Zivojin Pavlovic

Born in 1933 in Šabac, which at the time was part of the Kingdom of Yugoslavia and today belongs to Serbia. He studied painting and made his first film, Žive Vode, in 1962. Pavlović made a total of 15 feature films until his death in 1998. He also worked as a writer, a painter, and a professor. Živojin Pavlović is considered one of the most significant directors of the Yugoslav Black Wave movement in cinema of the 1960s. For his film Budjenje pacova, he won the Silver Bear award at the 1967 Berlin International Film festival.

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