Stanka Gjuric

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Stanka Gjurić (pronounced [Stanka Gjurit͡ɕ] is a Croatian poetess, essayist and from 2006 a filmmaker. She is a member of the Croatian Writers' Association and Croatian Academy of Science and Art in Diaspora (Basel, Switzerland). She was also a model, and she also acted in six feature films.Biography Stanka Gjurić was born in Čakovec in northern Croatia, at the time part of Yugoslavia. Today she lives in Zagreb. She has published fourteen books, and since 2006 has also worked as a film maker, gaining worldwide acclaim with her short film Ubojite misli (Battle Thoughts). Stanka is an independent producer and the creator of her own films. Her short film Ubojite misli (Battle Thoughts) have been screened all over the world and has won five awards.Books •Seventh seal•Third act•A boy, 1986•A Dream of Turnkey•Antidote or fostering Insanity•All That Glitters•Punisher of good habits•Insensitivity of Aquarelle•The Lesson of Impudence•The Diary of an Aquarian•The Art of Living•The Answer•The Answer (II volume)•Through Eros and ThanatosFilmographyActing roles • That Summer of White Roses, as White Rose(1989)• The Widhunter, as A Woman in a Dream (1989)• The Shell Roars, as Barmaid (1991)• The Right time, as Daughter in Law (1992)• Here, as Nurse (2003)• When it rings?, as Nurse (2005)• On the Other Side, as The old man's daughter (2016)Directing • Ubojite misli (Battle Thoughts, 2006)- short• Sleeping and dreaming (Spavanje i sanjanje, 2006)- short• Luka's prophecy (Lukino proročanstvo, 2007)- short• Noon Shot (Zagrebačko podne, 2009)- short• Bread (Kruh, 2013)- short• Immoral Manual (Nemoralna čitanka, 2013)- short• Lust and the Heart (O požudi i srcu, 2013)- short