Goran was born and grew up in Macedonia before migrating to Australia in his teens. He completed a Bachelor of Creative Arts at the University of Melbourne and a Masters in Film and Television at the Victorian College of the Arts, with his student film preselected for the 2008 Cannes Film Festival.
Goran has made 25 short films, which have collectively screened at over 200 festivals across six continents. Each of the last five secured an Oscar/BAFTA-accredited premiere.
His latest short, Would You Look at Her won the jury prize for Best International Short at the 2018 Sundance Film Festival, thereby qualifying for an Academy Award. The same film also won multiple prizes across Europe, screening at over 80 festivals, including Clermont-Ferrand, Palm Springs, Melbourne, Sydney, Rhode Island, Hamptons, Uppsala, Frameline, Outfest, Bristol Encounters and Asiana Shorts.