81 Notable alumni of
University of Arts in Belgrade
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The University of Arts in Belgrade is 390th in the world, 137th in Europe, and 2nd in Serbia by aggregated alumni prominence. Below is the list of 81 notable alumni from the University of Arts in Belgrade sorted by their wiki pages popularity. The directory includes famous graduates and former students along with research and academic staff.
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Dragan Nikolić
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- stage actortelevision actorfilm actoractor
- Biography
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Dragoslav "Dragan" Nikolić was a Yugoslav and later, Serbian actor.
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Anica Dobra
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- actorfilm actorstage actor
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Anica Dobra is a Serbian film and theatre actress.
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Dragan Bjelogrlić
- Enrolled in the University of Arts in Belgrade
- In 1989 graduated with diploma
- Occupations
- film directorstage actorscreenwriterfilm actorfilm producer
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Dragan "Bjela" Bjelogrlić is a Serbian actor, director and producer.
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Sergej Trifunović
- Enrolled in the University of Arts in Belgrade
- Studied in 1990
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- film actortelevision actoractorpoliticianstage actor
- Biography
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Sergej Trifunović is a Serbian actor, comedian, singer, politician and citizen activist.
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Željko Joksimović
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- songwritercomposerfilm score composersinger
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Željko Joksimović is a Serbian vocalist, composer, songwriter, multi-instrumentalist and producer. He plays 12 different musical instruments including accordion, piano, guitar and drums. Joksimović is multi-lingual, being fluent in Greek, English, Russian, Polish and French as well as his native Serbian.
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Slavko Štimac
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- film actoractor
- Biography
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Slavko Štimac is a Serbian actor.
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Predrag Bjelac
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- film actorstage actortelevision actor
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Predrag Bjelac is a Serbian actor. He portrayed Igor Karkaroff in Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire and Lord Donnon in The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian. He is a graduate of the Belgrade University's Faculty of Dramatic Art, class of 1986, and studied at The Lee Strasberg Theatre Institute (1988) in New York City.
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Nikola Đuričko
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- actorpresenterfilm director
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Nikola Ðuričko is a Serbian actor.
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Vojin Ćetković
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- actor
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Vojin Ćetković is a Serbian actor. He is best known for his role in the TV series Porodično blago.
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Velimir Bata Živojinović
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- stage actorpoliticianfilm actoractor
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Velimir "Bata" Živojinović was a Yugoslav and Serbian actor and politician. He appeared in more than 340 films and TV series, and is regarded as one of the best actors in former Yugoslavia.
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Milan Štrljić
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- actor
- Biography
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Milan Štrljić is a Croatian actor and theatre director. He appeared in more than ninety films since 1972.
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Aleksandar Berček
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- film actorstage actortelevision actor
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Aleksandar Berček is a Serbian actor. He performed in more than one hundred films since 1971. He graduated at the Academy for theater, film, radio and television. He was the director of the National Theatre in Belgrade from 21 January 1993 to 10 May 1997.
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Nataša Ninković
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- stage actorscreenwriterfilm actoractor
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Nataša Ninković is a Serbian actress, best known for her roles in the films Savior, War Live, The Professional and The Trap.
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Dušan Kovačević
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- writerdirectorplaywrightscreenwriterdiplomat
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Dušan Kovačević is a Serbian playwright, scriptwriter, film director and academic best known for his theatre plays and movie scripts. He also served as the ambassador of Serbia in Lisbon, Portugal.
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Čedomir Jovanović
- Enrolled in the University of Arts in Belgrade
- In 1998 studied dramaturgy
- Occupations
- politicianentrepreneur
- Biography
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Čedomir "Čeda" Jovanović is a Serbian politician and businessman.
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Branislav Lečić
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- actorpoliticiantelevision actor
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Branislav Lečić is a Serbian actor, director, academic, writer, politician. Known for his versatile portrayals of emotionally vulnerable characters with strong senses of moral justice, Lečić rose to prominence for his role as the rebellious Crni in twelve-episode mini-series Sivi dom (1986).
