Director

Mitja Okorn

Directing

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Directed movies: 4Directed series: 1All crew credits: 9

TMDB ID: 586154

IMDb ID: nm1840911

Known for: Directing

Born: January 26, 1981

Age: 45

Place of birth: Kranj, Słowenia

Adult content flag: No

Career span: 2005 - 2025

Years active: 21

Average TMDB rating: 6.79

Wikidata: Q66361596

Also known as

Dimitrij Potochnik

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Director (5)Creative Producer (1)Screenplay (1)Thanks (1)Writer (1)

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Biography

An economist by training, a director by passion, and a film buff. In 2001, his first short film, "Be Flexible," won him an award at the Motovun Festival in Croatia, among others. Three years later, his feature debut, "Tu pa tam" (Here and There), made on a near-zero budget, became a huge hit in Slovenia, gained wide distribution, and was screened at numerous European film festivals. In 2007, he received a British Council nomination for the International Young Film Entrepreneur of the Year Award (IYFEY) and was featured in Screen International magazine as a European Star of Tomorrow. That same year, the Polish broadcaster TVN invited him to direct the immensely popular series "39 i pół" (39 and a Half), and later invited him to collaborate on the project "Letters to Santa." Mitja Okorn has also directed numerous commercials and award-winning music videos. He has been living and working in Poland since 2007.

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