Danis Tanovi? is a Bosnian film director and screenwriter. Tanovi? is best known for having directed and written the script for the 2001 Bosnian movie No Man's Land which won him the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film. He is widely considered one of the best contemporary Bosnian filmmakers of his generation and has garnered critical acclaim for many of his movies. In 2008, Tanovi? established Na?a Stranka, a grassroots political party based in Sarajevo. He was a member of the jury at the 2003 Cannes Film Festival. His most recent films include Triage, starring Colin Farrell, Paz Vega and Christopher Lee and Cirkus Columbia, starring Miki Manojlovi? and Mira Furlan. 

February 20th, 1969 in Zenica (Age 55)