Every year, film and television directors apply for an art test from June 5438 to February, sometimes years ago and sometimes years later. Examination in February-March every year, certification in April.

1955, China's film delegation in the Soviet Union hired four Soviet experts to help set up a film academy in China. In September, a special training class for directors and cadres was held, which was the beginning of training film directors through formal teaching in the history of film education in China.

Historical evolution:

The department of film directors is a professional department that trains film directors.

1953 65438+in February, the government meeting in the State Council189th decided: "The Film Bureau should actively prepare for the establishment of the Academy of Film Arts within four or five years, which will be responsible for training film artists, first of all screenwriters, directors and actors."

At that time, Beijing Film Academy already had a major in screenwriter and performance. Starting from 1954, the Film Bureau began to organize a team of teachers specializing in directing, and transferred Xuewei Gan, Zhang Ke, Tian Feng, Lianxing Shi, Zhou Wei, Shuihan Wang and other comrades from domestic studios and literary and art units.