Sanja Šamanović (Požega, Croatia, 1970) is a director and producer. She gratuated from the Faculty of Geodesy at the University of Zagreb where nowadays she lectures photography. During the 1990's she was publishing in several Croatian weekly magazines. Since 1996 she is a member of "Kinoklub Zagreb" where she directed her first films.
Sanja worked on the production of music videos, experimental and documentary films ("Graduates and dancers", "Occupation, 27. picture"). Together with Vedran Šamanović she directed a documentary "Terrace" which won the Best Regional Film award at the 11th Liburnia Film Festival in 2013. Since the beginnings of the One Take Film Festival she was involved in organization while since 2011 she is a director of the festival.