Andrej Zdravic (1952), received his education in Ljubljana, Algiers and the USA. He began filmmaking in 1973, inspired by music, and studied film and sound at State University of New York/Buffalo (MA, 1980). He has created over 27 independent films and soundtracks which were featured in more than 100 one-man shows in the USA and Europe and retrospectives at the Anthology Film Archives, New York and Centre Pompidou, Paris.

He established a video department at the Exploratorium - Museum of Science and Art in San Francisco and authored an original video installation concept Time Horizon, a permanent exhibit in several museums and featured at World EXPO '98 in Lisbon. Currently, he is working on a new installation - Ocean Lava - for the Venice Biennial '99.

Zdravic is the recipient of several grants and awards - NEA, CAPS (USA), Film Fund and the Pres?eren Fund (Slovenia) and has lectured on filmmaking at various US universities. He works and lives in the USA and Slovenia.