Predrag Bambić is an award nominated Serbian film and television cinematographer and producer born August 7, 1958 in Belgrade, Yugoslavia. From 1977 through 1981, Bambić studied at the University of Arts in Belgrade in the Film and TV Camera department of the Faculty of Drama Arts, earning his Master of Arts degree. From 1981 through 1988 Bambić worked at TV Belgrade filming the pop-culture related serials Pop Express and Rock’n’Rolller, and also filming over 2,000 information, documentary, and music programs.In 1986 he joined the Yugoslav Army Marines, and from 1989 through 1993 worked for the Yugoslav Army’s film production company Zastava film where he specialized in filming training films for Yugoslav Air Force. He also documented the genesis of the violent disintegration of Yugoslavia, covering all the major events related to the development of the wars in Slovenia, Croatia and Bosnia-Herzegovina, much of which was seen on the BBC documentary serial The Death of Yugoslavia. From 1992 through 1994, Bambić filmed many news stories and documentaries on the war in Bosnia and Croatia for: BBC, CNN, CBS, Sky News, and ABC, among others. From 1995 through 1996 he worked for Reuters TV agency, covering all the major news stories and events in the SouthEast Europe, including the wars in Croatia and Bosnia. From 1996 through 2002 he worked for CNN International on many assignments, reports, and documentaries about all the (then) tumultuous events in the Balkans. In both 1999 and 2000 Bambić was nominated for the Rory Peck Trust "Hard News Award" for his work with CNN. in 2002 he became the co-founder and manager of the Montage film and TV production company, one of the first, truly independent, film production companies in Serbia. He is the author of many well-known pictures of the wars in the Balkans. |
