- 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 intheater , 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 byBranislav Nušić ,Jovan Sterija Popović ,Stevan Sremac andBranko 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 1957Pula Film Festival . She also directed a number of TV films andradio drama s 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
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