Stanka Gjurić
Stanka Gjurić is a Croatian poet, essayist, actress, filmmaker and ex model. She is a member of the Croatian Writers' Association, Croatian Academy of Science and Art in Diaspora and HDS ZAMP. She has also acted in seven feature films.
Biography
Stanka Gjurić was born in Čakovec, FNR Yugoslavia. Today she lives in Zagreb. She has published 20 books. Since 2006 has also worked as a film maker, gaining worldwide acclaim with her short film Ubojite misli. Her short films have been screened in film festivals in France, Italy, Greece, Spain, Portugal, Slovenia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Canada, India, Egypt, Switzerland, Bangladesh, Brazil, Austria, etc, and she has won 26 awards.In 2019, on the famous IMDb, Gjurić is on the list of 'Croatian Beautiful, Famous & Sexy Actresses', alongside the sixteen most beautiful Croatian actresses.
In November 2024 and 2025 Stanka chairs the international jury at the Egyptian American Film Festival in New York.
On January 26, 2026, upon invitation, Gjurić officially became a member of the 'Global Awards Los Angeles', headed by Maximilian Law - a prominent film producer, director and screenwriter, founder and also director of the 'Ferrara Film Festival' in Italy, and artistic director of the 'Comedy Film Fest'.
Family
Stanka's mother Stanka, aka Lela, worked as a typist at the Municipal Court in Čakovec, while her father, Dragan Gjurić, was the director of accounting at the G.K. "Međimurje". Stanka is a unit, but his father has two older half-brothers, Tomislav and Roman. By the way, Stanka's distant cousin is Alojzije Mišić, the bishop of Mostar-Duvno, and the apostolic administrator of Trebinje-Mrkan from 1912 until his death in 1942. Alojzije Mišić's parents were Mate and Marija Mišić. Alojzije had two sisters, Marija and Persa. Marija married Ivan Gjurić, who with Marija, in addition to Andrija, had three other children. Alojzije Mišić's sister, Persa, was a nun.Poetry
Sedmi pečat, 1981Treći čin, 1983Dječak, 1986Ključarev san, 1990Il sogno del guardiano, 1994Protuotrov ili njegovanje ludila, 1994 Protuotrov ili njegovanje ludila, 1998Sve što sja, 2005Kažnjavalac dobrih navika, 2005Bešćutnost akvarela, 2008Protuotrov ili njegovanje ludila/Contravveleno o coltivazione della follia, 2017Nepremostiva, 2020Essays
Lekcija o drskosti, 2000 Umijeće življenja, 2015 Kroz Eros i Thanatos, 2017Unveiling reality, 2018Istina o sreći, 2018Budnost, 2022Opinion piece
Otpovijed, 2014- ''Otpovijed, 2015''
Diary prose
- ''Dnevnik vodonoše/The Diary of an Aquarian, 2010''
Filmography
Acting roles
- That Summer of White Roses, as White Rose
- Vjetar u mreži, as A Woman in a Dream
- Školjka šumi, as Barmaid
- Vrijeme za, as Daughter in Law
- Tu, as Nurse
- Kad zvoni?, as Nurse
- S druge strane, as The old man's daughter
- Koja je ovo država! as Faruk's wife Enisa
- Link as Stanka Gjurić
Directing
Battle Thoughts - shortSleeping and dreaming - shortEncounter - shortPassion for book has not disappeared - shortEleven - shortHappy boat - shortCourtyard window - shortLuka's prophecy - shortAlexandrian poets - shortThe sound of life - shortBast - shortNoon Shot - shortLullaby - shortImmoral Manual - shortLust and the heart - shortLioncity - shortPerfect Tattoo - shortRhythm - shortOnce upon a time - shortSummer morning - shortBread - shortLink - shortSon of a Prophetess - shortSix tears - shortWithout Breathing - shortPolitical correcntness killed me - shortFrom New York, with love Twist- ''Masked cloud''