Biography
Bozidar Damjanovic Benedikt is a Canadian writer and film maker born on April 7th 1938, in the small Croatian town of Vinica, where his Serbian father, Savo Damjanovic, was a police sergeant. Bozidar is an author of 36 books published in Serbian, Croatian, Polish, Macedonian, Slovenian and English. He also worked for the Yugoslav, German, Canadian, and Hollywood film industry as a Screenwriter, Director and Art Director. Benedikt is a graduate of two U.S. universities with a Masters Degree in Film and Television Design and Ph.D. in Management of Literature and Dramatic Arts. He is a full member of Director's Guild of Canada, and the Academy of Canadian Cinema and Television. Bozidar Benedikt currently lives with his family in Toronto, Canada.
Biografija
Kanadski pisac i filmski reditelj, Božidar Damjanović Benedikt, rođen je 7 aprila 1938 godine u malom Hrvatskom mestu Vinici, u pravoslavnoj porodici Save Damjanovića, žandarskog narednika. Božidar je autor 36 knjiga objavljenih na Srpskom, Hrvatskom, Poljskom, Makedonskom, Slovenačkom i Engleskom. Takođe je radio za Jugoslovensku, Nemačku, Kanadsku i Holivudsku filmsku industriju u svojstvu scenariste, reditelja i scenografa. Benedikt je završio dva američka univerziteta, sa diplomom Mastera iz filmskog dizajna i Doktoratom iz literature i dramskih umetnosti. Redovan je član Udruženja Kanadskih Reditelja i Kanadske Filmske Akademije. Živi sa porodicom u Torontu, Kanada.