Dušan Makavejev
Serbian film director (1932-2019) · Serbia · On the map · Directors · Died at 86
Dušan Makavejev was a Serbian film director and screenwriter. He is known for his groundbreaking films of Yugoslav cinema in the late 1960s and early 1970s - many of which belong to the Black Wave.
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A typical day, 30 days to 6 November 2026
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2019Died25 January 20192018
The Makavejev Case or Trial in a Movie TheaterFilm, Himself (archive footage)2007
Censored without CensorshipFilm, Himself2001Annual award ACFKAward1996
Danish Girls Show EverythingFilm, Director1993
Gorilla Bathes at NoonFilm, Director, Writer1988
ManifestoFilm, Director, Writer1985
The Coca-Cola KidFilm, Director1981
MontenegroFilm, Director, Writer1971
I Miss Sonia HenieFilm, Director1967
Love Affair, or the Case of the Missing Switchboard OperatorFilm, Director, Writer1965It's Not Easy Being LittleFilm, Writer1962Down with the FencesFilm, Director1959What Is a Workers' Council?Film, Director, Writer1958
Beekeeper's ScrapbookFilm, Director1955The SealFilm, Director, Writer1932Born13 October 1932
The Makavejev Case or Trial in a Movie TheaterFilm, Himself (archive footage)2007Censored without CensorshipFilm, Himself2001Annual award ACFKAward1996Danish Girls Show EverythingFilm, Director1993Gorilla Bathes at NoonFilm, Director, Writer1988ManifestoFilm, Director, Writer1985The Coca-Cola KidFilm, Director1981MontenegroFilm, Director, Writer1971I Miss Sonia HenieFilm, Director1967Love Affair, or the Case of the Missing Switchboard OperatorFilm, Director, Writer1965It's Not Easy Being LittleFilm, Writer1962Down with the FencesFilm, Director1959What Is a Workers' Council?Film, Director, Writer1958Beekeeper's ScrapbookFilm, Director1955The SealFilm, Director, Writer1932Born13 October 1932People around Dušan
Close ties
Eva Ras Dušan directed Love Affair, or the Case of the Missing Switchboard Operator (1967)
Svetozar Cvetković Dušan directed Montenegro (1982)
Chris Haywood Dušan directed The Coca-Cola Kid and Manifesto
Milena Dravić Dušan directed Man Is Not a Bird (1965)
Miodrag Andrić Dušan directed Love Affair, or the Case of the Missing Switchboard Operator (1967)
Janez Vrhovec Dušan directed Man Is Not a Bird (1965)
Dušan Janićijević Dušan directed Man Is Not a Bird (1965)- Ljiljana Jovanović Dušan directed Man Is Not a Bird (1965)
Nicholas Ray Dušan directed Wet Dreams (1974)
Eric Stoltz Dušan directed Manifesto (1988)- Roland Topor Dušan directed Sweet Movie (1980)
John Vernon Dušan directed Sweet Movie (1992)
Susan Anspach Dušan directed Montenegro (1989)
Pierre Clémenti Dušan directed Sweet Movie (1992)
Marpessa Dawn Dušan directed Sweet Movie (1980)- Otto Muehl Dušan directed Sweet Movie (1992)
Boris Dvornik Dušan directed Man Is Not a Bird (1965)
Anna Prucnal Dušan directed Sweet Movie (1992)
Danilo Stojković Dušan directed Man Is Not a Bird (1965)
Heathcote Williams Dušan directed Wet Dreams (1974)- Patrick Godfrey Dušan directed Manifesto (1988)
Petar Božović Dušan directed Gorilla Bathes at Noon (1993)
Stole Aranđelović Dušan directed Man Is Not a Bird (1965)
Catherine Sola Dušan directed Sweet Movie (1980)
Known for
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WR: Mysteries of the Organism 1971
The Coca-Cola Kid 1985
Sweet Movie 1974
Also in Deutsch
Filmography 38
61 credits on file
Media & music
Awards
About this person
Makavejev's most internationally successful film was the 1971 political satire W.R.: Mysteries of the Organism, which he both directed and wrote.
Country
Serbia
Category
Directors
Type
Movie Director
Status
Deceased
Dates
Lived 1932 to 2019 · aged 86
