Vladimir Bouchler
Encyclopedia
Vladimir Bouchler is a theatre director and pedagogue of acting
and directing in theatre
and film
.
's Republic of Uzbekistan, Vladimir headed to The Ostrovsky Theatre School to study for five years as an actor. This was followed by a further five years training and practice as a director in the Moscow Shukin Theatre School. Since then Vladimir has worked as an independent director, worldwide.
Acting
Acting is the work of an actor or actress, which is a person in theatre, television, film, or any other storytelling medium who tells the story by portraying a character and, usually, speaking or singing the written text or play....
and directing in theatre
Theatre
Theatre is a collaborative form of fine art that uses live performers to present the experience of a real or imagined event before a live audience in a specific place. The performers may communicate this experience to the audience through combinations of gesture, speech, song, music or dance...
and film
Film
A film, also called a movie or motion picture, is a series of still or moving images. It is produced by recording photographic images with cameras, or by creating images using animation techniques or visual effects...
.
Biography
After starting life as an electric engineer in Soviet UnionSoviet Union
The Soviet Union , officially the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics , was a constitutionally socialist state that existed in Eurasia between 1922 and 1991....
's Republic of Uzbekistan, Vladimir headed to The Ostrovsky Theatre School to study for five years as an actor. This was followed by a further five years training and practice as a director in the Moscow Shukin Theatre School. Since then Vladimir has worked as an independent director, worldwide.
Theatre director
- 1979 "Pendulum" – by O' Henry (Tashkent, Uzbekistan)
- 1980 "Attention, spring!" – by A. ChekhovAnton ChekhovAnton Pavlovich Chekhov was a Russian physician, dramatist and author who is considered to be among the greatest writers of short stories in history. His career as a dramatist produced four classics and his best short stories are held in high esteem by writers and critics...
(Tashkent, Uzbekistan) - 1981 "Ring around the moon" – by J. AnouilhJean AnouilhJean Marie Lucien Pierre Anouilh was a French dramatist whose career spanned five decades. Though his work ranged from high drama to absurdist farce, Anouilh is best known for his 1943 play Antigone, an adaptation of Sophocles' Classical drama, that was seen as an attack on Marshal Pétain's...
(Tashkent, Uzbekistan) - 1984 "Escape AttemptEscape AttemptEscape Attempt is a 1962 sci-fi novel by Boris and Arkady Strugatsky set in the Noon Universe...
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novelNovelA novel is a book of long narrative in literary prose. The genre has historical roots both in the fields of the medieval and early modern romance and in the tradition of the novella. The latter supplied the present generic term in the late 18th century....
of brothers Strugatsky; the show was set as a synthés of modern ballet, dramatic theatre and modern visual effects. - 1985 "The Five" – by A. Obraztsov, performance dedicated to World War II
- 1986 "Poor Soso Jugashvilly" – by V. Korkia (Tashkent, Uzbekistan)
- 1987 "Dialogues" – five one act plays of "new wave" playwrights from RussiaRussiaRussia or , officially known as both Russia and the Russian Federation , is a country in northern Eurasia. It is a federal semi-presidential republic, comprising 83 federal subjects...
(Tashkent, Uzbekistan) - 1988 "The Devil in Love" – by N. Sadur (Tashkent, Uzbekistan)
- 1989 "Vassa Zheleznova" – by M. GorkyMaxim GorkyAlexei Maximovich Peshkov , primarily known as Maxim Gorky , was a Russian and Soviet author, a founder of the Socialist Realism literary method and a political activist.-Early years:...
(Tashkent, Uzbekistan) - 1990 "Nothing" – an improvisation show (Besançon, France)
- 1991-1992 Vladimir Bouchler created a furore with his production "H2O and 4 women". This modern ritual show has toured all Europe and Asia and was presented more than 100 times in front of the international public
- 1993 "Children of October" (Grenoble, France)
- 2000 "Quai Ouest" – by B.–M. KoltesBernard-Marie KoltèsBernard-Marie Koltès was a French playwright and director.-Life:Born in 1948 to a middle-class family in Metz, his life was violent and anchored in revolt. He tried his hand at writing at a very young age but later renounced it, and didn't take to the stage until the age of twenty...
(Belgium) - 2001 "7 wife’s of Blue Beard" – by A. Volodine (Belgium)
- 2002 "All at once" – by Y. GrishkovetzYevgeni GrishkovetzYevgeni Valeryevich Grishkovetz is a popular Russian writer, dramatist, stage director, actor and musician.He is widely known as the author of witty solo performances...
(UK, Belgium) - 2002 "Galleries" by J. Hewitt (London, UK)
- 2003 "Ordinary miracle" by E. ShvartsEvgeny ShvartsEvgeny Lvovich Shvarts was a Soviet writer and playwright whose works include twenty-five plays and screenplays for three films .- Life :...
