He belongs to a group of Yugoslav directors, which started the so-called
"Black Wave" (Crni Talas) in Yugoslavian cinematography, alongside such
directors like Zivojin Pavlovic (aka "Zivojin Zika Pavlovic"), Dusan Makavejev, etc.
He attended the projection of his movie from 1971, Mlad i zdrav kao ruza (1971) (aka "Young and Healthy as a Rose") at Jugoslovenska Kinoteka in Belgrade.