Zdenko Jurilj was born in 1972 in Široki Brijeg. He studied History and Journalism and in the end came to the world of the «Seventh art». A long reporting career is behind him, covering the development and the aftermath of the situation in the former Yugoslavia as well as South-East Europe. For several years has been working in «Kadar» Production Enterprise in Široki Brijeg as a scriptwriter and director. His documentaries have been screened at several relevant international festivals and have won several awards, and some were played at regional TVs. He directed a doesen of documentaries and promotional films. He worked as a coproducer on awarded feature films.