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Miki Manojlović
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- stage actortelevision actorfilm actoractor
- Biography
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Predrag "Miki" Manojlović is a Serbian actor, famous for his starring roles in some of the most important films of Yugoslav cinema. Since the early 1990s, he successfully branched out into movies made outside the Balkans and became active in productions all over Europe.
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Milan Marić
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- television actoractor
- Biography
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Milan Marić is a Serbian actor, best known for his role in Dovlatov.
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Tanja Bošković
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- actorfilm actorstage actor
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Tanja Bošković is a Serbian actress. She has performed in more than forty films since 1974.
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Mihajlo Janketić
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- actor
- Biography
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Mihailo "Miša" Janketić was a Serbian actor of theater, film and television.
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Nebojša Dugalić
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- actordirector
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Nebojša Dugalić is Serbian actor, theater director and drama professor.
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Marko Nikolić
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- actor
- Biography
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Marko Nikolić was a Serbian actor. He appeared in more than one hundred films from 1967 to 2018.
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Predrag Ejdus
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- actor
- Biography
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Predrag Ejdus was a Serbian actor of theater, film and television. His extensive body of work includes over 200 theater productions, 50 films and 30 television series.
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Nevena Božović
- Years
- 1994-.. (age 30)
- Occupations
- singer
- Biography
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Nevena Ivanović is a Serbian singer and songwriter. She made her singing debut by representing Serbia at the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2007 with song "Piši mi", placing third. Božović rose to prominence as the runner-up on the televised singing competition Prvi glas Srbije in 2012.
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Zoran Cvijanović
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- actorfilm producertelevision actor
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Zoran "Cvija" Cvijanović is a Serbian actor and producer. He has starred in over 70 films and television series with his most notable role coming in the drama series Sivi dom (1984–1985). He also had a memorable performance in Pretty Village, Pretty Flame as Speedy.
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Milos Žutić
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- actor
- Biography
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Miloš Žutić was a Serbian actor. He appeared in more than one hundred films from 1960 to 1992.
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Jovana Stojiljković
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- actor
- Biography
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Jovana Stojiljković is a Serbian stage and film actress. She is best known for her performance as Sofija in the TV series South Wind.
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Ružica Sokić
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- actorwriter
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Ružica Sokić was a Serbian actress and writer.
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Kornelije Kovac
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- songwritercomposermusicianrecord producer
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Kornelije "Bata" Kovač was a Serbian composer.
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Srđan Dragojević
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- film directorscreenwriterpoliticiandirector
- Biography
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Srđan Dragojević is a Serbian film director and screenwriter, who emerged in the 1990s as a significant figure in Serbian cinema.
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Biljana Srbljanović
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- university teacherplaywrightdramaturgewriterpolitician
- Biography
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Biljana Srbljanović is a Serbian playwright and university professor.
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Vesna Čipčić
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- actor
- Biography
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Vesna Čipčić is a Serbian actress. She was born in Belgrade and is mother of actress Aleksandra Alač.
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Gordan Kičić
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- television actoractor
- Biography
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Gordan Kičić is a Serbian actor, comedian and director.
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Živojin Pavlović
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- film directorprose writerwriterscreenwriter
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Živojin "Žika" Pavlović was a Yugoslav and Serbian film director, writer, painter and professor. In his films and novels, Pavlović depicted the cruel reality of small, poor and abandoned people living in the corners of society. He was one of the major figures of the Black Wave in Yugoslav cinema in 1960s, a movement which portrayed the darker side of life rather than the shiny facades of communist Yugoslavia.
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Feđa Stojanović
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- actor
- Biography
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Feđa Stojanović was a Serbian actor. He appeared in more than eighty films since 1962.
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Neda Spasojević
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- stage actortelevision actorfilm actoractor
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Neda Spasojević was a Serbian film, television and theater actress. She appeared in more than sixty films from 1964 until her 1981 death from cancer at age 40.
