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Miko Lazić, born July 27, 1968 in Nacka, is a Swedish film director

Miko Lazić worked as an advertising and fashion photographer 1989-1996. Miko also had a side project in music production and formed the Hip Hop collective Polar Posse together with Polar Bear (Björn Söderberg) in the mid-90s. This collaboration in music resulted in Miko starting to make music videos and eventually he switched to film photographer and then director. Miko first studied film at Stockholm Film School in 1992-1994 and then at the Dramatic Institute year 1996-1999.

Miko Lazić debuted as a director with the short film Once Upon a Time 2000, which was followed by the short film Boban the hockey star in 2003. In 2005 the feature film Made in Yugoslavia was released which he both wrote and directed and in 2008 he directed Iskariot In 2011 the short film Kylan was released.

In 2014, he founded Moonlighting Industries AB, which develops the product Moon Smart Focus®, a distance meter for professional filmmakers with the support of AI. With the help of investors and Inkubera AB at Örebro University, the company has grown and in 2021, the first generation of Moon Smart Focus has appeared in several Swedish films. In 2022, the company expects to be launched internationally.