Soja Jovanović

Infobox actor
name = Soja Jovanović


birthname = Sofija Jovanović
birthdate = birth date|1922|2|1|mf=y
birthplace = Belgrade, Yugoslavia
deathdate = death date and age|2002|4|22|1922|2|1|mf=y
deathplace = Belgrade, Yugoslavia
yearsactive = 1954 - 1982
spouse =
awards = Golden Arena for Best Director
1957 "Priests Ćira and Spira"

Sofija "Soja" Jovanović (February 1, 1922 – April 22, 2002) was the first Yugoslavian woman director, noted for her work in theater, TV and film productions.

After studying at the Theater Department of the Belgrade Music Academy, her first success was the stage production of Branislav Nušić's play "A Suspicious Character (Serbian: Sumnjivo lice)" in 1948, for which she was awarded at the Festival of Academy Theaters of Yugoslavia. Apart from theater productions, she also directed a number of films, mostly based on comedies written by Branislav Nušić, Jovan Sterija Popović, Stevan Sremac and Branko Ćopić.

Her first film was "A Suspicious Character" in 1954 which she co-directed with Predrag Dinulović. In 1957 she directed "Priests Ćira and Spira (Serbian: Pop Ćira i pop Spira)", which was the first Yugoslavian feature film shot in color and for which she won the Golden Arena for Best Director at the 1957 Pula Film Festival. She also directed a number of TV films and radio dramas produced by Radio Television Belgrade until the early 1980s when she retired.

Filmography

* Sumnjivo lice "(Eng: A Suspicious Character)" (1954)
* Pop Ćira i pop Spira "(Priests Ćira and Spira)" (1957)
* Diližansa snova "(The Dreams Came by Coach)" (1960)
* Dr (1962)
* Put oko sveta (1964)
* Orlovi rano lete (1966)
* Pusti snovi (1968)
* Silom otac (1969)

External links

*imdb name|id=0431295|name=Soja Stojanović