About

Known credits:
15
Birthday:
1983-01-01
Place of birth:
Pristina, Kosovo
Website:
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Blerta Basholli

Overview

Blerta Basholli is a writer/director with a unique realistic visual style. Her stories touch upon social and gender issues from the country where she was born and raised, Kosova, and beyond.

Basholli's debut feature film Hive (2021), broke Sundance records where she swept the Grand Jury Prize, the Directing Award, and the Audience Award in the World Cinema Dramatic category, becoming the first film in the history of the Sundance Film Festival to do so.

In 2008 she was awarded the Dean's Fellowship at the Film Graduate Program at Tisch School of the Arts - NYU. She lived in New York City for four years where she had the opportunity to work on several film projects as a student.

Known for

Directing
2021 Hive Directing Director 60
Fair
2013 The three of us Directing Director N/A
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2011 Lena & I Directing Director N/A
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2009 Gjakova 726 Directing Director N/A
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Dua Directing Director N/A
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Writing
2021 Hive Writing Writer 60
Fair
2013 The three of us Writing Writer N/A
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2011 Lena & I Writing Writer N/A
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2009 Gjakova 726 Writing Writer N/A
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Dua Writing Screenplay N/A
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Production
2024 Housekeeping for Beginners Production Producer 59
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2021 Hive Production Casting Director 60
Fair
2013 The three of us Production Producer N/A
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Editing
2011 The Shoemaker Editing Editor N/A
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2011 Lena & I Editing Editor N/A
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