* 23.5.1941, Belgrade, Yugoslavia

Education: Academie des Beaux Arts, Paris (architecture); Academy of Theatre, Film, Radio and Television Arts, Belgrade (film direction)

Acin worked in Algeria and France after leaving Yugoslavia following a clash with the authorities over his controversial first feature, THE CONCRETE ROSE (1975). In 1986 he won international praise for the bittersweet reminiscence of post-war Yugoslavia, HEY BABU RIBA.

Filmografie Jovan Acin

1975   THE CONCRETE ROSE         director

1986   HEY BABU RIBA/BAL NA VODI                  director, screenwriter