Slobodan Šijan

Slobodan Šijan (, ; born 16 November 1946) is a Serbian film director.

Biography Šijan was born in Belgrade, Yugoslavia. He graduated from the Fine Arts Academy in Belgrade, and then enrolled in Belgrade's Academy of Theater Faculty of Dramatic Arts in 1970. He directed a number of television films as well as experimental and short films during the 1970s. 1982's Maratonci trče počasni krug, also achieved considerable commercial success.

Over the coming years Šijan directed two more notable films, How I Was Systematically Destroyed by an Idiot (Kako sam sistematski uništen od idiota) and Strangler vs. Strangler (Davitelj protiv davitelja).

Filmography

TV work Gradilište (1979) (TV) Ing. ugostiteljstva (1979) (short) Kost od mamuta (1979) (TV) Najlepša soba (1978) (TV) Šta se dogodilo sa Filipom Preradovićem (1977) (TV movie) Pohvala svetu (1976) (TV short) Sve što je bilo lepo (1976) (TV movie) Sunce te čuva (1975) (TV short)