Tomislav Osmanli
Tomislav Osmanli is a Macedonian author, screenwriter, playwright, and journalist.
Biography
Osmanli was born in Bitola, People's Republic of Macedonia, at that time a constituent republic of Yugoslavia. His father Dimitrie Osmanli was an acclaimed Macedonian film, theater director and author, whilst his mother was of Greek heritage from Thessaloniki. Osmanli was raised to speak both Macedonian and Greek languages, and was taught Aromanian by his paternal uncle.
The family moved to Skopje when he was two years old. Osmanli studied law at the Saints Cyril and Methodius University, Skopje.
In 1981 Osmanli published his seminal work Филмот и политичкото a theoretical study of political cinema. In 1987 Osmanli released Стрип: Запис со човечки лик, the first scholarly work dedicated to Comics studies published in Yugoslavia.
Osmanli served as an independent editor and member of the editing board of his nation's oldest daily newspaper Nova Makedonija from 1991 to 1998, and as chief of arts and cultural programs at Telma TV between 1998 and 2016.
Personal life
Osmanli was married to Snežana Osmanli, director of the Macedonian Green Card Bureau, founder and first CEO of the insurance company Eurolink, a vice-president of the Skopje-based think-tank group Council on Foreign Relations, and before these activities, being an adviser to former Macedonian President Kiro Gligorov. She and her husband have two children. Snežana Osmanli died of cancer in 2013.
Publications and other works
Луѓе без адреси, screenplay Филмот и политичкото, Seventh Art's aesthetic and media theory Ѕвездите на '42, screenplay author of the television feature film Salon Bums, satirical theater comedy Скопски сновиденија, screenplay author of the television feature film Стрип: Запис со човечки лик, Ninth Art's aesthetic and media theory Скопски диптих, book of two author's feature film screenplays Медиумот што недостасува, book of urban essays Победа над себе, inter-ethnic campaign screenplay Ослушнувања во глуво доба, book of political essays Мементо за еден град, multimedia stage project Немирни сенки, film cabaret play Пеперутката на детството, stories Ангели во отпад, feature movie screenplay author Двајца во Еден, theater play Светулки во ноќта, theater play Новиот цар, theater play Смок лета на небото, TV feature film screenplay Апокалиптична комедија, theater play Звездите над Скопје, book of plays Техно ѕвезда, theater play Виолетни светлини и сенки, short stories collection Пат до Парамарибо, published bilingually, both in Macedonian and English, a theater play Игри низ жанровите, book of plays Αρμονικη στηλη, a theater play, published in Greece Приказни од Скопје, book of stories Луѓе од меѓувреме, three differen-genere author`s screenplays Светилка за Ханука, published bilingually, both in Macedonian and English Каприча, book of stories Дваесет и првиот, novel Грађански простор, study over the salons and the space of civic Зад аголот, novel Бродот. Конзархија, novel Пруга за ледната пролет, Holocaust theater stage project Океан од слики, book of stories Нишала од злато,, theater play Тајното братство на носталгичарите), short story Скопски драми 1&2, theater plays Нови драми, book of plays ПараδΩξicoN/Парадоксикон, book of stories and novellas Бдеења Блажеви - Пеења до потомците,, a thousand-versed poem honoring the poet and linguist Blazhe Koneski Средби и разговори - со доајените на нашата уметност,, six huge interviews Деветта уметност - антропоморфизмот на стрипот,, Ninth Art's aesthetic and media theory Столб што пее,, novel Пут у рај,, drama, three theater plays, published in Serbia Заборав, novel Αρμονικη στηλη, novel, published in Greece Стуб који пева, novel, published in Serbia