Pandur got into theatre during his high school years at the Maribor First Gymnasium, where he formed his own theatre group called Tespisov voz - New Slovenian Theatre. Even then he drew the attention of the Slovenian and Yugoslav theatre with his work. He graduated at the Ljubljana Academy of Theatre, Radio, Film and Television - AGRFT with a student Prešeren director's prize for staging F. Schiller's Mary Stuart.

His first professional production, which acquired a cult status, Scheherazade, was created at the Slovenian Youth Theatre in 1989. The success of the production was great not only at home but also while touring Europe and the rest of the world. Between the years 1989 and 1996 Pandur was the artistic director at the SNG Drama Maribor theatre house. Productions that followed, such as Hamlet, Faust, Carmen and the Divine Comedy, ensured Pandur's place among the top contemporary Slovenian theatre workers and allowed him to embark onto the European stage.

Following disputes over the theatre's financial debt Pandur decided to withdraw from theatre life for a few years. He returned on stage abroad, where he established his own new theatre called Pandur.Theaters. It is headed by dramaturge Livija Pandur.

Pandur eventually returned to Slovenia but took the long way home. His time abroad took him to New York and European capitals such as Paris, Berlin, Zagreb, and especially Madrid. Madrid is where he experienced his most noteworthy success. He considered his "Spanish period" the happiest part of his career. He labeled Spain as perhaps one of the most generous of countries, enabling him to have artistic continuity which he considered most important for the process of creating. "Considering the sensibility for grasping art and respect for culture, which generate the development of a society and the ability to change the world, Spain is the right country for me," Pandur said about the country which awarded him the distinguished Order of Isabella the Catholic in 2011.

During his career Pandur received many awards for his work. For staging Faust I, II at the SNG Maribor he received the Prešeren Fund Prize in 1991 and the Borštnik theatre prize for best director and best production. The city of Maribor honoured Pandur with the Golden Coat of Arms of Maribor. He was also given the Glazer and Bojan Stupica awards for lifetime achievement. Worth pointing out among his foreign recognitions is the MESS Sarajevo Golden Mask award for best director for his theatre play Faust I, II.

With his own concept of theatre, which worked well for him especially in Spain, he always strove towards a supranational theatre. Those are also the foundations of his Pandur.Theatres., envisioned as a theatre without borders.

Pandur's name is also well known to those not frequenting in theatres that often. His shows were always well visited – in recent years he filled theatres with productions such as Inferno, Barocco, Medea, Caligula, Michelangelo, War and Peace, Tesla Electric Company, Twilight of the Gods, Richard III. + II. and last year's Faust – but on the other side he also polarized audiences. While Spanish critics praised his work, Slovenia's audience was less inclined to what he did. When the Spanish Ambassador awarded Pandur with the Order of Isabella the Catholic, talking to MMC he said: "It speaks more about Slovenia and the Slovenian way of thinking and politics than about me. I create and work the same as I do in Slovenia, with the exception that here I have no opportunities, understanding or respect."

M. K.; translated by K. J.