Dusan Makavejev is the premier figure in Yugoslavian film history; his films are deeply rooted in his nation's painful postwar experiences and draw on important Yugoslavian cinematic and cultural models. Makavejev's work has violated many political and sexual taboos and invited censorship in dozens of nations. In the 1950s, after studying psychology at Belgrade University, Makavejev became involved in the activities of various film societies and festivals and studied direction at the Academy for Radio, Television and Film. As early as 1953, he began making short films and documentaries and would work in various capacities at both the Zagreb and Avala studios during the late 50s and early 60s. The documentary impulse remains powerful in Makavejev's work, as does the tendency to intercut undigested segments from other films into longer works. Makavejev enjoyed great critical success with his first three features, _Covek nije tica Education Academy of Theater, Radio, Film and Television Belgrade, Yugoslavia Belgrade University Belgrade, Yugoslavia psychology 1955.
Biography in: John Wakeman, editor. "World Film Directors, Volume Two, 1945-1985". Pages 630-636. New York: The H.W. Wilson Company, 1988.
Member of the jury at the Berlin International Film Festival in 1970
Member of the jury at the Venice Film Festival in 2004.
Teaches at Harvard University
Retrospective at the 12th New Horizons Film Festival.
