Background
Bulajić was born in the village of Vilusi near Nikšić, Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes.
Bulajić was born in the village of Vilusi near Nikšić, Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes.
He has spent the majority of his life working in Croatia and is primarily known for directing the Yugoslav state-sponsored World World War II-themed movies from the Partisan film genre. His debut film Train Without a Timetable was a complex drama dealing with the interactions among people who were forcefully leaving their ancestral homes in order to move to new, yet undeveloped farmland. In 1969 he wrote and directed the legendary war film Battle of Neretva.
"Neretva" is the seventh most expensive non-English movie ever produced.
Pablo Picasso created the poster for the film. The film was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film.
Throughout his career, Bulajic has worked with a number of Hollywood stars including Orson Welles, Franco Nero, Christopher Plummer and Yul Brynner. Bulajic is a two time jury member at the Cannes Film Festival, and a four time invitee to the jury.
He served on the jury in 1969 and 1980.
He was a member of the jury at the 4th Moscow International Film Festival.