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Vladan Nikolic is an award-winning filmmaker and producer, who has written, directed and produced feature films, documentaries and immersive multi-platform media projects. He was among the digital filmmaking pioneers in the 1990’s; his films were awarded at numerous top US and international film festivals. His feature film, Love premiered at the Venice and Tribeca film festivals to critical acclaim. It went on to win awards at film festivals in Geneva, Switzerland, Barcelona, Spain, and the Best Director Award at the Tiburon International Film Festival. in 2010 he produced and directed one of the first transmedia films, Zenith, which combined story extensions and releases over multiple media platforms, resulting in millions of downloads. In 2014, Vladan wrote, directed and produced the feature Allure, followed by the feature Bourek (2015), which played numerous festivals, and were released internationally. In his recent award-winning feature, Everything That Will Happen Has Already Happened (2024), he created a collage of current stories with filmmakers worldwide.

He has consulted, lectured and led workshops and seminars on independent filmmaking and immersive media and cross-media storytelling at various universities and professional institutions in the US and internationally, served as advisor to the Icelandic government on film education, and guided and facilitated the establishment of the first transmedia program in Asia at the Hong Kong Design Institute.

His book Independent Filmmaking and Digital Convergence: Transmedia and Beyond was published by Routledge/Focal Press.

• Independent Filmmaking and Digital Convergence: Transmedia and Beyond, book published by Routledge/Focal Press, 2018
• Everything That Will Happen Has Already Happened, feature film - writer, director, producer, 2024
• The Drummer, feature film, starring Danny Glover - producer, 2021
• Most Beautiful Island, feature film - SXSW Grand Jury Prize- consulting producer, 2017
• Bourek, feature film - writer, director, producer, 2015
• Allure, feature film - writer, director, producer, 2014
• Zenith, feature film and transmedia project - writer, director, producer, 2010
• Here and There, feature film - producer, 2009
• Fire Under the Snow, feature documentary - producer, 2008
• The City, feature documentary - writer, director, producer, 2007
• Love, feature film - writer, director, producer, 2005
• Burn, feature film - writer, director, producer, 2000