FILM DIRECTOR

Dušan Makavejev

1932 - 2019

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Dušan Makavejev (Serbian Cyrillic: Душан Макавејев, pronounced [dǔʃan makaʋějeʋ]; 13 October 1932 – 25 January 2019) 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. Makavejev's most internationally successful film was the 1971 political satire W.R.: Mysteries of the Organism, which he both directed and wrote. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Dušan Makavejev is the 352nd most popular film director (down from 319th in 2019), the 108th most popular biography from Serbia (down from 100th in 2019) and the 2nd most popular Serbian Film Director.

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Among FILM DIRECTORS

Among film directors, Dušan Makavejev ranks 352 out of 2,041Before him are Samuel Fuller, Leo McCarey, William Kennedy Dickson, Kira Muratova, Ermanno Olmi, and Víctor Erice. After him are Jean Rouch, George Albert Smith, Emilio Fernández, Fernando Meirelles, Makoto Shinkai, and Edward Yang.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1932, Dušan Makavejev ranks 130Before him are Mustafa Tlass, Dieter Rams, Prince Johann Georg of Hohenzollern, Rodion Shchedrin, Fernando Arrabal, and Iskandar of Johor. After him are Charly Gaul, Margarita Xhepa, Félix Malloum, Dhirubhai Ambani, Branko Lustig, and Nancy Kassebaum. Among people deceased in 2019, Dušan Makavejev ranks 111Before him are György Konrád, Bobby Joe Long, Jessye Norman, Ginger Baker, Dina bint Abdul-Hamid, and Antoine Gizenga. After him are Köbi Kuhn, Branko Lustig, Jan Stráský, Billy Drago, Rafi Eitan, and Guillermo Mordillo.

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In Serbia

Among people born in Serbia, Dušan Makavejev ranks 108 out of 661Before him are Bata Živojinović (1933), Ilija Garašanin (1812), Ivan Stambolić (1936), Jovan Cvijić (1865), Irinej, Serbian Patriarch (1930), and Dimitrije Ljotić (1891). After him are Nikola Jokić (1995), Monica Seles (1973), Đorđe Balašević (1953), Enki Bilal (1951), Momčilo Tapavica (1872), and Ana Brnabić (1975).

Among FILM DIRECTORS In Serbia

Among film directors born in Serbia, Dušan Makavejev ranks 2Before him are Gojko Mitić (1940). After him are Želimir Žilnik (1942), Goran Paskaljević (1947), Josef von Báky (1902), and Srđan Dragojević (1963).