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Feđa Štukan: From hell to Hollywood

He is an actor, producer, writer, pilot, parachutist, motorcyclist…

He has filmed with stars such as Tom Hardy, Stellan Skarsgård, Ben Kingsley, Daniel Craig, Benicio del Toro, Colin Firth, and Gary Oldman. Among the acclaimed directors he has worked with are Ridley Scott, Thomas Vinterberg, Luc Besson, Terrence Malick, and Sam Mendes.

At the urging of Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt, he wrote the autobiographical novel "Blank" as potential material for a feature film. Literary critics and readers described it as a clear and brutal work, with painful and tragicomic elements, one that "hits straight in the head". The novel is studied at the History Department of Goldsmiths University in London, in the context of the Balkan conflicts, and it has also taken its place at the University of Mostar as part of the psychology and sociology curriculum.

On our platform, Feđa Štukan shared how he went from being a sniper in the war, through homelessness and heroin addiction — to the lights of A-list Hollywood production.