Mirjana Vukomanović

Mirjana Vukomanović (Serbian: Мирјана Вукомановић , pronounced [mirjana ʋukomanovitɕ] , born December 9, 1967, in Trstenik) is a Serbian film, television and theater director who emerged in the 1990s as a significant figure in Serbian dramatic arts. She works in Serbia and the USA.

She has won several awards, including several Fipresci /International Film Critics Association/ awards, and awards from the Yugoslav Chapter of the International Film Critics Association. Her movie Three Summer Days (Tri letnja dana, 1997) was the Yugoslav submission to the 70th Academy Awards for Best Foreign Language Film.

She is a member of the Association of Cinema Artists of Serbia main board (Udruženje filmskih umetnika Srbije) since April 2013.

As a child she has won nine major prizes for her children's films in Yugoslavia and received a UNESCO award for Poster and Embroidery.

She obtained a degree in multimedia directing from the University of Novi Sad Academy of Arts in 1991, under the tutelage of Vlatko Gilić. She has directed more than 30 documentaries, television series and films as well as several theatrical plays.

From 2000 to 2012 Vukomanović worked in New York City as a director and cinematographer for independent media agencies (Danny Schecter) and as independent documentary film maker. She owns a film production company "Danilo Film" in Belgrade.

She has been an acting professor in the National School of Ballet, Belgrade, and an instructor of directing at the New York Film Academy, New York.

Since 1991, Vukomanović has been a member of the Association of Cinema Artists (the national film guild) and currently is a member of its Main board. She is also a member of the Independent Feature Project (IFP), US, and a member of the Slavic Directors Association.