Bobo Jelčić

Bobo Jelčić was born in Mostar, Bosnia & Herzegovina on 12th March 1964. After graduating from high school in his hometown, he studied directing at the Academy of Dramatic Arts in Zagreb. He has worked as a director for all the major theatres in Croatia, as well as with theatres in Germany, Switzerland and Austria, and the Croatian National Theatre in Mostar. He was also a professor of acting at the Academy in Zagreb.

In 1995, he and his associate Nataša Rajković began working in Croatia with their new method, which positions the actor in the role of the author. They devised several stage plays using this method, including Observations (1997), Slowing Down (1998), Uncertain Story (1999), Heimspiel (2002 Hannover), X Wohnungen (2002 Duisburg, 2004 Berlin), On the Other Side (2006), Fast sicher (2007 Zürich) and The Store Window (2010).

Their theatre projects have received many awards, from, among others, the Dubrovnik Summer Festival, the Wiener Festwochen, and the International Theatre Festival in Sarajevo. In 2005 Jelčić and Rajković co-directed their first experimental film, Black Coffee, which had its premiere at the Motovun Film Festival in Croatia.

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