Dušan Kovačević


Dušan Kovačević is a Serbian playwright, scriptwriter, film director and academic best known for his theatre plays and movie scripts. He also served as the ambassador of Serbia in Lisbon, Portugal.

Biography

Kovačević was born in Mrđenovac near Šabac, PR Serbia, FPR Yugoslavia, graduated from Svetozar Marković Gymnasium in Novi Sad, and received a bachelor's degree in dramaturgy from the University of Belgrade in 1973. From 1973, he worked as a dramaturge at TV Beograd for five years. Since 1998, he has been the artistic director of Zvezdara teatar. In 2003 he directed his first movie, Profesionalac.
Kovačević's prolific work is well known and popular in Serbia. His comedies have been translated into 20 languages, but his work didn't become available in English until the mid-1990s.
A declared royalist, Dušan Kovačević is a member of the Crown Council of Aleksandar Karađorđević. He is also a member of the Serbian Academy of Sciences and Arts. In 2020 he was awarded the Sretenje order of the Republic of Serbia.
His daughter Lena Kovačević is a jazz singer.

Selected works

Plays

Radovan Treći - Radovan III Maratonci trče počasni krug - The Marathon Runners Run a Victory Lap of Honor Proleće u januaru - The Spring in January Sabirni centar - The Gathering Place Balkanski špijun - Balkan Spy Sveti Georgije ubiva aždahu - St. George Shoots the Dragon Klaustofobična Komedija - Claustrophobic Comedy Profesionalac - The Professional Urnebesna Tragedija - Roaring Tragedy Lari Tompson, tragedija jedne mladosti - Larry Thompson, the Tragedy of a Youth Kontejner sa Pet Zvezdica - Five-Star Dumpster Doktor Šuster - Doctor Shoemaker Generalna proba samoubistva - Dress Rehearsal for a Suicide Život u tesnim cipelama - Life in tight shoes Kumovi - Godfathers Rođendan gospodina Nušića - The birthday of Mr Nušić Hipnoza jedne ljubavi - Hypnosis of one love

Screenplays

Bestije,1977Poseban tretman, 1980 Ko to tamo peva, 1980 Maratonci trče počasni krug, 1982 Balkanski špijun, 1984 Sabirni Centar, 1989 Pod zemlja, 1995.Profesionalac, 2003, also director.Sveti Georgije ubiva aždahu, 2003 Nije loše biti čovek, 2021, also director.
His adaptation of his play ''Kumovi.''

Poetry

  • ''Ja to tamo pevam''