Nataša Urban is a documentary film director and editor working professionally since 2005. Her films, such as Journey of a Red Fridge (IDFA First Appearance Competition 2007, IDFA Top 25 Audience Favorites 2007) and Big Sister Punam (UNICEF Award for Children Rights), have been screened at international film festivals around the world and have received 40 awards. They have aired on major TV networks worldwide, including ARTE, RAI, ZDF, DR2, YLE, ORF, RSI, and PBS, and are part of educational programs in schools around the globe, from Ghana to Mongolia.
Nataša graduated in 2001 from Bucharest's University of Arts, in the Department of Photography and Video. She also holds a Master's degree in Photography, awarded by the University of Arts in Belgrade in 2008.
Between 2005-2013, Nataša made films under the name of LUNAM DOCS.
She took part in ESoDoc 2006, IDFAcademy 2007, IDFA Summer School 2014, Berlinale Talents 2015, and Werner Herzog Rogue Film School 2016.
Nataša was born into a Serbo-Romanian family in north Serbia in 1977. Although her surname at birth was Stanković, Nataša later adopted her paternal great-grandmother maiden name of Flora Urban. Flora's parents were killed in 1945 in a concentration camp for ethnic German population (Danube Swabians) in Bački Jarak, Yugoslavia.
Nataša moved to Oslo in 2011. She works with the Medieperatørene documentary production company as a director and editor. She has also given guest lectures at various film schools and courses in Norway.