Biography
Jovan Todorović is a Serbian-American filmmaker, writer, and multidisciplinary artist working across documentaries, commercials, music videos, and narrative cinema.
His work includes two documentary features: The Belgrade Phantom, which premiered at IDFA, was exhibited at Centre Pompidou in Paris, and received the FIPRESCI Award, and Juvenile, which premiered at EnergaCamerimage in Toruń, Poland.
Having lived and worked across Europe, Asia, the Middle East, and the United States, Todorović creates films shaped by a strong visual sensibility and an interest in identity, belonging, memory, and human connection.
He is drawn to storytelling as a way of using heightened visual, auditory, and textural experiences to explore the human experience and promote connectivity through empathy. His work recognizes the extraordinary in the ordinary, broadening our ideas of beauty and our understanding of what it means to be human.
His commercial work includes campaigns for brands including Nike, Adidas, Diesel, Samsung, Guinness, Google, Comcast, Tissot, General Motors, and Experience Abu Dhabi. His music videos include collaborations with artists including Major Lazer, Jessie Ware, John Legend, Shakira, Nicki Minaj, Vaundy, Inhaler, and ZNTNDR.
Jovan is also the founder, producer, and lead vocalist of ZNTNDR, an electronic music and video project for which he directed multiple award-winning music videos.
He is currently developing multiple narrative feature projects.
Press
The Nourish Podcast | “Being Present in Your Own Creativity” with Director Jovan Todorović
Good podcast S5E5 | Director Jovan Todorovic
360 Yourself Podcast | EP 92: Jovan Todorovic
Boiler Room 4:3 - JOVAN TODOROVIC & CLAYTON VOMERO ON '3OHA'
Shots Magazine Interview | Vaundy Music Video
Shots Magazine Interview | Hate Couture
Dazed Interview - Generation Insta
Selected Recognition
Clio Music 2026 [Grand Clio — General Motors “See You on the Road”]
AICP Show 2026 [Winner — Licensed Soundtrack or Arrangement — General Motors “See You on the Road”]
ADC Awards 2026 [Silver and Bronze — General Motors “See You on the Road”]
AMP Awards 2025 [Ryan Barkin Best in Show — General Motors “See You on the Road”]
D&AD 2025 [Wood Pencil — General Motors “See You on the Road”]
London International Awards 2022 [3 Gold Awards — ZNTNDR “Untitled Us”]
Ciclope 2022 [Silver and 2 Bronze Awards — ZNTNDR “Untitled Us”]
Clio Awards 2022 [Gold Award — Ad Council & Veteran Affairs “Don’t Wait Reach Out”]
D&AD 2022 [Graphite Pencil — Nike “The Future Isn’t Waiting”]
Adweek 2020 [Campaign of the Year — Nike “The Future Isn’t Waiting”]
YouTube Works 2020 [Grand Prix — Nike “The Future Isn’t Waiting” / Bacardi “Beat Machine”]
Webby Awards 2020 [People’s Voice Winner — Bacardi “Beat Machine”]
ADC Awards 2020 [Silver Cube — Bacardi “Beat Machine”]
Cannes Lions 2019 [2 Silver Lions and 2 Bronze Lions — Diesel “Hate Couture”]
Clio Awards 2019 [Gold and Silver Awards — Diesel “Hate Couture”]
D&AD 2019 [Wood Pencil — Diesel “Hate Couture”]
Golden Drum 2018 [Grand Prix and Multiple Gold Awards — Diesel “Hate Couture”]
Eurobest 2018 [Gold and Bronze Awards — Diesel “Hate Couture”]
FIPRESCI Serbia 2009 [FIPRESCI Award — The Belgrade Phantom]
Jihlava International Documentary Film Festival 2009 [Silver Eye Award — The Belgrade Phantom]
Gotham Screen Film Festival 2009 [Best Documentary Film — The Belgrade Phantom]
Centre Pompidou, Paris 2011 [Hors Pistes Exhibition — The Belgrade Phantom]