Goran Dević studied law, archaeology, and film art at the Academy of Dramatic Art, University of Zagreb, Croatia, where he currently teaches documentary film. His documentaries and fiction films have won awards in Pula, Cottbus, Prizren, Prague, Sarajevo, Oberhausen, Leipzig, Motovun, and Zagreb. His feature film debut, The Blacks, co-directed and written with Zvonimir Jurić, was critically acclaimed. Retrospectives of his documentaries have been featured at Arsenal Berlin, MAXXI Roma, Crossing Europe Film festival Linz, Beldocs, and Zagreb. He co-founded the production company, Petnaesta umjetnost.