During the academic year 1985/86, the department was renamed to the Department of movie and television directing, and Igor Ciel was replaced by director Stanislav Párnický.
V školskom roku 1985/86 došlo k ďalšej zmene a katedra sa pretransformovala na Katedru filmovej a televíznej réžie a Igora Ciela nahradil na poste vedúceho Stanislav Párnický.