After graduating from Columbia University Film Division in New York (MFA in directing and screenwriting), Miroslav Mandic made a short 'Workers' Marriage' (1985). The film won Grand Prix Golden Dragon at Cracow International Film Festival, and several other awards at major short film festivals.
His feature film 'Walking on the Water' (1987, original title 'Zivot Radnika') has won Grand Prix at Strasbourg IFF. TV series 'Top Chart of Surrealists' (1989-90, original title 'Top Lista Nadrealista'), a political comedy which he co-wrote and directed in the style resemblant of 'The Monty Python Circus', was the most popular TV show in ex-Yugoslavia.
From 1995-2002, he directed numerous documentaries for Czech Television. 'borderline lovers' (2005), is his first feature length documentary.