Mr Mustafa Mustafić was born on 15 April 1942 in Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina.
He attended grammar school in Sarajevo and graduated from the Academy of Theatre and Film Arts in Zagreb. During his high school, together with the group of film enthusiasts and lovers of the seventh art, he started the Sarajevo Cinema Club (Kino klub Sarajevo). In 1965 he became a professional member of the film workers of Bosnia and Herzegovina.
Films:
Ime čovjeka (1969), U kuhinji (1969), Draga Irena (1970), Opasni susreti (1972) (mini) TV series, Porobdžije (1976) (mini) TV series, Kože (1981) (mini) TV series, Dome slatki dome (1983), Revizor (1983), Ana (1984), I to će proći (1985), Ada (1985), Poslijednji skretničar uzanog kolosijeka 1986, Neke nedjelje (1987), Ovo malo duše (1988), Stanica običnih vozova (1989), Kuduz (1989), Aleksa Šantić (1990) (mini) TV series, Moj brat Aleksa (1991), Bulevar revolucije (1992), Magareće godine (1994), Crvene gumene čizme (2000), Marche chinois, Le (2001) (TV), Remake (2002), 11.09.01 –september 11 (2002), Go West – (2004), Karneval – 2007, Shoping – 2008, Ako ovo gledas mama -2009, Saraj’vo – 2017, Slike iz zivota bh.ilma -2021
Awards:
Golden medal of Belgrade for the Best Camera of the 30th documentary and short film festival
Golden medal of Belgrade for the Best Camera of the 31st documentary and short film festival
Golden medal of Belgrade for the Best Camera of the 33rd documentary and short film festival
Award for the Best Camera at the PORTOROŽ 77 TV festival
Đorđe Jolić Award for the Best Cinematography at the TUZLA 84 film festival
Đorđe Jolić Award for the Best Cinematography at the TUZLA 86 film festival
Award for the Best Cinematographer at the POREĆ 88 international film and television festival
Silver Olive Award for the documentary film “Ako ovo gledas mama“ at the14th International TV Festival Bar 2009
Green Montenegro International Film Festival 2018 Second Prize:
Saraj’vo (Bosnia and Herzegovina)
Directed by Mustafa Mustafić
For multiple years he worked as a lecturer of Film Photography for Production students at the Academy of Performing Arts in Sarajevo.
He also lectured the course of TV Camera for journalism students for two years, and also for journalism students at the Media/Plana School in Sarajevo for three years.
He took part in several workshops, assisting in the upgrading of skills of professional TV cinematographers form Bosnia-Herzegovina and Montenegro.
Currently, he is working on preparing a new documentary film.