Zlatko Topčić

Biography

Zlatko Topcic was born on April 30th, 1955 in Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Yugoslavia. He is a famous multiple award-winning Bosnian author and screenwriter who is renowned for his screenplays. He wrote the screenplays for the internationally acclaimed feature films Remake and The Abandoned and for four documentary films: I Respond To You, God, Blood And Musk, The Best Years Ever and Miracle in Bosnia (1995, directed by Dino Mustafic). He wrote the screenplays for such feature films as Remake (2003, directed by Dino Mustafic), which is the first post-war Bosnian feature film and The Abandoned (2010, directed by Adis Bakrac), winning awards at many most prestigious international film festivals around the world. They had an enormous financial success in their home country, but also worldwide. He won first prize at an anonymous competition for original screenplay of Association of Filmmakers of Bosnia and Herzegovina for the scenario Remake (1999). Also, the script for the film Remake was awarded at the competition of the Ministry of Culture and Sport (1999). His screenplay for the film The Abandoned (working title: Bare Skin) was a winner (91 entries from all over the region) at the ex-YU competition of the first edition of CineLink, held as part of the 9th Sarajevo Film Festival (2003). He lives in Sarajevo with wife Amela and son Kerim.