Aleksandar "Saša" Petrović (14 January 1929 – 20 August 1994) was a Serbian film director.

[2] The latter (original title "Skupljaci perja") was the first movie that presented the existence of Gypsies in society and everyday life; it was also the first full-feature film where Gypsies spoke their own language, Roma.

"As a child, I observed them and saw in these people faith and irrationality," said Petrović[3] I Even Met Happy Gypsies won the FIPRESCI Prize and the Grand Prize of the Jury at the Cannes Film Festival; it also received a nomination for a Golden Globe.

[4] In 1967 Petrović was a member of the jury at the 17th Berlin International Film Festival.

Petrović found inspiration for this film in Fyodor Dostoyevsky's novel The Possessed.