Živojin Pavlović

Biography

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.

Directed

1. When I Am Dead and White (1967) — Director
2. Triptych on Matter and Death (1960) — Director
3. The Ambush (1969) — Director
4. See You in the Next War (1980) — Director
5. The Rats Woke Up (1967) — Director
6. The Return (1966) — Director
7. The State of the Dead (2002) — Director
8. The City (1963) — Director
9. On the Road to Katanga (1987) — Director
10. Deserter (1992) — Director
11. Manhunt (1977) — Director
12. The Flight of Dead Bird (1973) — Director
13. The Enemy (1965) — Director
14. Raindrops, Waters, Warriors (1962) — Director
15. Red Wheat (1970) — Director
16. Body Scent (1983) — Director

Also appeared in

1. National Class Category Up to 785ccm (1979) — Čovek kome treba onaj gumeni deo što ide odozdo ispod motora
2. Man Is Not a Bird (1965) — Sused
3. Deserter (1992) — Zatvorenik (uncredited)
4. Gazija (1981)
5. Censored without Censorship (2007) — Himself (voice)