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-	'''Dušan Makavejev''' (born 13 October 1932 in [[Belgrade]], [[Kingdom of Yugoslavia]]) is a [[Serbs|Serbian]] [[film]] [[film director|director]] and screenwriter, famous for his groundbreaking films of Yugoslav cinema in the late 1960s and early 1970s, many of which are part of the [[Yugoslav Black Wave|Black Wave]]. His most successful movie was the 1971 political satire ''[[WR: Mysteries of the Organism]]'', which he directed and wrote.	+
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-	==Career==	+
-	His first three feature films ''Man Is Not a Bird'' (1965), ''[[Love Affair, or the Case of the Missing Switchboard Operator]]'' (1967) starring actress and icon of the "black wave" period in film ''[[Eva Ras]]'', and ''[[Innocence Unprotected]]'' (1968) won Dušan Makavejev international acclaim. The latter won him the [[Jury Grand Prix|Silver Bear Extraordinary Prize of the Jury]] at the [[18th Berlin International Film Festival]]. In 1970 he was a member of the jury at the [[20th Berlin International Film Festival]]. In 1991 he was a member of the jury at the [[17th Moscow International Film Festival]].	+
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-	His next movie ''[[W.R.: Mysteries of the Organism]]'' (1971, starring [[Milena Dravić]], [[Jagoda Kaloper]], and [[Ivica Vidović]]) was banned in Yugoslavia due to sexual-political content and resulted in Makavejev's exile from the country, which ended in 1988. In 1974 ''[[Sweet Movie]]'' was made in [[Canada]] (while Makavejev was in exile) with its explicit depictions of sex and urination also relegated the film to [[Art house]] audiences and has been banned in several places. There was a span of seven years before he released his next film, ''[[Montenegro (film)|Montenegro]]''. It was a successful (and more conventional) black comedy. ''[[The Coca-Cola Kid]]'', set in Australia and based on short stories by [[Frank Moorhouse]], is perhaps his most accessible picture; it featured performances by [[Eric Roberts]] and [[Greta Scacchi]].	+
-	He also appeared as one of the narrators in the film ''Zabranjeni bez zabrane'' (''Banned without being banned'') which shows a profound insight into the history of Yugoslav cinema through censorship, and which asks how famous anti-communist movies from Yugoslavia succeeded in being made, as well as considering their consequences. The film contains original interviews with the most important dissident filmmakers from the communist era.	+
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-	==Filmography==	+
-	Makevejev directed the following movies:	+
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-	*''[[Man is Not a Bird]]'' (1965), writer	+
-	*''[[Love Affair, or the Case of the Missing Switchboard Operator]]'' (1967), writer	+
-	*''[[Innocence Unprotected]]'' (1968), writer	+
-	*''[[W.R.: Mysteries of the Organism]]'' (1971), writer	+
-	*''[[Sweet Movie]]'' (1974), writer	+
-	*''[[Montenegro (film)|Montenegro]]'' (1981), writer	+
-	*''[[The Coca-Cola Kid]]'' (1985)	+
-	*''[[Manifesto (film)|Manifesto]]'' (1988), writer	+
-	*''Gorilla Bathes at Noon'' (1993), writer	+
-	*''Hole in the Soul'' (1994)	+
-	*''Danish Girls Show Everything'' (1996) "Dream" segment	+
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