Ethnicity Bosniak Role Film director Name Sulejman Kupusovic | Years active 1973–2014 Occupation film director | |
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Died August 15, 2014, Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina | ||
Sulejman Kupusović (7 April 1951 – 15 August 2014) was a Bosnian film director, known for directing television films and series.
In 1974, Kupusović received a diploma from the Academy of Theatre and Film Arts in Zagreb, as a director of theater, film and television. He later studied philosophy and comparative literature at the University of Zagreb. He directed in theaters across the former Yugoslavia, as well as the first Bosnian opera, Hasanaginica, which premiered in Sarajevo on 18 March 2000. In addition to theater performances, he has directed several TV films, dramas and sitcoms.
Kupusović died aged 63 in the Bosnian capital city after a long illness. After his death, the stages of the Sarajevo National Theatre where Kuposović directed a number of plays were covered with white roses. The memorial began with the John Lennon song Working Class Hero as Kuposović's paintings were shown on screen.