Aleksandar Petrović (film director)

Aleksandar "Saša" Petrović (14 January 1929 – 20 August 1994) was a Serbian film director. He was one of the major figures of the Yugoslav Black Wave. Two of his films were nominated for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film: Three in 1966[1] and I Even Met Happy Gypsies (Feather Gatherers) in 1967.[2] The latter (original title "Skupljaci perja") was the first movie that presented the existence of Gypsies in society and everyday life; it was also the first full-feature film where Gypsies spoke their own language, Roma. Most roles were interpreted by real Gypsies; this was their movie. "As a child, I observed them and saw in these people faith and irrationality," said Petrović[3] I Even Met Happy Gypsies won the FIPRESCI Prize and the Grand Prize of the Jury at the Cannes Film Festival; it also received a nomination for a Golden Globe.[4] In 1967 Petrović was a member of the jury at the 17th Berlin International Film Festival.[5]

Aleksandar Petrović
Petrović in 1987
Born(1929-01-14)14 January 1929
Paris, France
Died20 August 1994(1994-08-20) (aged 65)
Paris, France
Other namesAleksandar Petrovitch
Occupation(s)Film director and screenwriter
Years active1955–1989
AwardsCannes Palme d'Or
Pula Golden Arena for Best Director
1965 Three
1967 I Even Met Happy Gypsies
1972 The Master and Margaret
Websitewww.aleksandarpetrovic.org

One of his most famous films is It Rains in My Village. Petrović found inspiration for this film in Fyodor Dostoyevsky's novel The Possessed.[6] The film was nominated for a Palme d'Or (Golden Palm) at the 1969 Cannes Film Festival[7]

In 1973, Petrović was forced to leave his post at the Belgrade Film Academy after being accused of holding anti-communist views by the communist government of Yugoslavia. In late December 1989, he joined the founding committee of the Democratic Party in Serbia, the first opposition anti-communist party in Serbia.[8] He died at age 65 in Paris, France.

Petrović published several hundreds of articles and several books, including Novi film I: 1960-1965 and Novi film II: Crni film (1965-1970).[9]

Filmography
Feature films
Year Film Other notes
1958 The Only Way Out ("The Only Exit")
(Jedini izlaz)		 Director
1961 And Love Has Vanished ("When Love Has Gone")
(Dvoje)		 Director, writer
Nominated—Palme d'Or at the Cannes Film Festival
1963 Days
(Dani)		 Director
1965 Three
(Tri)		 Director, writer
Pula Big Golden Arena for Best Yugoslav Film
Pula Golden Arena for Best Director
Nominated—Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film
Grand Prix for Best Film Karlovy Vary International Festival
1967 I Even Met Happy Gypsies
(Skupljači perja)		 Director, writer
Pula Big Golden Arena for Best Yugoslav Film
Pula Golden Arena for Best Director
Nominated—Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film
Nominated—Golden Globe Award for Best Foreign Language Film
WON—Grand Prix Special du Jury and International Critics Award FIPRESCI at the Cannes Film Festival
1968 It Rains in My Village
(Biće skoro propast sveta)		 Director, writer
Nominated—Palme d'Or at the Cannes Film Festival
1972 The Master and Margaret
(Majstor i Margarita)		 Director, Based on the novel by Mikhail Bulgakov writer in collaboration with Barbara Alberti, Amedeo Pagani
Pula Big Golden Arena for Best Yugoslav Film
Pula Golden Arena for Best Director
1977 Group Portrait with a Lady
(Grupni portret s damom)		 Director, writer after the novel by Nobel prize winner Heinrich Böll,
Nominated—Palme d'Or at the Cannes Film Festival
1981 The Falcon
(Banović Strahinja)		 Writer only
1989 Migrations
(Seobe)		 Director, script and dialogues in collaboration with Jacques Doniol-Valcroze
Documentaries and short films
Year Film Other notes
1955 SHOULDER TO SHOULDER ("Side by side")
(UZ DRUGA JE DRUG)		 Director
1956 FLIGHT OVER THE SWAMP ("Flight Above The Marshes")
(LET NAD MOČVAROM)		 Director
1957 PETAR DOBROVIĆ
 Director
1958 THE ROADS
(PUTEVI)		 Director
1960 THE WAR ON WAR (War Against The War")
(RAT RATU)		 Director
1964 RECORD ("The Data")
(ZAPISNIK)		 Director
1965 ASSEMBLIES ("Fairs")
(SABORI)		 Director

References
  1. "The 39th Academy Awards (1967) Nominees and Winners". oscars.org. Retrieved 2011-11-09.
  2. "The 40th Academy Awards (1968) Nominees and Winners". oscars.org. Retrieved 2011-11-12.
  3. "Biography - Aleksandar Petrovic".
  4. "Winners & Nominees 1968". Archived from the original on 2013-04-14. Retrieved 2018-10-09.
  5. "Berlinale 1967: Juries". berlinale.de. Archived from the original on 29 March 2010. Retrieved 2010-02-27.
  6. hr:Bit će skoro propast svijeta
  7. "BICE SKORO PROPAST SVETA".
  8. Vlastimir Sudar, "A Portrait of the Artist as a Political Dissident: The Life and Work of Aleksandar Petrović" (Bristol: Intellect, 2013; ISBN 978-1-84150-545-9)
  9. Đerić, Zoran (2009). Poetika srpskog filma. Banja Luka: Besjeda. p. 374.
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