Background
Kostić was born in Belgrade, to father Aleksandar and mother Smilja, both French-educated medical doctors and recipients of Chevalier de la Legion d’Honneur"honeur.
Kostić was born in Belgrade, to father Aleksandar and mother Smilja, both French-educated medical doctors and recipients of Chevalier de la Legion d’Honneur"honeur.
He was particularly noted for his memorable film and television pieces, including movies such as Nevinost bez zaštite, Ko to tamo peva, Balkanski špijun, Život je lep, and Tri karte za Holivud. After the war, teenager Kostić was caught printing and distributing materials against the Yugoslav communist regime, which landed him in jail with a three year sentence. He ended up serving two.
He composed 93 pieces of classical music, as well as music for 107 feature and television films, 310 theater shows and 20 television series.
He was a long-time secretary of Union of Serbian composers, and published 35 papers, essays and studies. He was also noted for his culinary abilities, and he published several cookbooks and hosted popular television shows on cooking.
Kostić was married to Vera, who had equally diverse interests: she is a journalist, ballet dancer and rally driver. They had no children.
He died in his native city of Belgrade, after a long illness.