1986–1988 The band Heroji was formed in Belgrade in 1986 by vocalist Vladimir Đurić "Đura", who graduated dramaturgy on the
Belgrade Faculty of Dramatic Arts. The band worked in an unsteady lineup, but managed to gain attention of the media with their first
demo recording, the song "Noću haramo" ("We Raven at Night"). In 2017 Đura i Mornari together with the folk band Vojvođanski San (
Vojvodina Dream) released the album
Nove gradske pesme (
New Town Songs), featuring the combination of
Latin and
Balkan old town music. The album featured Đura i Mornari songs, as well as covers of folk songs. Đurić was a screenwriter, director and TV author in the TV shows
Neobavezno (
Optional),
Petkom u 22 (
Friday at 10:00 p.m.),
Kult (
Cult),
Devedesete (
Nineties),
Nove vrednosti (
New Values),
Kult detektivi (
Cult Detectives) and
Služimo narodu (
We Serve the People). In 1988 he directed the TV adaptation of the
rock opera Kreatori i kreature (
Creators and Creatures), written by Vladimir Milačić He acted in his films
Land of Truth, Love & Freedom and
South by Southeast and in his series
Bad Blood, as well as in the films
Dudes (2001),
State (2013) and
Humidity (2016). At the time of his activity with Heroji, he had already been tested
HIV positive. He was the first person in Yugoslavia to be officially registered as HIV positive. He died of
AIDS on 25 September 1992. ==Discography==