Janez Lapajne (Slovene: [yannez la-pie-nay]; born 24 June 1967 in Celje, Slovenia, grew up in Ljubljana, Slovenia is a Slovenian film director, producer, writer, editor and production designer.
The son of geophysicist Janez K. Lapajne [sl], he graduated in film directing from the University of Ljubljana.
[citation needed] He founded PoEtika [sl], an occasional academy for researching the art of film directing, which he heads as mentor.
[citation needed] He is former first president of Directors Guild of Slovenia.
[citation needed] Lapajne is related to Slovenian female painter Ivana Kobilca.