The main course subjects of drama film and television director major (drama direction, film and television director) of Central Academy of Drama are: director, performance, stage language skills, stage body skills, stage art foundation, aesthetics foundation, screenwriter foundation, film and television director foundation, drama director performance foundation and public required courses.

The course subjects of director major (drama, film and television direction) can be divided into four parts:

1, director basis: director element training; Directing stage events, stage scheduling, stage music and sound, and adaptation of literary fragments; Performance element training; Performance clips.

2. Director's Creation: Director's Fragments.

3. The art of directing: the whole drama rehearsal and the whole drama rehearsal.

4. Director theory: director basic theory, director creation theory, director aesthetics, drama aesthetics, screenwriter skills, stage art foundation, film and television director foundation, drama director foundation, stage language skills and stage body skills.