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He was born on November 17, 1945, in Belgrade. In 1970, he graduated from Prague's FAMU film school. He began his career in short films, and then went on to television, where he directed over 70 documentaries, as well as successful TV series (Unpicked Strawberries) and TV movies (Faithless Woman, Look at Me). His first feature film, Society Game (1972) was shown at the Cannes Film Festival in the "Quinzaine des realisateurs" section. Six years later, his second feature film, The Fragrance of Wild Flowers received the FIPRESCI award at the 1978 Cannes Film Festival ("Semaine de la Critique"). He collaborated with Rajko Grlic on many of his screenplays, and also on the screenplay for Grlic's own film Bravo Maestro (1978). He taught as a visiting professor at Columbia University in New York.