Antonio Nuić is an award-winning Bosnian-Croatian film director and screenwriter.
Nuić graduated from the Zagreb Academy of Drama Art. He begun his career directing music videos and short films. His first short film Na mjestu događaja (1998) and Vratite im Dinamo (1999) won awards at student film festivals. His next project was Sex, drink and bloodsheed (Seks, piće i krvoproliće, 2004), a film in three segments, for which he directed the 23 minutes long Bloodshed segment.
His critically acclaimed first feature All for Free (2006) won the Golden Arena for Best Film; Best Screenplay and Best Director at the national Pula Film Festival 2006, as well as the Heart of Sarajevo Award for Best Male Leading Role at the Sarajevo Film Festival in 2006.
This was followed by Donkey (Kenjac, 2009) which was Croatia's submission for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film at the 82nd Academy Awards, without receiving a nomination. |