Jugoslav Pantelić is the Director of the Yugoslav Cinematheque, the Serbian film archive, since 2016.He has been the artistic director and selector of the International Film Festival – FEST since June 2014.Pantelić has a M.A. in Multimedia Art.He is a member of the European Film Academy, a representative of Serbia in Eurimages, the co-production fund of the Council of Europe, and a member of the Faculty of Dramatic Arts Board.

He was the Executive Director of a television network and a long-time editor of the film program and film critic at TV Studio B, and has behind him a large number of original shows, specials and interviews in the field of the Seventh Art.

As the director of the Yugoslav Cinematheque, he launched the first big wave of digital restoration of Serbian feature films as well as the specialized film magazine “Kinoteka”.Jugoslav Pantelić was the head of the working group for drafting the proposal for the first Serbian Law on Film and Other Audio-Visual Heritage, which was adopted by the National Assembly of the Republic of Serbia in September 2023.

He was a member of the Council of the Belgrade International Film Festival - FESTfor two terms, and in 2005 he chaired the FEST Council.He was a selector of film festivals in Paris, Novi Sad, Palić, as well as a member of the jury at various national and international festivals.

Pantelić earned the City of Belgrade Award in the field of journalism, as well as the Silver and Gold Plaques of the FEST.Jugoslav Pantelić is the initiator of the competition concept of FEST as well as the Belgrade Victor Award, which since 2015 has been awarded for the best film, direction, screenplay, acting and best debut.The honorary statuette of the Victor is awarded to persons from our country and abroad who have left a mark in the history of the Seventh Art.Pantelić is the initiator of the “Nebojša Đukelić” Award, which is awarded by film professionals and critics for the best regional film of the FEST.

In 2022, the Ministry of Culture of the Republic of France awarded Pantelić with the Order of Arts and Letters in the rank of Knight.

He was born and lives in Belgrade.