Boris Gavrilovic

Boris Gavrilovic moved to the US from Yugoslavia in the late eighties. He worked in the lower ranks of film production in New York in the early nineties before going to graduate school to study film. His experimental thesis film "Lesson 28" was shown at more than dozen film festivals in the United States and in Europe. For this film he received a best surreal film award at The Humboldt International Film Festival, bronze award for experimental film at the New York Expo of Short Film and Video and a jury prize at the Chicago International Film Festival. For a couple of years Boris worked in NYC as a commercial photographer while filming "My Life as an Underdog." He is currently involved in the post-production of this film and is teaching filmmaking and animation in New Jersey.