Quick Facts
Intro | Bosnian film director |
Was | Film director |
From | Bosnia and Herzegovina |
Field | Film, TV, Stage & Radio |
Gender | male |
Birth | 7 April 1951, Kladanj, Kladanj Municipality, Tuzla Canton, Bosnia and Herzegovina |
Death | 15 August 2014, Sarajevo, Sarajevo Canton, Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bosnia and Herzegovina (aged 63 years) |
Star sign | Aries |
Biography
Sulejman Kupusović (7 April 1951 – 15 August 2014) was a Bosnian theater director. Also, he directed some television films and series.
In 1974, Kupusović received a diploma from the Academy of Theatre and Film Arts in Zagreb, as a director of theater, film and television. He later studied philosophy and comparative literature at the University of Zagreb. He directed in theaters across the former Yugoslavia, as well as the first Bosnian opera, Hasanaginica, which premiered in Sarajevo on 18 March 2000. In addition to theater performances, he has directed several TV films, dramas and sitcoms. He directed the award-winning 2011 theater play Krokodil Lacoste written by Zlatko Topčić, in Chamber Theater 55.
Kupusović died aged 63 in the Bosnian capital city after a long illness. After his death, the stages of the Sarajevo National Theatre where Kupusović directed a number of plays were covered with white roses. The memorial began with the John Lennon song Working Class Hero as Kupusović's paintings were shown on screen.