Goran Stankovic
Director, This and That Production , Serbia

Goran grew up in Serbia where he received his BA in film directing. In 2014, he graduated with a Master’s Degree from the Directing Program at the American Film Institute in Los Angeles and his thesis film, „WAY IN RYE,“ earned him a nomination for the Student Academy Award for Best Narrative Short.

His two undergraduate films, WHO GUARDS THE GUARDIANS and OLD MOUNTAIN, were selected for over 50 international festivals and won 17 awards. During his studies at the American Film Institute, Goran was awarded The Hollywood Foreign Press and The Richard Frank scholarships. He also won the Franklin J. Schaffner Fellow Award in recognition of talent and outstanding direction for his thesis film Way in Rye. His first feature documentary, IN THE DARK, a story about Serbian miners had its world premiere at the prestigious IDFA 2014 festival in Amsterdam and has gone to win awards across US and Europe. In 2018, together with Vladimir Tagic, Goran co-wrote and co-created a 40-episode dramedy series MORNING CHANGES EVERYTHING for the Serbian National Broadcaster RTS, for which he directed 18 episodes.

In 2021 he directed 5 episodes of the Serbian period drama BAD BLOOD and most recently completed the production of the TV series SABRE about the consequences surrounding the assassination of the Serbian Prime Minister. His first feature film OUR FATHER, a co-production with five European countries, about a rehab monastery is currently in post production.