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Mitja Okorn

Directing

Mitja Okorn

Mitja Okorn is a director born on January 26, 1981 in Kranj, Słowenia. Mitja Okorn is known for Life in a Year, All My Friends Are Dead and Letters to Santa. GloboWatch shows where to watch one of Mitja Okorn’s movies and TV shows, country by country.

Known for
Directing
Born
January 26, 1981
Place of birth
Kranj, Słowenia
Also known as
Dimitrij Potochnik

Biography

An economist by training, a director by passion, and a film buff. In 2001, his first short film, "Be Flexible," won him an award at the Motovun Festival in Croatia, among others. Three years later, his feature debut, "Tu pa tam" (Here and There), made on a near-zero budget, became a huge hit in Slovenia, gained wide distribution, and was screened at numerous European film festivals. In 2007, he received a British Council nomination for the International Young Film Entrepreneur of the Year Award (IYFEY) and was featured in Screen International magazine as a European Star of Tomorrow. That same year, the Polish broadcaster TVN invited him to direct the immensely popular series "39 ​​i pół" (39 and a Half), and later invited him to collaborate on the project "Letters to Santa." Mitja Okorn has also directed numerous commercials and award-winning music videos. He has been living and working in Poland since 2007.

Filmography

  1. 2025Happy Day of the Deadas Truplo
  2. 2024BoxerDirector · Writer
  3. 2021Girls to BuyScreenplay
  4. 2021'91as Seronja
  5. 2020All My Friends Are DeadProducer
  6. 2020Life in a YearDirector
  7. 2016Planet SingleDirector · Screenplay
  8. 2011Letters to SantaDirector
  9. 200839 i półDirector
  10. 2005Here and ThereEditor · Director · Executive producer · Producer · Writer