In the end of '70s and all through the '80s, he was the leader of the
most popular Yugoslav band "Bijelo dugme" (from Sarajevo). They
published more than 10 LPs, selling altogether more than 15 million
copies. He was the first one to introduce "shepperd's rock" (a kind of
folk-rock) into popular Yugoslav music. He plays guitar and sometimes
sings. Very prolific composer, he turned more towards world music since
he left Yugoslavia at the beginning of the war. He lives in
Paris.
Jury member of the Locarno film festival 1998, he left the jury and
Locarno early because he was not happy with his hotel room
The live footage of "Bijelo dugme", the former Yugoslav rock-band whose
leader was Goran Bregovic, a famous film-score composer, appears in the
movie called Pejzazi u magli (1984), which was directed by Jovan
Jovanovic.
Goran and his wife have 3 daughters named Ema (born in March 1995), Una (February 2002), and Lulu (May 2004).
He met his wife Dzenana in 1977 (he was 27 years old, she was 16)
He has a daughter named Zeljka from a previous relationship, born in the 1970s, who gave birth to Goran's granddaughter, Bianca.