Jaka Bizilj

Jaka Bizilj in 2009

Jaka Bizilj is a German writer, promoter, and film producer. He is also the founder and chairman of the Cinema for Peace Foundation.

Bizilj was born 8 December 1971 in Ljubljana, Slovenia and grew up in Slovenia, Libya, Tanzania, Malaysia and Germany.[citation needed] He studied politics, literature and film at the German University of Mainz and went on to become a journalist and political activist.