ABOUT
Screenwriter · Author
Creator of Intuitive Screenwriting
Ana Lasić is an award-winning screenwriter, playwright, and author working in English, Slovenian, and Serbian. Born in Belgrade and based in Ljubljana, she works internationally across film, television, and theater. Her writing is intuitive, emotional, and deeply rooted in the human psyche.
She is currently working on three film projects at different stages of development and production: two feature films and an animated short.
Ana is the creator of Intuitive Screenwriting, an original theory of story based on her discovery of the Intuitive Screenwriting Wheel, the hidden archetypal matrix behind the Hero’s Journey. Her book Intuitive Screenwriting was first published in Slovenian in 2022, and a revised English-language edition is currently in preparation. She continues to develop and share her work on the system through essays and film analyses published weekly on Substack.
She is also developing a software application based on the Intuitive Screenwriting system.
She previously served as Assistant Professor of Screenwriting for Film and Television at the University of Ljubljana’s Academy of Theatre, Radio, Film and Television (AGRFT), where she taught for many years. She continues to teach and mentor writers through international Intuitive Screenwriting workshops and masterclasses.
Film
2024 Lasić co-wrote the feature film The Man Who Doesn’t Exist with director Nejc Levstik (in production).
2016 /2017 During a stay at the Ingmar Bergman’s Estate, Ana completed her screenplay for the feature film Green Softness. The development of Green Softness was supported by the Slovenian Film Centre. Ana is open for collaborations with directors and film productions.
2013 / 2014 Lasic wrote two screenplays Balkan Is Not Dead directed by Aleksandar Popovski (prod. Kino oko, Robert Naskov, Makedonia), and Driving School directed by Janez Burger (prod. RTV Slovenia).
2011 she did adaptation for In Treatment (BeTipul) for all 45 episodes for POP TV Slovenia.
2009 Ana wrote the screenplay for TV film Angela Vode, Hidden Memories, directed by Maja Weiss (prod. RTV Slovenia), that won the Viktor prize for the best Slovenian TV film.
2004 her first feature film Ruins, directed by Janez Burger, won the prize for the Best Slovenian Film and went on to festivals around Europe and the United States, including Rotterdam Film Festival, Karlovy Vary, Minneapolis, Palm Springs etc… At the Lecce Film Festival, Ruins won the Special Jury Award.
Theater
2023 Ana co-adapted Blood Wedding by Federico García Lorca with director Yulia Roschina for Anton Podbevšek Theatre (APT) in Novo mesto.
2017 she completed Down By the River Styx, the final part of her theatrical trilogy (currently seeking production).
2016 Lasic wrote an adaptation of One Hundred Years of Solitude by Gabriel Garcia Marquez for Pandur theaters. Though the project remained unrealized, the adaptation stands as a powerful exploration of Márquez’s world.
2008 Original play Where Are You Coming From? was first performed at Theater Forum in Berlin. The play won the Selenic prize, a prize annually given for best graduating play and the Third prize at the Competition for the best EX-YU play 2000, organized by Theater m.b.H. in Wien, Austria. It is printed in German and its original Serbian in the collection of plays named Schutzzone und Andere Neue Stucke Aus Exjugoslavien published by Folio Verlag 2002.
2005 Original For Now Nowhere, performed at the Slovene National Theatre Drama in Ljubljana and in JDP in Belgrade. Lasic won the Dominik Smole Price for the best Slovenian play 2006 at the festival Borstnikovo srečanje.
Publications & Other Work
2022 Intuitivna scenaristika: Arhetipska matrica junakovega potovanja by Ana Lasić, handbook; non-fiction. Published by Javni sklad RS za kulturne dejavnosti, Ljubljana. Language: Slovenian
2020 Preface to the Serbian edition of Piščevo putovanje: Mitska struktura za pisce
by Christopher Vogler, Published by Filmski centar Srbije, Belgrade. Language: Serbian