Aleksandar-Saša Petrović

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Aleksandar-Saša Petrović (1929–1994) a well known Yugoslav film director who was one of the leading European directors in the 1960s. Nominated for an Oscar in 1967 for his film I Even Met Some Happy Gypsies (Skupljači perja) he narrowly missed out but won the Jury Prize at Cannes the same year.

In 1973, Petrović was forced to leave his post at the Belgrade Film Academy 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.

[edit] External links

• Profile of Aleksandar Petrović and one of his leading films in English
• Interview with Aleksandar Saša Petrović
• Short biographical profile from the New York Times
• Short biography in English
• Profile of Aleksandar-Saša Petrović and his most well known film “I Even Met Happy Gypsies”

• Link to the Serbian Academy of Sciences and Arts in English

[edit] References

• Pismo o namerama - extract - full list of members of the Founding Committee of the Democratic Party