Nejc Gazvoda, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

Nejc Gazvoda

writer, screenwriter, director

Date of Birth: 05-Jun-1985

Place of Birth: Novo Mesto, Slovenia

Profession: screenwriter, writer, film director

Nationality: Slovenia

Zodiac Sign: Gemini

Nejc Gazvoda (born 5 June 1985) is a Slovene writer, screenwriter and director.
He has published a number of novels and collections of short stories and also has written the scripts for two successful TV dramas and has recently written and directed his first feature film Izlet (A Trip) (2011).Gazvoda was born in Novo Mesto in southeastern Slovenia in 1985.
He studied at the Academy for Theatre, Radio, Film and Television in Ljubljana.
Whilst still in secondary school he published his book of short stories Vevericam nic ne uide (Nothing Escapes the Squirrels) for which he won the Fabula Award in 2006 for best collection of short prose in Slovene published within the previous two years.His 2011 film A Trip was selected as the Slovenian entry for the Best Foreign Language Oscar at the 85th Academy Awards, but it did not make the final shortlist.