Aleksandar Petrović (film director)
| Aleksandar Petrović | |
|---|---|
|
Petrović in September 1987. | |
| Born |
14 January 1929 Paris, France |
| Died |
20 August 1994 (aged 65) Paris, France |
| Other names | Aleksandar Sacha Petrovitch |
| Occupation | Film director and screenwriter |
| Years active | 1955–1989 |
| Awards |
Cannes Palme d'Or Nominated 1962 And Love Has Vanished Nominated 1967 I Even Met Happy Gypsies Nominated 1969 It Rains in My Village Nominated 1977 Group Portrait with a Lady Pula Golden Arena for Best Director 1965 Three 1967 I Even Met Happy Gypsies 1972 The Master and Margaret |
| Website | Official Website |
Aleksandar "Saša" Petrović (14 January 1929 – 20 August 1994) was a French-born acclaimed Serbian and Yugoslav film director who was one of the leading European directors in the 1960s and 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] “I Even Met Happy Gypsies” (“Skupljaci perja”) is the first movie that presents the existence of Gypsies in society and in everyday life. It is also the first full-feature film where Gypsies speak their own language, Roma. Most roles are interpreted by real Gypsies; this is 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.<ref name=|title="Golden Globes">"Winners & Nominees 1968".</ref> In 1967 Petrović was a member of the jury at the 17th Berlin International Film Festival.[4]
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.[5] The film was nominated for a Palme d'Or (Golden Palm) at the 1969 Cannes Film Festival[6]
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.[7]
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 |
| 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 Nominated—Palme d'Or 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, writer 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
- ↑ "The 39th Academy Awards (1967) Nominees and Winners". oscars.org. Retrieved 2011-11-09.
- ↑ "The 40th Academy Awards (1968) Nominees and Winners". oscars.org. Retrieved 2011-11-12.
- ↑ "Biography - Aleksandar Petrovic".
- ↑ "Berlinale 1967: Juries". berlinale.de. Archived from the original on 29 March 2010. Retrieved 2010-02-27.
- ↑ hr:Bit će skoro propast svijeta
- ↑ "BICE SKORO PROPAST SVETA".
- ↑ 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)
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• 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)
External links
- Official Website aleksandarpetrovic.org
- Aleksandar Petrović at the Internet Movie Database
- Aleksandar Petrović at AllMovie
- Profile of Aleksandar Petrović and one of his leading films in English
- Short biographical profile from the New York Times
- Profile of Aleksandar-Saša Petrović and his most well known film “I Even Met Happy Gypsies”