The Faculty of Dramatic Arts ( sr, Факултет драмских уметности, Fakultet dramskih umetnosti; abbreviated FDU) is a constituent institution of the

University of Arts in Belgrade The University of Arts in Belgrade ( sr-cyr, Универзитет уметности у Београду, Univerzitet umetnosti u Beogradu) is a public university in Serbia. It was founded in 1957 as the Academy of Arts to unite four academies. ...

which focuses on education and research in the fields of film, theatre, dramaturgy, culture, radio, acting and medias. It was established in 1948, as the first faculty of this type in Yugoslavia. The building, built in the

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style, is located in the urban neighborhood of

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History

The Faculty of Dramatic Arts was established in 1948 as the Academy of Theatre Arts. In 1950, the High Education School for Film Acting and Directing was merged into it, and in 1962, its name was changed to the Academy of Theatre, Film, Radio and Television. In 1973, it became a faculty and acquired its current name.

Departments

Faculty of Dramatic Arts, Belgrade, interior

* Acting * Dramaturgy * Camera * Editing * Film and Television Directing * Film and Television Production * Management and Production in Theatre, Radio and Culture * Theatre and Radio Directing * Sound Recording and Design

Notable teachers and alumni

* Stefan Arsenijević * Miroslav Benka * Slobodan Beštić *

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* Dragan Ćirjanić *

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* Branislava Ilić *

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* Dragan Jovanović *

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* Radoslav Milenković *

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* Đorđe Milosavljević * Vjera Mujović *

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* Nebojša Pajkić * Vesna Perić *

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* Stole Popov *

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* Mihailo Lađevac *

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Slobodan-Selenić-Award

This award (Serbian: ''"Slobodan Selenić" za najbolju diplomsku dramu na FDU'') receives a student for the best graduation work each year, usually a dramatic text, named after the well-respected faculty teacher

. *1995

*1999

References

External links

* {{Authority control Education in Belgrade

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