter Mia and a son Aleksej.

Known for

Juzni Vetar

Juzni Vetar

A young member of a gang in Belgrade puts his family in danger when he angers a mafia boss.

Shadows over the Balkans

Shadows over the Balkans

A historical fiction drama and thriller set in the turbulent period of the late 1930s in the Balkans as a place where high politics, local interests, capital and crime all merge together.

Better Life

Better Life

Trials and tribulations of the Popadic family, a typical family of five with everyday problems... BOLJI ŽIVOT is a Yugoslav TV series with mixed elements of soap opera, comedy and drama that aired from 1987 to 1991. Created by the Radiotelevision Belgrade it is considered to be the most successful TV show ever produced in Yugoslavia. Written by Siniša Pavić, most prolific Serbian screenwriter, the series helped jump start cinematic careers for many of its protagonists, most notably Dragan Bjelogrlić who went on to become successful actor, director, and producer.

The Storks Will Return

The Storks Will Return

It follows the two lead characters, Svaba and Ekser, as they try to make a living on the streets of Belgrade through the life of petty crime. Making matters worse is the fact that Shvaba owes a lot of money to a local big-shot criminal. And just when things seem lost for the two men, Shvaba's mother inherits a house in Baranda - a village near Belgrade no one's ever heard of. As Shvaba and Ekser happily rush to Baranda, hoping to sell the house and solve all their problems, the villagers are equally happy to see them, thinking that two businessmen from Belgrade are finally taking an interest in their village...

Tycoon

Tycoon

Someone shoots at Serbian tycoon Vladan Simonovic. This makes Vladan initiate a private investigation that will open up "Pandora's box" with respect to his past and will lead to conflicts linked with the future of his mighty company.

The Bootmen

The Bootmen

A powerful lyrical story about the sergeant of the former Yugoslav Army Zika Kurjak, from childhood in miners' home, through military days, to severe depression, imprisonment and the metropolitan madness. Kurjak, the personification of human kindness, who is impaired and disturbed, as an old and ornate in the hospital, speaks in detail about his life. Through this searing story of sergeant Zika Kurjak and his life, some of the crucial historical circumstances of the 20th century are being blunted, as well as the fate of the heroic Serbian army, which becomes part of the new system after unification, and which the system is gently destroying leaving individuals individually fighting for it and prevent inevitable decay.

Bad Blood

Bad Blood

A story that follows three generations of a rich Serbian Christian family in the 19th century in the north of the then Ottoman Empire in the city of Vranje, who are fighting for survival through various moral crises, facing decline. Forbidden love, intrigue, murder, arranged marriages, revenge, friendship and enmity between Serbs, Albanians and Turks and the endangered position of women at that time

Theater at Home

Theater at Home

An updated version of a legendary Yugoslavian 1970s sitcom “Theater at Home”.

Pretty Village, Pretty Flame

Pretty Village, Pretty Flame

In the opening stages of the Bosnian War, a small group of Serbian soldiers are trapped in a tunnel by a Muslim force.

Ænigma

Ænigma

The spirit of a comatose teenage girl possesses the body of a newcomer to her girls' boarding school in order to enact bloody revenge against the elitist, lingerie-clad coeds responsible for her condition.

The Wedding 2

The Wedding 2

Three years after the events of the first film, the Dimitrijević and Lončarić families have, once again, fallen on hard times. Miljenko finds himself guilty of financial fraud and seeks refuge, along with his family, in an isolated mountain town in Herzegovina. At the same time, Vuk's political career is swiftly heading south, as he once again finds himself at the mercy of the ruthless oposition. Too hotheaded to think things through, both parties decide that the only way to fix things might just be to organize yet another wedding.

Flat Hill

Flat Hill

Ravna Gora tells story of events after April War 1941. Serbia with accent on the Chetnic-Partisan conflict, at the beginning of World War II

A New Year's Tale

A New Year's Tale

What happens when you find documents and compromising feminine items belonging to an unknown young woman in a taxi on New Year's Day, and you forget to inform your wife about it?

Laush

Laush

A documentary-narrative film which looks at real events and personal phenomena of artist Zarko Lausevic. "Laush" above all tells a story of an evil time we've all been through, represents both sides and is made with empathy and respect towards everyone involved in the tragic incident. Through recreations, narration, memories of colleagues and quotes from the book "A Year Passes, a Day Will Never Pass" which the artist wrote during the hardest stage of his life, the weight of his fate is presented. The aim of this project is to portray the life of brilliant actor, who in the midst of great fame, disappeared from the scene through the cruelty of dubious times.

The Black Bomber

The Black Bomber

In a near-future Belgrade, a DJ stirs up trouble with his rocking anti-establishment broadcasts. After his station is shut down, he takes to the street and starts transmitting revolution with the police hot on his trail.