Sergio Mimica-Gezzan
| Sergio Mimica-Gezzan | |
|---|---|
| Born |
May 2, 1956 Zagreb, Croatia |
| Other names | Srdjan Mimica |
| Occupation | Film director, television director, actor |
| Years active | 1966–present |
Sergio Mimica-Gezzan (also known as Srdjan Mimica, Croatian: Srđan Mimica) ) (born May 2, 1956)[1] is a Croatian-born American film and television director and son of famous Croatian film director Vatroslav Mimica. He has received three Directors Guild of America awards for his work as an assistant director[2] and is now a regular lead director in episodic television. He has often worked with Steven Spielberg as an assistant director. He directed six episodes of the reimagined Battlestar Galactica, two episodes of Heroes, and the television adaptation of Ken Follett's The Pillars of the Earth.
Mimica-Gezzan's other television credits include Invasion, Prison Break, Saving Grace, Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles and Falling Skies. In 2014 he directed the Halo: Nightfall digital feature.[3]
As a boy and a young man he appeared as an actor in his father's most known films Ponedjeljak ili utorak (1966) and Događaj (1969). He is best known for his leading role in the famous Croatian film spectacle Anno Domini 1573 (Croatian: Seljačka buna 1573.), directed by Vatroslav Mimica.
Footnotes
- ↑ U.S. Public Records Index Vol 2 (Provo, UT: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.), 2010.
- ↑ 1998 Director's Guild of America winners
- ↑ "RIDLEY SCOTT AND MICROSOFT TEAM FOR HALO DIGITAL FEATURE". IGN. Retrieved 2014-02-03.