Goran Stolevski (born 1985) is a Macedonian Australian film director and screenwriter.[1][2] He made his feature film directorial debut with the 2022 film You Won't Be Alone, which premiered at the 2022 Sundance Film Festival.[3]

His second feature film, Of an Age, was the winner of the Best Film Award at CinefestOZ in 2022.[4]

Stolevski was born in the Socialist Republic of Macedonia and spent his childhood in Tetovo.[5] At the age of 12, he emigrated to Australia with his family.[5] He is openly gay.[6]

Filmography

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Short films

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Year Title Director Writer Editor Notes
2007 Ambassador Yes Yes Yes
2008 Blood Yes Yes Yes
Picture of a Good Woman Yes Yes Yes
2012 Frankie's Big Heart Yes No No
2015 Today Is Not the Day Yes Yes No
2016 You Deserve Everything Yes Yes No Also producer
2017 Everything We Wanted Yes Yes No
Would You Look at Her Yes Yes Yes
2018 My Boy Oleg Yes Yes No

Television

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Year Title Notes
2018 Nowhere Boys 3 episodes

Feature films

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Year Title Director Writer Editor
2022 You Won't Be Alone Yes Yes No
Of an Age Yes Yes Yes
2023 Housekeeping for Beginners Yes Yes Yes

References

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  1. ^ "Filmmakers honoured at Sydney Film Festival’s Closing Night Gala",
  2. ^ Williams, Fiona (20 June 2016). "'Aquarius' wins Sydney Film Prize". Screen Daily. Retrieved 18 November 2019.
  3. ^ Goldsmith, Jill (19 November 2021). "Focus Features Sets Supernatural Horror Thriller 'You Won't Be Alone' For Jan. 2022 Release". Deadline Hollywood. Retrieved 19 January 2022.
  4. ^ Katherine Tulich, "Goran Stolevski’s ‘Of An Age’ Claims Australia’s Richest Film Prize at CinefestOZ". Variety, August 30, 2022.
  5. ^ a b Maličev, Patricija (28 September 2024). "Moji filmi so filmi o pripadanju in ljubezni". Sobotna priloga – Delo (in Slovenian). pp. 52–53.
  6. ^ Stephanie Bunbury, "‘My best friends were Hepburn and Bergman’: Aussie director takes critics by storm". The Age, July 28, 2022.
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