Vladimir Bouchler
Vladimir Bouchler at rehearsals in Oslo, Norway, 2009
Born (1954-10-01) October 1, 1954
Tashkent, Uzbekistan
Occupation(s)Theatre and film director

Vladimir Bouchler is a theatre director, film director and pedagogue of acting and directing in theatre and film.

Biography

After starting life as an electric engineer in Soviet Union's Republic of Uzbekistan, Vladimir headed to The Ostrovsky Theatre School in Tashkent to study for five years as an actor. This was followed by a further five years training and practice as a director in the Boris Shchukin Theatre Institute MA, in Moscow. Since then Vladimir has worked as an independent director, worldwide.

Professional life

ADMINISTRATIVE AND ACADEMIC POSITIONS

  • Artistic director of the International Festival "Week of Theatre Methods" (Brussels)
  • Artistic director, producer of the European Theatre and Film Institute
  • Professor, Head of acting department, MTHS The Norwegian College of Musical Theatre (Norway)
  • CEO of Saraton International Street Theatre and Film Festival in Tashkent (Uzbekistan)

Theatre professor

1999–2022

  • Guest Professor of MA Creative Practices & Direction in Guildford School of Acting, Guildford, UK[1]
  • Guest Professor of Directing department in Central Academy of Drama, Beijing, China[2]
  • Professor of acting department School of Musical Theatre, Oslo, Norway, Musikkteaterhøyskolen[3]
  • Workshop leader, Music Theatre Master ArtEZ Institute of the Arts Arnhem, Netherlands
  • Workshop leader in ÉCOLE SUPÉRIEURE DES ARTS ACADEMY OF ARTS, Mons, Belgium [4]
  • Research leader of Educational Theatre Research Project, aiming at practical analysis of the interlingual, multicultural, interdisciplinary approach in contemporary theatre making (conditional title: ”Het doorbreken van de muur”) in School of Arts | Koninklijk Conservatorium Brussel, Belgium [5]
  • Lecturer of acting in the Opera Department of Folkwang University of the Arts
  • Lecturer of acting in the Opera Department of Royal Conservatory of Brussels
  • Guest Professor of BA Drama in University of Manchester, UK[6]
  • Lecturer of acting in non-naturalistic performance styles University of Salford, UK [7]
  • Lecturer of film directing/acting Manchester Metropolitan University, UK [8]
  • 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, Newport
  • Leader of the intensive acting course Deutsches Zentrum für Schauspiel Cologne
  • Master of acting course ArtEZ Theatre school Arnhem NL
  • Guest professor / director KHiO Theatre School Oslo Norway
  • Guest professor Musik og Teaterhøjskolen, Denmark
  • Guest professor LASALLE College of the Arts, Singapore
  • Guest professor USM, Penang, The School of Communication's/ Malaysia
  • Guest professor ASWARA Film Faculty/Malaysia/ Kuala Lumpur
  • Guest professor Chulalongkorn University, The Faculty of Communication Arts/Bangkok Thailand
  • Guest professor Aalborg University Department of Communication /Denmark
  • Guest professor Bristol Old Vic Theatre School/ UK
  • Guest professor University of Tampa Film and Media Arts Department, Florida/ USA
  • Guest professor Coastal Carolina University Departmentof Theatre, SC/ USA
  • Workshop leader Cygnet New Theatre, Exeter UK
  • Workshop leader Omma Studio and school, Crete, Greece

Theatre director

1979–2022 selected titles

Vladimir Bouchler and Keanu Reeves on the rehearsal of "The Cherry Orchard" by Anton Chekhov in Scotland (2009)

Special projects

1991–present

Vladimir Bouchler and Emma Thompson, while working on narration of the documentary film "DRY TEARS. Aral Sea Legend", London (1998)
  • Leader of the Aral Sea project – 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, Turkey, Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan). The street theatre performance "H2O+4women" and video action, including the documentary film "Dry Tears. Aral Sea Legend" were created with the participation of Emma Thompson, Annie Girardot, Erland Josephson, Michel Crespin, Timur Bekmambetov and others.

2016–present

  • Co-founder of European Theatre and Film Institute [13]
  • Co-founder of Brussels Cinema Lab

1991–1998

  • Director of "Children of October", creation, toured 12 countries, dedicated to the disappearance of the USSR. It was created with the use of 100,000 "Oktyabr icons" (badges with the image of Lenin-child, worn by children in the USSR)

1995–1999

  • Director of "GAIA", creation, toured 7 countries. In Greek mythology, Gaia is the personification of the Earth. The play was performed with soil, brought to Europe from 15 republics of the former Soviet Union. The actors performed people who suddenly lost their homeland due to various national conflicts.

1989–1994

  • CEO of Saraton Theatre and Film Festival in Tashkent (Uzbekistan)

Film director/actor

Professional education

Theatre and film acting

  • Tashkent State Institute for Dramatic Art

Theatre directing

Film directing and acting

References

  1. "Home". gsauk.org.
  2. "The Central Academy of Drama".
  3. "Home". musikkteaterhoyskolen.no.
  4. "Home". artsaucarre.be.
  5. "Musical | Erasmushogeschool Brussel".
  6. "Projects - School of Arts, Languages and Cultures - the University of Manchester".
  7. "Home". salford.ac.uk.
  8. "Home". www2.mmu.ac.uk.
  9. The Cherry Orchard at the Dundee Rep
  10. The Cherry Orchard review, The Guardian
  11. "UNESCO FOUNDATION FOR YOUTH: OKLAHOMA! - Norwegian Workshop". 16 March 2015.
  12. "Briser Le Mur! Documentary making-of presentation". www.facebook.com. Retrieved 2022-11-22.
  13. "Home". etfi.be.
  14. "Co/Ma". IMDb. 15 February 2006.
  15. Shukin Theatre School
  16. "Europe's Largest Filmmaker Community - European Film Academy e.V."
  17. "Europe's Largest Filmmaker Community - European Film Academy e.V."
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