Jura Stublić

Jurislav "Jura" Stublić (born 19 December 1953) is a Croatian/Bosnian and Yugoslav singer and songwriter, best known as the frontman of the popular rock band Film.

Stublić started his career in 1978 as vocalist for the band Azra. After only several months, Stublić and other Azra members left the group to form Film. The group soon gained popularity and the attention of the media, establishing themselves as one of the most prominent acts of the Yugoslav new wave scene. By the mid-1980s, the group had turned towards more commercial rock sound, enjoying large mainstream popularity in Yugoslavia. After the original incarnation of the band split up in 1986, Stublić remained the only original member of the group, which continued its activity under the name Jura Stublić & Film.

Biography Early life Stublić's father was an opera singer, so as a child Stublić often visited theatre and opera. At the age of 13 he started playing the guitar, earning money as a street performer at seaside resorts. Despite the commercial and critical success, the original incarnation of the group split up in 1986, after releasing four studio and one live album, due to long-time disagreements about future musical direction between Stublić and the rest of the members. In 2015, Novo! Novo! Novo! Još jučer samo na filmu a sada i u vašoj glavi was polled No. 14 and Film u Kulušiću – Live was polled No. 45 on the list of 100 Greatest Yugoslav Albums published by the Croatian edition of Rolling Stone. In 1987, in YU legende uživo (YU Legends Live), a special publication by Rock magazine, Film u Kulušiću – Live was proclaimed one of 12 best Yugoslav live albums.

In 2000, Film songs "Mi nismo sami" and "Zajedno" were polled No. 36 and No. 81 respectively on the Rock Express Top 100 Yugoslav Rock Songs of All Times list. In 2006, three Film songs appeared on the B92 Top 100 Domestic Songs list: "Zamisli" was polled No. 27, "Neprilagođen" was polled No. 80, and "Boje su u nama" was polled No. 85.

The lyrics of 12 songs by the band, all authored by Stublić, were featured in Petar Janjatović's book Pesme bratstva, detinjstva & potomstva: Antologija ex YU rok poezije 1967 - 2007 (Songs of Brotherhood, Childhood & Offspring: Anthology of Ex YU Rock Poetry 1967 – 2007).

In 2022, Stublić was awarded the Porin Lifetime Achievement Award.

Discography With Film Studio albums Novo! Novo! Novo! Još jučer samo na filmu a sada i u vašoj glavi (1981) Zona sumraka (1982) Sva čuda svijeta (1983) Signali u noći (1985) Sunce sja (1987) Zemlja sreće (1989) Hrana za golubove (1992)

Live albums Film u Kulušiću – Live (1981)

Compilation albums Greatest hits vol. 1 (1994) Greatest hits vol. 2 (1996) Sve najbolje (2001)

Singles "Kad si mlad" / "Zajedno" (1980) "Zamisli" / "Radio ljubav" (1981) "Zona sumraka" / "Espanja" (1982) "Pljačka stoljeća" / "Zagreb je hladan grad" (1982) "Ti zračiš zrake kroz zrak" / "Mi nismo sami" (1983) "Boje su u nama" / "Istina piše na zidu" (1983)