Gordan Mihić was the screenwriter of some of the most famous Yugoslav films. His first film was “Whistle at Eight” (Zvižduk u osam), made in 1962, after which he wrote some of the cult works of Yugoslav cinematography such as “The Loners” (Samci), “And God Created the Tavern Singer” (I Bog stvori kafansku pevačicu), “When I Am Dead and Gone” (Kad budem mrtav i beo), “Grey Home” (Sivi dom), “Crows” (Vrane), “Truck Drivers” (Kamiondžije), “The Beach Guard in Winter” (Čuvar plaže u zimskom periodu), “The Return of the Written-Off” (Povratak otpisanih), “Butterfly Cloud” (Leptirov oblak), “The Dog Who Loved Trains” (Pas koji je voleo vozove), “The Time Has Come to Test Love” (Došlo doba da se ljubav proba), “Balkan Express” (Balkan ekspres), “Jaguar’s Leap” (Jaguarov skok), “Indian Summer ’68” (Varljivo leto ’68), “Grey Home” (Sivi dom), “Time of the Gypsies” (Dom za vešanje), “The Forgotten” (Zaboravljeni)…
Gordan Mihić came from the village of Poplat in the municipality of Berkovići in Republika Srpska. He spent eight years in Sokobanja and then moved to Belgrade, where he frequently changed apartments. He met many people in boarding houses and apartment buildings. He said that, in a way, this was where his first series, “The Loners” (Samci), was born.
The series was made in 1986, at a time when the television series as a genre was just developing at Television Belgrade. “I write The Loners like this. I go to Divčibare with my wife and child. I write the story on Monday. On Tuesday I take it to Belgrade. Aca Đorđević gives it to the actors on Wednesday. He films it on Thursday. It is broadcast on Saturday,” Mihić said.
For a while he also worked as a journalist. He wrote television reviews and was extremely strict. Because of that, he was not well liked at the television station, and this affected his work when he later joined it.
The turning point in his career was meeting Živojin Pavlović, for whom, together with Ljubiša Kozomora, he wrote the main chapters of the Black Wave.
He was a full professor at the Faculty of Dramatic Arts, where he taught screenwriting.
For his film work, he received numerous awards, including the First Prize for the screenplay of “The Conquest of Freedom” (Osvajanje slobode) in 1979 and the First Prize for the screenplay of “Balkan Express” (Balkan ekspres) in 1983 at the Screenplay Festival in Vrnjačka Banja; the Golden Arena for the screenplay of “Happy New Year ’49” (Srećna nova ’49.) in Pula in 1986… He was the recipient of the Crystal Prism for his overall contribution to domestic cinema.
Gordan Mihić was married for a full 50 years to actress Vera Čukić, with whom he had a daughter, also an actress, Ivana Mihić.
He died on August 11, 2019, in Belgrade, at the age of 80.
