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Zeljko Djukic (Director, Fool For Love; The Nina Album) is a theatre director and founder of the Chicago theatre company TUTA where he was Artistic Director from 1996 through 2013. Among his most notable productions at TUTA are Uncle Vanya, Baal, Music-Hall, Rules for Good Manners, Alice, and Gentle. Zeljko's productions in other theatres include Scapino (The Gulfshore Playhouse, Naples, Florida), Fool for Love (Facility Theatre Chicago), Music Hall (59e59 Theatre NYC and TUTA),  Homebody/Kabul (National Theatre in Belgrade Serbia), First Ladies and Judith (Trap Door Theatre).  He is a multiple time nominee for Joseph Jefferson and Helen Hayes awards and a recipient of Fulbright Scholar Award. His productions have been among the best of the year in Chicago many times over. 

Zeljko has taught acting and directing at the University of Illinois at Chicago, Northwestern University, Loyola University, and Act One Studios. He is presently teaching at the Academy of Arts in Belgrade, Serbia. 

Zeljko lives in between Chicago and Belgrade.