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Goran Jevtić
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- film directorstage actortelevision actoractor
- Biography
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Goran Jevtić is a Serbian actor and director. During his two decade long career, Jevtić has composed a prolific range of performances notable in film, television and theater.
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Nebojša Ilić
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- actor
- Biography
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Nebojša "Cile" Ilić is a Serbian actor. He appeared in more than forty films since 1996.
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Bilja Krstić
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- songwritersinger
- Biography
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Biljana "Bilja" Krstić is a Serbian singer. She was born in 1955 in Niš and brought up on the folk traditions of central Serbia. Biljana first studied music in Niš and continued her education in Belgrade to study music at the Belgrade University of Arts. Upon graduating in Belgrade she set out on an extremely successful career in music. To date she has released seven albums and has written scores for such films as Savior, Zona Zamfirova and The Man Who Defended Gavrilo Princip. She lives with her two daughters in Belgrade.
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Miodrag Radovanović
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- actorstage actor
- Biography
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Miodrag Radovanović was a Serbian actor. He appeared in more than one hundred films since 1957. He won the Golden Arena Award for Best Supporting Actor for his role in Salaš u Malom Ritu.
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Milivoje Tomić
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- film actorstage actor
- Biography
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Milivoje "Mića" Tomić was a Serbian actor.
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Bojan Žirović
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- actor
- Biography
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Bojan Žirović is a Serbian actor. He appeared in more than forty films since 1991.
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Duško Gojković
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- musicianjazz musiciantrumpeter
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Duško Gojković was a Serbian jazz trumpeter, composer, and arranger.
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Boki Milošević
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- musician
- Biography
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Božidar "Boki" Milošević was a Serbian clarinetist.
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Srdan Golubović
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- film producerfilm directorscreenwriter
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Srdan Golubović is a Serbian film director.
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Mira Trailović
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- film directorplaywrightwriteractor
- Biography
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Mira Trailović was a Serbian dramaturg and one of the most distinguished theatre directors in the history of Serbian and Yugoslav theatre. A pioneer of the avant-garde theatre in Eastern Europe, she was one of the founders and a driving force behind the Atelje 212 theater and BITEF, one of the most important European theatre festivals
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Miloš Mihajlović
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- classical pianist
- Biography
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Miloš Mihajlović is a Serbian pianist and university professor.
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Borka Pavićević
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- journalisttheatre managercultural activistdramaturge
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Borka Pavićević was a Yugoslav-Serbian dramaturge, newspaper columnist, and cultural activist. She was also described as a "dramatist, Belgrade liberal and pacifist intellectual". She founded the Centre for Cultural Decontamination in 1994, and was a co-founder of the Belgrade Circle.
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Radmila Bakočević
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- opera singer
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Radmila Bakočević, is a Serbian operatic soprano who had a major international opera career that began in 1955 and ended upon her retirement from the stage in 2004. During her career, she sang at most of the world's important opera houses, including performances throughout Europe, North and South America. She forged important long-term artistic partnerships with two opera houses during her career: the National Theatre in Belgrade and the Vienna State Opera.
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Jadranka Jovanović
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- politicianopera singer
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Jadranka Jovanović is a Serbian operatic mezzo-soprano who has an active career natively and internationally. Associated with the National Theatre in Belgrade, she has also been a member of the National Assembly of Serbia since 2016.
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Uroš Tošković
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- painter
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Uroš Tošković was a Montenegrin and Yugoslav painter and draftsman.
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Stole Popov
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- film director
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Stole Popov is a Macedonian film director.
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Predrag Miletić
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- opera singertelevision actorautobiographeractor
- Biography
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Predrag Miletić,, is a Serbian film, television, and theatre actor. Since 1981, Predrag Miletić has been a full-time member of the National Theatre in Belgrade, where he has appeared in more than 50 plays. Since 2014 he is the chairman of the board of the Puppet Theatre "Pinocchio" and since 2015 is the President of the Program Committee of the International Festival of Monodrama and Mime in Zemun.
