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
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Biography
Pavlović was born in
Šabac
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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
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.
Pavlović received numerous awards, including the
Andrić Prize, two
NIN Prizes for his novels,
, one Silver Bear of the
Berlin International Film Festival
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and several Golden Arenas of the Yugoslavia's most prestigious
Pula Film Festival.
Filmography
Bibliography
;Short story collections
** ''Krivudava reka'' (1963, 1994)
** ''Dve večeri u jesen'' (1967)
** ''Cigansko groblje'' (1972)
** ''Ubijao sam bikove'' (1985, 1988)
** ''Kriške vremena'' (1993)
** ''Blato'' (1999)
** ''Dnevnik nepoznatog'' (1965)
** ''Vetar u suvoj travi'' (1976)
** ''Krugovi'' (1993)
** ''Belina sutra'' (1984)
** ''Flogiston'' (1989)
** ''Azbuka'' (1990)
;Essays
** ''Film u školskim klupama'' (1964)
** ''Đavolji film'' (1969, 1996)
** ''O odvratnom'' (1972, 1982)
** ''Balkanski džez'' (1989)
** ''Davne godine'' (1997)
;Novels
** ''Lutke; Lutke na bunjištu'' (1965, 1991)
** ''Kain i Avelj'' (1969, 1986)
** ''Zadah tela'' (1982, 1985, 1987, 1988, 1990)
** ''Oni više ne postoje'' (1985, 1987)
** ''Zid smrti'' (1985, 1986, 1987) (NIN Prize)
** ''Lov na tigrove'' (1988)
** ''Raslo mi je badem drvo'' (1988)
** ''Vašar na Svetog Aranđela'' (1990)
** ''Trag divljači'' (1991)
** ''Lapot'' (1992) (NIN Prize)
** ''Biljna krv'' (1995)
** ''Simetrija'' (1996)
** ''Dolap'' (1997)
;Diaries
** ''Ispljuvak pun krvi'' (1984 banned, 1990 reissued)
** ''Otkucaji'' (1998)
** ''Dnevnici I-VI'' (2000)
References
External links
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* http://www.filmovi.com/yu/scenaristi/121.shtml
Bibliography, Stubovi Kulturepublishing company
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Serbian film directors
Serbian writers
1933 births
1998 deaths
People from Šabac
Golden Arena for Best Director winners
Silver Bear for Best Director recipients
Yugoslav film directors