(Iceland) - 2006 "Three sisters" by A. ChekhovAnton ChekhovAnton Pavlovich Chekhov was a Russian physician, dramatist and author who is considered to be among the greatest writers of short stories in history. His career as a dramatist produced four classics and his best short stories are held in high esteem by writers and critics...
(Aberystwyth, Wales) - 2007 "The Elder Son" by A. VampilovAlexander VampilovAlexander Valentinovich Vampilov was a Russian playwright. His play Elder Son was first performed in 1969, and became a national success two years later. Many of his plays have been filmed or televised in Russia...
(Manchester, UK) - 2008 "Man without purpose" by A. Lygre (Stavanger, Norway)
- 2009 "CloserCloser (play)Closer is the third play written by English playwright Patrick Marber. The play was premiered at the Royal National Theatre's Cottesloe Theatre in London in 1997, and made its North American debut at the Music Box Theatre on Broadway on 25 January 1999....
" by P. MarberPatrick MarberPatrick Albert Crispin Marber is an English comedian, playwright, director, puppeteer, actor and screenwriter.-Early life and education:...
(KHiO, Oslo, Norway) - 2009 "The Cherry OrchardThe Cherry OrchardThe Cherry Orchard is Russian playwright Anton Chekhov's last play. It premiered at the Moscow Art Theatre 17 January 1904 in a production directed by Constantin Stanislavski. Chekhov intended this play as a comedy and it does contain some elements of farce; however, Stanislavski insisted on...
" by A. ChekhovAnton ChekhovAnton Pavlovich Chekhov was a Russian physician, dramatist and author who is considered to be among the greatest writers of short stories in history. His career as a dramatist produced four classics and his best short stories are held in high esteem by writers and critics...
(Dundee Rep, Scotland) - 2010 "Invisible theatre babylon" – research project in theatre and film (Singapore/Malaysia/Thailand) – in Development
Theatre professor
1999-2011- Lecturer of acting in the Opera Department of Royal Conservatory of BrusselsRoyal Conservatory of BrusselsThe Royal Conservatory of Brussels is a drama and music college in Brussels, Belgium. An academy for acting and the arts, it has been attended by many of the top actors and actresses in Belgium such as Josse De Pauw, Luk van Mello and Luk De Konink....
- Professor of directing School of stage design La Cambre Brussels
- Professor of acting in the Theatre Conservatory of Bordeaux, France
- Professor of acting in the circus school of Belgium
- Leader of the yearly Chekhov’s intensive workshop Drama Department University of Wales
- Master of Chekhov’s Creative Theatre Atelier in Brussels (Belgium)
- Screen Academy Mentor in the University of Wales, NewportUniversity of Wales, NewportThe University of Wales, Newport is a university based in Newport, South Wales. The university has two campuses; Caerleon on the northern outskirts of the city and a £35 million campus on the banks of the River Usk in Newport city centre opened in 2011...
- Department of Performing Arts - Leader of the yearly intensive acting course Deutsches Zentrum für Schauspiel Cologne
- Master of yearly acting course Dutch National Opera Academy, Amsterdam
- Master of acting course ArtEZ Theatre school Arnhem NL
- Guest professor / director KHiO Theatre SchoolNorwegian National Academy of TheatreThe Norwegian National Academy of Theatre was established as a three-year theater-education in 1953, under the name of Statens teaterskole.The school was given collegiate status in 1982...
Oslo Norway - Guest professor Musik og Teaterhøjskolen, Denmark
- Guest professor LASALLE College of the Arts, Singapore
- Guest professor USMUniversiti Sains MalaysiaUniversiti Sains Malaysia is a public university with its main campus in Penang, Malaysia. There are three branch campuses: one in mainland Penang , one in Kelantan on the east coast of Peninsular Malaysia, and a offshore collaboration with a university in India...
, PenangPenangPenang is a state in Malaysia and the name of its constituent island, located on the northwest coast of Peninsular Malaysia by the Strait of Malacca. It is bordered by Kedah in the north and east, and Perak in the south. Penang is the second smallest Malaysian state in area after Perlis, and the...
, The School of Communication's/ Malaysia - Guest professor ASWARA Film Faculty/Malaysia/ Kuala Lumpur
- Guest professor Chulalongkorn UniversityChulalongkorn UniversityChulalongkorn University is the oldest university in Thailand and is the country's highest ranked university. It now has nineteen faculties and institutes. Regarded as the best and most selective university in Thailand, it consistently attracts top students from around the country...
