Ilija Stanojević

{{Short description|Serbian actor}}

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Ilija Stanojević ({{lang-sr-Cyrl|Илија Станојевић}}; 7 August 1859 – 8 August 1930) was one of the most prominent Serbian actors of the early 20th century.{{cite book|last=Norris|first=David A.|year=2008|title=Belgrade: A Cultural History|publisher=Oxford University Press|location=Oxford, England|isbn=978-0-19-970452-1|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=b7RWayXdH0UC|page=68}} In 1911, Stanojević co-founded the Union for the Production of Serbian Films ({{langx|sr|Udruženje za snimanje srpskih filmova|italics=yes}}) with Svetozar Botorić.{{cite book|last=Gocić|first=Goran|year=2008|title=Introducing Youth: Self-Reflection on Serbian Cinema|publisher=Film Center Serbia|location=Belgrade, Serbia|isbn=978-8-67227-059-4|page=28}} The same year, he directed and acted in The Life and Deeds of the Immortal Leader Karađorđe, the first Serbian feature film, which Botorić produced.Norris 2008, p. 111 Stanojević also helped write the film's screenplay.{{cite web|last=Erdeljanović |first=Aleksandar|date=20 June 2012|title=Producent Svetozar Botorić i njegovi filmovi|language=Serbian|website=Novi filmograf|url=http://www.novifilmograf.com/producent-svetozar-botoric-i-njegovi-filmovi/|accessdate=7 June 2020}} After making the film, Stanojević returned to the stage, and remained a theatrical performer for the remainder of his career.{{cite book|last=Sudar|first=Vlastimir|year=2013|title=A Portrait of the Artist as a Political Dissident: The Life and Work of Aleksandar Petrović|publisher=University of Chicago Press|location=Chicago, Illinois|isbn=978-1-84150-545-9|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=_4XP4HHCNa4C|page=17}}