Lev Dodin

Lev Dodin

Known for: Directing
Biography: 1944-05-14 (80 years old)

Biography

Lev Abramovich Dodin (Russian: Лев Абрамович Додин, born 1944) is a modern Russian theater director, the leader of Saint Petersburg Maly Drama Theater. Lev Dodin was born in Novokuznetsk in 1944. He first experienced theatrical production as a child at the Theater of Youth Creativity (1957-1962) directed by Matvey Dubrovin. Studied at Leningrad State Institute of Theatre, Music and Cinema under Boris Sohn and Georgy Tovstonogov which he graduated in 1966.

Between 1966 and 1982 he was a guest director in different theaters of Russia and abroad including Theater of Youth Creativity, Gorky Theater, MKhAT, Finnish National Theatre, Salzburg Festival, Florence Musical May festival, Milan La Scala.

In 1975 he started his work at Maly Drama Theatre. In 1982 he became the artistic director of the theatre and has led the theatre since then.

Among Dodin' major works are:

Brothers and Sisters by Fedor Abramov - a monumental show more than 8 hours long;

The House by Fedor Abramov

Lord of the Flies by William Golding

Stars in the Morning Sky by Alexander Galin

Chevengur by Andrei Platonov

The Devils by Fyodor Dostoevsky

The Cherry Orchard by Anton Chekhov

Hamlet by William Shakespeareand many others.

Information

Known For
Directing

Gender
Male

Birthday
1944-05-14 (80 years old)

Citizenships
Russia, Soviet Union

Awards
Ordre des Arts et des Lettres, Order "For Merit to the Fatherland" III class, Order "For Merit to the Fatherland" IV class, Officer of Arts and Letters, Government Prize in Culture, Order of the Star of Italy, Europe Theatre Prize, Order of Honour, Honored art worker of the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic, Zolotoy sofit, Chayka, State Prize of the Russian Federation, People's Artist of the Russian Federation, Golden Mask, USSR State Prize

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