, The Faculty of Communication Arts/Bangkok Thailand - Guest professor Aalborg University Department of Communication /Denmark
- Guest professor Bristol Old Vic Theatre SchoolBristol Old Vic Theatre SchoolThe Bristol Old Vic Theatre School, opened by Laurence Olivier in 1946, is an affiliate of the Conservatoire for Dance and Drama, an organisation securing the highest standards of training in the performing arts, and is an associate school of the Faculty of Creative Arts of the University of the...
/ UK - Guest professor University of TampaUniversity of TampaThe University of Tampa , is a private, co-educational university in Downtown Tampa, Florida, United States. It is accredited by the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools. In 2006, the University celebrated its 75th anniversary...
Film and Media Arts Department, Florida/ USA - Guest professor Coastal Carolina UniversityCoastal Carolina UniversityCoastal Carolina University is an independent, state-supported, liberal arts university in Conway, South Carolina, USA, located eight miles west of Myrtle Beach. Founded in 1954, Coastal became an independent university in 1993. The University enrolls approximately 8,300 students on its campus...
Departmentof Theatre, SC/ USA
Special projects
1991-2000- Leader of the Aral Sea project – a cultural-ecological project designed to draw world attention to the problem of the Aral Sea using theatre,
- cinema, TV, and photographic exhibitions (in France, Germany, Italy, Denmark, Sweden, the United Kingdom, Spain, Portugal, Poland, Switzerland and Turkey)
Film director/actor
- 1991 "Mission N1" – creative documentary with participation of Erland JosephsonErland JosephsonErland Josephson is a Swedish actor and author. He is best known to international audiences for his work in films directed by Ingmar Bergman, Andrei Tarkovsky, and Theodoros Angelopoulos.-Biography:...
(lead actor of Ingmar BergmanIngmar BergmanErnst Ingmar Bergman was a Swedish director, writer and producer for film, stage and television. Described by Woody Allen as "probably the greatest film artist, all things considered, since the invention of the motion picture camera", he is recognized as one of the most accomplished and...
, Peter BrookPeter BrookPeter Stephen Paul Brook CH, CBE is an English theatre and film director and innovator, who has been based in France since the early 1970s.-Life:...
) - 1998 "Dry Tears" documentary legend (with narration of Emma ThompsonEmma ThompsonEmma Thompson is a British actress, comedian and screenwriter. Her first major film role was in the 1989 romantic comedy The Tall Guy. In 1992, Thompson won multiple acting awards, including an Academy Award and a BAFTA Award for Best Actress, for her performance in the British drama Howards End...
) – director, cinematographer "Les Larmes Sèches" with narration of Annie GirardotAnnie GirardotAnnie Girardot was a French actress.She began performing in 1955, making her film debut in Treize à table. Girardot won the Prix Suzanne Bianchetti in 1956, and in 1977 won the César Award for Best Actress portraying the title character in Docteur Françoise Gailland... - 2004 "CO/MA" actor in Mike FiggisMike FiggisMichael "Mike" Figgis is an English film director, writer, and composer.-Personal life:Figgis was born in Carlisle, England and grew up in Africa. Figgis for several years had a relationship with the actress Saffron Burrows and cast her in several films...
& European Film AcademyEuropean Film AcademyThe European Film Academy is an initiative of a group of European filmmakers who came together in Berlin on the occasion of the first presentation of the European Film Awards in November 1988.- European Film Academy :...
project
Film Directing
- course "Working with actors on set" – workshop by Krzysztof KieślowskiKrzysztof KieslowskiKrzysztof Kieślowski was an Academy Award nominated influential Polish film director and screenwriter, known internationally for The Double Life of Veronique and his film cycles The Decalogue and Three Colors.-Early life:...
in Amsterdam 1994 - acting in Mike FiggisMike FiggisMichael "Mike" Figgis is an English film director, writer, and composer.-Personal life:Figgis was born in Carlisle, England and grew up in Africa. Figgis for several years had a relationship with the actress Saffron Burrows and cast her in several films...
& European Film AcademyEuropean Film AcademyThe European Film Academy is an initiative of a group of European filmmakers who came together in Berlin on the occasion of the first presentation of the European Film Awards in November 1988.- European Film Academy :...
project "CO/MA" 2004 - Anthony Dod MantleAnthony Dod MantleAnthony Dod Mantle BSC is a British cinematographer notable for his work in digital cinematography.-Career:Dod Mantle directed photography on three Dogme 95 films and the first two episodes of Wallander. He used the Red One digital camera on Wallander, the first British television production to do...
(EFA) master class in Berlin "Developing a Personal Visual Dictionary" 2005 - Stefan JarlStefan JarlStefan Jarl is a Swedish film director best known for his documentaries. He made the Mods Trilogy, three films which follow a group of alienated people in Stockholm from the 1960s to the 1990s, They Call Us Misfits , A Respectable Life and Det sociala arvet...
(EFA) master class in Brandenburg July 2006