
Person
Mitja Okorn
Directing · Born 1981-01-26 · Kranj, Słowenia
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.
Known for

Life in a Year
Director

Girls to Buy
Screenplay

39 i pół
Director

Boxer
Director

All My Friends Are Dead
Creative Producer

Letters to Santa
Director

Planet Single
Director

Me and My Father
Thanks

Happy Day of the Dead
Truplo

Here and There
Editor
Filmography
- 2025Happy Day of the DeadTruplo
- 2024BoxerDirector
- 2021Girls to BuyScreenplay
- 2021'91Seronja
- 2020All My Friends Are DeadCreative Producer
- 2020Life in a YearDirector
- 2017Me and My FatherThanks
- 2016Planet SingleDirector
- 2011Letters to SantaDirector
- 200839 i półDirector
- 2005Here and ThereEditor
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