Born in Šabac in 1933 and dying in Belgrade in 1998, Živojin Pavlović was a painter, novelist and professor as well as film director, and a major figure of the Yugoslav Black Wave. His films and novels depict 'small, poor and abandoned people living in the corners of society'. Kad budem mrtav i beo (When I Am Dead and Gone, 1967) won the Golden Arena for best film at Pula. The Rats Woke Up (Buđenje pacova, 1967) won him the Silver Bear for directing in Berlin. Later films include The Ambush (Zaseda, 1969), Red Wheat (1970) and Body Scent (1983).
Filmography
- The Rats Woke Up (1967)
- When I Am Dead and White (1967)
- The Ambush (1969)