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Lazar Ristovski

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Lazar Ristovski
Лазар Ристовски
Lazar Ristovski in February 2011
Member of the National Assembly
In office
1 August 2022 – 9 August 2022
Personal details
Born (1952-10-26) 26 October 1952 (age 73)
Ravno Selo, PR Serbia, FPR Yugoslavia
PartyIndependent
Spouse
Danica Ristovski
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(m. 1980; div. 2022)​
ChildrenJovan, Petar[1][2]
OccupationActor, director, producer and writer
NicknameLaza

Lazar "Laza" Ristovski (Serbian Cyrillic: Лазар Ристовски, born 26 October 1952) is a Serbian former actor, director, producer and writer. He has appeared on stage about 4,000 times, and starred in over 90 films and 30 TV series, mostly in lead roles.[3][4] He briefly served as a member of the National Assembly from 1 August 2022 until his resignation on 9 August 2022.

Biography

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He was born on 26 October 1952, in Ravno Selo village, part of Vrbas, SR Serbia, FPR Yugoslavia (modern Serbia), into a family of Yugoslav colonists, his father being born in Macedonia and was from Gugjakovo and his mother in Montenegro. He graduated from the Faculty of Dramatic Arts of the University of Belgrade as an actor.

In 1999, The White Suit an auteur film by Ristovski (director, writer, lead actor, and producer) was at the Cannes Film Festival in the Critics Week program.[5] The White Suit was the Serbian entry for the 72nd Academy Awards.[citation needed]

Lazar Ristovski presenting the film Train Driver's Diary at the Prague Independent Film Festival in 2017

Lazar Ristovski is the sole owner of Zillion Film Company[6]

In 2006, he made a small appearance in the James Bond film Casino Royale. He played Caruso in the 2004 movie King of Thieves. He starred as Đorđe in the award-winning 2009 film St. George Shoots the Dragon.

Ristovski has achieved his "Hollywood dream" by acting in the indie movie Along the Roadside. He most recently played Russian president-elect and former Army General Arkady Fedorov in Pierce Brosnan's movie The November Man which came out in 2014.

He played in movies outside of Serbia: The Second Wife and Auf kurze Distanz.

In 2016, he starred in and produced the film Train Driver's Diary which was the Serbian entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 89th Academy Awards.[7][8][9] The film won three awards at the 2017 Prague Independent Film Festival – the Grand Prix, Best Actor (Lazar Ristovski), and Best Feature Film.[10][11][12]

Ristovski is the organizer of the Ravno Selo Film Festival which was held for the first time in June 2017.[13][14]

He is also the author of four books; Belo odelo (The White Suit),[15] Kako sam dobio Oskara (How I Got an Oscar),[16] Jednostavne priče (Simple Stories)[17] and Ulična akademija (Street Academy).[18]

Selected filmography

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Year Title Role
1977 Hajka Ivan
1978 Kvar psihijatar Savić
1980 Svetozar Marković Svetozar Marković
1983 Igmanski marš Josip Broz Tito
1984 Zadarski memento Krševan Stipčević
1985 Jazol Nikola
1988 The Way Steel Was Tempered Leo
The Bizarre Country Putnik
1990 Granica Topić
Hajde da se volimo 3 Miloje
1991 The Original of the Forgery Pavle
1992 Tito and Me Raja
1993 Vizantijsko plavo Aranđel
1995 Underground Crni (Blacky) / Actor playing Blacky
1997 Rage Kovač
Balkanska pravila Matori
1998 Cabaret Balkan The Boxer Who Takes the Train
The Second Wife Fosco
Goodbye, 20th Century! Santa Claus
1999 Belo odelo Savo / Vuko Tiodorović
2001 Boomerang Bobi
2003 Mali svet Stariji vodnik Ras
2004 King of Thieves Caruso
Falling in the Paradise Ljubiša Kundačina
Midwinter Night's Dream Lazar
2005 Dobro uštimani mrtvaci Ruždija Kučuk
2006 Krojačeva tajna Pukovnik
Tomorrow Morning Zdravko
Optimisti Professor Gavrilo / Simon / Pokojni Ratomir / Gazda Pera / Aleksa Pantić
Casino Royale Kaminofsky
2007 S. O. S. – Spasite nase duše Gvozden
2008 Sonetàula Egidio Malune
2009 St. George Shoots the Dragon Đorđe žandar
Đavolja varoš Rajko Zorić
Honeymoons Verin stric
2011 Beli lavovi Dile
2013 The Priest's Children Biskup
Along the Roadside Milutin
2014 The November Man Arkady Federov
2015 We Will Be the World Champions Josip Broz Tito
Za kralja i otadžbinu
2016 On the Other Side Žarko
Train Driver's Diary Ilija
2018 King Peter of Serbia King Peter I
The Man Who Bought the Moon
2019 King Peter of Serbia King Peter I
Neverending Past Covek koji trazi mrtvog sina
Leeches Stjepan Stroh
2021 Dream Team Ilija Ika Srdić
2023 Mind Tunnel Miodrag Malić
2024 Dream Team 2 Ilija Ika Srdić
Saligia Horovođa

References

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  1. ↑ "Idilični glumački brakovi koji odolevaju trendu razvoda". Hello!.
  2. ↑ "Laza Ristovski: Nije mi smetalo da mi sin naređuje". blic.rs. October 2015.
  3. ↑ "Lazar Ristovski: "An Wien mag ich die Multikulturalität"". kosmo.at. 16 March 2017.
  4. ↑ "INTERVJU, LAZAR RISTOVSKI: Sve sam sebi sam smislio". ekspress.net. Archived from the original on 21 January 2019. Retrieved 24 July 2017.
  5. ↑ "38e SELECTION DE LA SEMAINE DE LA CRITIQUE – 1999". International Critics' Week.
  6. ↑ "Home". zillionfilm.com.
  7. ↑ "Filipović: Istražiti ko bira srpskog kandidata za Oskara". N1. 3 September 2016. Archived from the original on 5 September 2016. Retrieved 3 September 2016.
  8. ↑ "It Is Decided: This is Serbian candidate for the Oscars!". Telegraf. 6 September 2016. Retrieved 7 September 2016.
  9. ↑ Holdsworth, Nick (13 September 2016). "Oscars: Serbia Selects 'Train Driver's Diary' for Foreign-Language Category". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 13 September 2016.
  10. ↑ "Dnevniku mašinovođe "Zlatna zvezda" Praga". RTV.
  11. ↑ "Pobeda srpskog filma u Pragu: Nagrada i Lazi Ristovskom (VIDEO)". Telegraf. 7 August 2017.
  12. ↑ "Train Driver's Diary wins awards at Prague festival". Tanjug.
  13. ↑ "Ravno Selo Film Festival".
  14. ↑ "Lazar Ristovski: Osetio sam mržnju zbog mog političkog angažmana, ne želim da vraćam istom merom..." Hello!.
  15. ↑ "Lazar Ristovski preporučuje knjige". culturama.rs.
  16. ↑ "Lazar Ristovski: Umjetnost mora da boli". vijesti.me. Archived from the original on 29 July 2017. Retrieved 28 July 2017.
  17. ↑ "Jednostavne priče Lazara Ristovskog". blic.rs. 8 June 2015.
  18. ↑ "Ulična akademija, roman Lazara Ristovskog". nedeljnik.rs. Archived from the original on 29 July 2017. Retrieved 28 July 2017.
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