Igor Zupe

Screenwriter, director, producer

zupe@nordcross.com, barbara@aatalanta.si

www.nordcross.com

Igor Zupe was born in Murska Sobota, Slovenia and graduated in film and television direction at the Academy of Theatre, Radio, Film and Television in Ljubljana. In his career he has worked as a director of artistic and documentary films about music and art (Neue Slowenische Kunst, Irwin, Laibach, Pankrti), also directing music videos, music television shows, television ads and computer animations. In addition to cinematographic, television and festival projections, his films have also been screened in renowned international galleries and museums (e.g. the MOMA in New York, TATE MODERN, London, GARAGE Moscow, REINA SOFIA, Madrid,…). He has also acted as director and creative producer of over 500 music entertainment television shows and programmes. End of Gravity is his most ambitious feature project to date.

In 2000 he established the Nordcross production company, which produces the majority of his work.

FILMOGRAPHY (as a screenwriter/director)

2020
AN APOLOGY FOR MODERNITY, on art documentary, 71′

2019
SO LONG, FAREWELL, art film, 5,29′

4:33 READYMADE LAIBACH, art film, 7,12′

2018
MUSIC IS THE ART OF TIME: LONG-PLAY FILM LAIBACH, documentary, 50′
SOUNDWATCH, Berlin, award for best music film

2016
FROM KAPITAL TO CAPITAL, documentary, 52′

2015
PERPETUUM JAZZILE THE SHOW, music film, 101′
2013
VINOGRADNIK IN VITEZ (VERDI AND WAGNER), documentary, 50′

2011
TIME FOR A NEW STATE: FIRST NSK CITIZENS CONGRESS, documentary, 50′
2008
BACHELORS, stand-art documentary, 60′

2007
MUSIC IS THE ART OF TIME: PANKRTI DOLGCAJT, documentary 50′
HRUPNI MAČEK for best music documentary, Grossman Festival, Ljutomer, 2008,  Award for best music film, DORF, Vinkovci, Croatia, 2007; Special  commendation for music documentary, Friška Figa film festival,  Čakovec, Croatia; 2007
2000
IT’S ALIVE-LAIBACH OCCUPIED EUROPE NATO TOUR, music film, 62′