Jovan Jovanović was born in Belgrade on May 31, 1940. He graduated directing from the Academy for Theater, Film, Radio and Television with the medium-length feature film Distinctly Me (1967), which was declared the best film in all categories at the Young Authors Festival in New York (the jury included, among others, Steven Spielberg, Andy Warhol, Mike Nichols, Peter Bogdanovich). His documentary feature film Kolt 15 GAP (1971) was awarded at the festivals in Oberhausen, Utrecht, Belgrade, was included in the Anthology of Films of the Oberhausen Festival, and the American film historian Barnau included it in his book "History of the World documentary".

Filmography

• 2006Meeting of Friends — Writer, Production Director, Editor, Cinematography
• 2004Living with AIDS — Editor, Director, Writer, Cinematography, Executive Producer
• 1992Man from Vukovar — Director, Writer
• 1990Branislav Nušić — Writer, Director
• 1990The Man Who Created Systems — Writer, Editor, Director
• 1984Landscapes in the Mist — Director, Writer, Editor
• 1981Diary of a Generation — Writer, Director, Editor
• 1976Drug Addicts — Director, Writer
• 1975Working Class Artists — Director, Writer
• 1972Revolution That Flows — Director, Writer
• 1971Kolt 15 GAP — Director, Writer
• 1971The Decameron — Rustico (scenes deleted)
• 1971Young and Healthy as a Rose — Writer, Director
• 1969Distinctly Me — Writer, Director
• 1965University Town — Cinematography, Director
• 1961Self-Portrait — Director, Writer

Appearances as themselves (3)

• 2023The Hidden Face of Yugoslav Cinema — Self
• 2015Martinac — Himself
• 2012Sonja — Himself