Živojin Pavlović

Born: 1933-04-15

Živojin "Žika" Pavlović (15 April 1933 – 29 November 1998) was a Yugoslav and Serbian film director, writer, painter and professor. In his films and novels, Pavlović depicted the cruel reality of small, poor and abandoned people living in the corners of society. He was one of the major figures of the Black Wave in Yugoslav cinema in the 1960s, a movement which portrayed the darker side of life rather than the shiny facades of communist Yugoslavia. Pavlović was born in Šabac in 1933. When he was 19, he started writing about film and art for Belgrade newspapers. He graduated in painting at the Academy of Applied Arts, University of Belgrade, and directed his first professional film, Žive Vode (Living Water) in 1961. The film received a special jury award at the Pula Film Festival. He died in Belgrade. Pavlović received numerous awards, including the Andrić Prize, two NIN Prizes for his novels, Isidora Sekulić Award, one Silver Bear of the Berlin International Film Festival and several Golden Arenas of the Yugoslavia's most prestigious Pula Film Festival.


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Man Is Not a Bird

as Sused
Released: 1965-03-06

A Serbian engineer falls for a younger woman, but he is inept at courtship.

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National Class Category Up to 785ccm

as Čovek kome treba onaj gumeni deo što ide odozdo ispod motora
Released: 1979-01-09

One week in life of Branimir Mitrovic "Floyd", a young rally driver from the National class (up...

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Censored without Censorship

as Himself (voice)
Released: 2007-03-02

Through the conversation with Yugoslav film authors and excerpts from their films, this...

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Gazija

as uncredited
Released: 1981-07-15

Gazija are military men who patrol the boundaries of the Ottoman Empire in mid-18th century. One...

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Deserter

as Zatvorenik (uncredited)
Released: 1992-06-15

During the Yugoslav break-up, Federal Army officer is fed up with war and takes some leave in...

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