Miroslav Benka


Miroslav Benka, born April 22, 1956, is a Serbian screenwriter, actor, director and designer.

Life and work

Benka was born in Ašanja, Vojvodina, Serbia to a Slovak family. He graduated from the College of Applied Arts in Design and the Acting Department of the Academy of Arts in Novi Sad|Academy of Arts in Novi Sad. Benka also graduated from the Directing Department of the University of Arts in Belgrade.
He was a guest professor at the Academy of Performing Arts in Bratislava and the International University in Novi Pazar, and artistic director of the City Drama Theatre in Žilina, Slovakia, the National Theatre Sterija in Vrsac and the Vrsac Autumn Theatre Festival.
Benka has directed 60 productions by classical and contemporary playwrights, documentaries, advertisements, television programs, music videos, radio dramas and the multimedia project Lux in Tenebris at Bojnice Castle.
Benka has performed at the Belgrade International Theatre Festival in 1991 and 2004, the Novi Sad Sterija Theatre Festival in 1995 and 1998, the Vojvodina Theatre Festival in 1991, 1995, 1996, 1998, 1999 and 2001, the Vrsac Autumn Theatre Festival in 1994, 1996, 1998, 2001 and 2002, the Sarajevo Theatre Festival in 1991 and 2004, the Ljubljana Theatre Festival in 2006, the 1991 Zagreb Dance Week Festival, the 1998 Užice Yugoslav Theatre Festival, the Prešov Slovak Theatre Festival in 1994 and 1995, the International Theatre Festival in 1992 and 1995, the 2012 Touches and Connections Theatre Festival, the 2013 International Theatre Festival and Herceg Novi Summer Festival. He has contributed to S.O.S., Soft Dreams, Bread and Circuses, Painted in Frost and Images of My World.
He has exhibited work at the World Stage Design Exhibition during the Prague Quadrennial. Other exhibitions include the Museum of Art and Crafts in Belgrade and the Triennial of Theatre Scenography and Costume Design in Novi Sad.

As director