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Ksenija Milošević
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- singer
- Biography
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Ksenija Milošević is a Serbian singer and violinist, and a member of the girlband Beauty Queens, which was formed by gathering backing vocalists of Marija Šerifović after victory in the Eurovision Song Contest 2007.
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Jelena Đurović
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- writerjournalist
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Jelena Đurovic is a Montenegrin journalist, writer and political activist of a Jewish-Montenegrin origin, based between Podgorica, Montenegro and Belgrade, Serbia. Jelena was a founder and Vice President of the Jewish Community of Montenegro. She was the closest associate of the president of the Jewish Community of Montenegro, late Jasha Alfandari. Alfandari and Đurović collaborated with major umbrella Jewish organisations until his sudden death on 12 July 2018. Currently, she is a Chairwoman of heterodox lobbying and think tank organisation OJC SEE - Organization for Jewish Cooperation in Southeastern Europe and a member of the Board of the Montenegrin national council in Belgrade, Serbia. As a journalist, she predominantly works as a film and TV critic.
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Bratislav Petković
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- directorscreenwriterplaywrightfilm directorpolitician
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Bratislav Petković was a Serbian film director, playwright, theater director, founder and director of the Automobile Museum and Modern Garage Theater in Belgrade.
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Vasilije Mokranjac
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- musicologistcomposerfilm score composeruniversity teacher
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Vasilije Mokranjac was a Serbian composer, professor of composition at the Faculty of Music in Belgrade and a member of the Serbian Academy of Sciences and Arts. He was one of the most prominent Serbian composers in the second half of the 20th century. Although famed for his symphonies, he also wrote piano music, as well as music for radio, film and theatre. He won the most prestigious awards in former Yugoslavia, including the October Prize, the award of the Yugoslav Radio-Diffusion, as well as the Lifetime Achievement Award.
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Nenad Prokić
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- university teacherpoliticianwriter
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Nenad Prokić is a Serbian playwright, theatre director, one of the founders of the Liberal Democratic Party (Liberalno demokratska partija) and professor of 20th Century Drama at University of Art in Belgrade (Univerzitet umetnosti u Beogradu) from 1995, he was the playwright-in-residence at Yugoslav Drama Theatre (Jugoslovensko dramsko pozorište, JDP Beograd) in Belgrade (1985-1995) and at Slovenian National Theatre (Slovensko narodno gledališče, SNG Maribor) in Maribor (1991-1995). He has served as the Director of Belgrade International Theatre Festival (Bitef) and Bitef theatre (Bitef teatar) in two consecutive mandates (1997-2005).
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Nevenka Urbanova
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- stage actoropera singer
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Nevenka Urbanova was one of the most famous Serbian actresses.
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Stefan Arsenijević
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- screenwriterfilm director
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Stefan Arsenijević is a Serbian film director and scriptwriter.
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Marko Stojanović
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- television actormime artistactorfilm actor
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Marko Stojanović is a Serbian celebrity, theatre and TV actor and comedian, renown mime artist, and university professor, director, humanitarian and sports worker. He is the co-founder and the president of the World Mime Organisation.
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Zoran Stefanović
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- science fiction writerplaywrightwritercomics artistscreenwriter
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Zoran Stefanović is a Serbian author, publisher and cultural activist, best known as the founder of several cultural networks, including Project Rastko. His works were published and produced in Europe and US.
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Miloš Bajić
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- painter
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Miloš Bajić was a Serbian Modernist painter, who is considered to be the founder of abstract painting in Yugoslavia.
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Božidar Zečević
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- film criticwriterfilm historianscreenwriterfilm theorist
- Biography
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Božidar Zečević is а Serbian filmologist, film historian, dramatist, screenwriter, director, university professor of film analysis, founder and editor-in-chief of the film journal Filmograf.
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Miško Šuvaković
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- conceptual artistart criticaestheticianart theoristartist
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Miško Šuvaković is a contemporary aestheticist, art theorist and conceptual artist in Belgrade, Yugoslavia. He taught theory of art and theory of culture in Interdisciplinary Postgraduates Studies at the University of Arts in Belgrade. He teaches theory of art and theory of culture in transdisciplinary master and doctoral studies at the Faculty of media and communication.
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Vlastimir Peričić
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- composer
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Vlastimir Peričić was a Serbian composer and one of the most important theoreticians of Serbian music, well-known musicologist and the author of extremely valuable university textbooks, as well as a corresponding member of the Serbian Academy of Arts and Sciences.
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Dejan Despić
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- musicologistcomposerwriteruniversity teacher
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Dejan Despić is a Serbian classical composer, author, music theoretician and pedagogue.
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Jugoslav Vlahović
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- comics artistpaintercartoonistgraphic artistposter artist
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Jugoslav Vlahović is a Serbian artist, illustrator, photographer and a former rock musician. Vlahović is known for his work on album covers. He is also known as a former member of the rock band Porodična Manufaktura Crnog Hleba.
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Bruno Brun
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- music teachermusicianclarinetist
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Bruno Brun was a Yugoslav clarinetist and professor at the Belgrade Music Academy.
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Ernest Ačkun
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- music teacherclarinetist
- Biography
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Ernest Ačkun was a Yugoslav clarinetist.
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Jovanka Nikolić
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- poetchildren's writerwritershort story writer
- Biography
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Jovanka Nikolić was a Serbian author of prose, poetry and poetry for children.
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Mihailo Živanović
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- jazz musiciansongwriter
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Mihailo Živanović, known as Mika-Žuti (Yellow), was a prominent and one of the most inventive and best Serbian and Yugoslav clarinetist, saxophonist, a very prolific composer, conductor of RTB Light Music Orchestras and arranger.
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Zoran Erić
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- composer
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Zoran Erić was a Serbian composer based in Belgrade. He taught composition, orchestration, theater and film music at the Faculty of Music, University of Arts in Belgrade, Serbia.
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Gjelosh Gjokaj
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- 1933-2016 (aged 83)
- Occupations
- painter
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Gjelosh Gjokaj was an artist from Montenegro. An ethnic Albanian, he was born in the village of Gornji Milješ (Alb: Gornji Milesh) in Tuzi. After receiving his fine arts degree from the University of Arts in Belgrade in 1963, he proceeded to become part of the faculty until 1969. He later immigrated to Rome, Italy, where he lived and worked until 1983. He was able to leave his mark worldwide with over 45 international solo exhibits and well over 70 group shows. In 1983, he made Augsburg, Germany his primary residence until his death in 2016. He is referred as "father of graphic arts of Kosovo".
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Rastko Ćirić
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- film directorcomics artistsongwriter
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Rastko Ćirić is a Serbian multimedia artist and educator. His fields of interest are graphics, illustration, logo design, ex-libris, comics, animation and music. He has won more than 70 local and international awards. He is a professor at the Faculty of Applied Arts in Belgrade.
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Radivoj Lazić
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- songwritercomposer
- Biography
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Radivoj Lazić is a musician, clarinettist, pedagogue, composer, painter and children's writer.
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Vojna Nešić
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- composer
- Biography
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Olivera Vojna Nešić is a Serbian composer and professor at the University of Priština Faculty of Arts, in North Kosovo.
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Nena Lekovic
- Born in
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Serbia - Occupations
- songwritercomposer
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Nena Lekovic is a Serbian songwriter who has had a large presence in the Eastern European pop music scene, collaborating with several pop stars.
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Ida Ćirić
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- cartoonistposter artist
- Biography
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Ivanka "Ida" Ćirić was a notable Serbian illustrator for children.
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Marko Nešić
- Years
- 1976-.. (age 48)
- Occupations
- conductorcomposer
- Biography
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Marko Nešić is a Serbian conductor, composer, Assistant Professor – Docent of Orchestration and (since September 2010) Vice Dean at the Faculty of Arts of Priština-Zvečan and teacher at the Grand School of Music "dr Miloje Milojević", Kragujevac.
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Dušan Zivlak
- Occupations
- painter
- Biography
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Dušan Zivlak is a Serbian painter.
