Alen Jelen

Alen Jelen is Slovenian theatre director, radio director, dramaturge, actor in Ljubljana, Slovenia. He is born 1970 in Maribor and lives and works in Ljubljana.

Professional career

During the 1995-1999 period, he participated with his acting performances in several pieces staged by Sloveninan national theater Drama Maribor (SNG Maribor). He was a member of the Drama studio in SNG Maribor. After finishing his secondary schooling, he joined the Academy of Theatre, Radio Film and TV (AGRFT) in Ljubljana, from which he graduated in dramaturgy in 2000. For five years he worked as a freelancer in the sphere of culture. In 2001, he decided to return to the Academy, where he is about to complete his theatre and radio direction studies. For his graduation thesis, he has directed the theatre piece Nora Nora by Evald Flisar and radioplay Doctor Faust. Dramaturgist and director Alen Jelen is also highly active in The Slovenian Association of Dramatic Artists. He is Art Manager in the ŠKUC Theatre, Ljubljana.

Directions

radio play/radio drama

2017 Simona Semenič, One thousand nine hundred eighty-one, Radio Slovenia

2016 Henrik Ibsen & Mateja Koležnik, John Gabriel Borkman, Radio Slovenia

2016 Saška Rakef, Mallet, Radio Slovenia

2015 Vinko Möderndorfer, Inspector Gaber- The farewell, crime - radio series, Radio Slovenia, 1 program

2015 Vinko Möderndorfer, Inspector Gaber- The Last selfie, crime - radio series, Radio Slovenia, 1 program

2015 Vinko Möderndorfer, Inspector Gaber- The debt, crime - radio series, Radio Slovenia, 1 program

2015 Saška Rakef, Mallet, Play for radio and theater, Radio Slovenia and Glej Theatre Ljubljana

2014 Marie Ndiaye, Hilda, radio drama, Radio Slovenia

2014 Saša Rakef, The fifth shift - For any price, Contact radio play, Radio Slovenia - 1 program

2014 Saša Rakef, The fifth shift - Legally already, but what is legitimate?, Contact radio play, Radio Slovenia - 1 program

2014 Saša Rakef, The fifth shift - The Matrix, Contact radio play, Radio Slovenia - 1 program

2014 Saša Rakef, The fifth shift - The right choice, Contact radio play, Radio Slovenia - 1 program

2014 Saša Rakef, The fifth shift - I spend playing time with my children or in a battle for my child, Contact radio play, Radio Slovenia

2014 Saša Rakef, The fifth shift - For pinch of salt, Contact radio play, Radio Slovenia - 1 program

2014, Cvetka Bevc, Ten 3, radio play, Radio Slovenia

2014 Cvetka Bevc, Ten 2, radio play, Radio Slovenia

2014 Cvetka Bevc, Ten 1, radio play, Radio Slovenia

2013 Tom D. Bidwell, Things to do before you died, Radio Slovenia

2013 Ivana Sajko, Saša Rakef, Women bomb, radio play, Radio Slovenia

2012 Marko Kurat, Happy man's shirt, radio play, Radio Slovenia

2012 Schmied Erhard, Hollywood Boulevard, radio play, Radio Slovenia

2012 Pernille Iversen, Experiment, short radio play, Radio Slovenia

2011 Jana Kolarič & Tatjana Kokalj, Who is fear afraid of?, radio play of children, Radio Slovenia

2011 Andrej Blatnik, Almost perfect evening, short radio play, Radio Slovenia

2011 Marie Ndiaye, Hilda, radio play, Radio Slovenia & Radio Maribor

2011 Suzana Tratnik, Have a nice day, radio play, Radio Slovenia

2011 Miomira Šegina, Drum fate, radio play, Radio Slovenia

2011 Zmago Frece, Alen Jelen, Sonja Strenar, Hunger, documentary radio play, Radio Slovenia

2010 Ingunn Anreassen, All of Daniel, radio play of children, Radio Slovenia

2010 Tanja Vihar, I'm not Maria, radio play, Radio Slovenia

2010 Philip Ridley - Gregor Fon, Vincent River, radio play, ŠKUC Theatre & Radio Slovenia

2010 Matjaž Briški, Raft or a ship of fools, radio play, Radio Slovenia

2010 Goran Vojnović, It's o.k., short radio play, Radio Slovenia

2009 Ana Kržišnik & others, Night in Ljubljana (about James Joyce in Ljubljana), documentary radio play, Radio Slovenia

2009 Ljudska-Gregor Fon, Why bean has a white belly?, radio play for children, Radio Slovenia

2008 Berta Bojetu Boeta, Seclusion, radio play for children, Radio Slovenia

2008 Janja Vidmar - Ana Kržišnik, You have no idea, radio play for children, Radio Slovenia

2008 John Scott - Vilma Štritof, Architect, radio play, Radio Slovenia

2007 Tone Čufar, Alen Jelen, Fiasco, radio play, Radio Slovenia

2007 Irena Androjna, Looking for the Ball and Teddy Bear, radio play for children, Radio Slovenia

2007 Saša Pavček, Aria, radio play, Radio Slovenia

2007 Vinko Möderndorfer, Love and Theatre, radio play, Radio Slovenia

2007 Klemenčič-Cvetko-Sitar Dr. Faust, radio play, Radio Slovenia

Theatre

2016/17 Ingmar Villqist, Helver's Night, Presernovo Theater Kranj & ŠKUC gledališče

2015/16 Ludmila Razumovskaya, Dear Yelena Sergeevna, Slovenian national theater Nova Gorica

2015/16 Mattias Brunn, No Tears for Queers, ŠKUC Theatre and Cankarjev dom Ljubljana

2015/16 Daniel Glattauer, Every Seventh Wave, Presernovo Theater Kranj & Ptuj City Theatre

2014/15 Marie NDiaye, Hilda, Presernovo Theater Kranj & ŠKUC gledališče

2013/14 Viktorija Rangelova, Naked, Ljubljana City Theatre & ŠKUC Theatre

2012/13 Georges Feydeau, Do not walk quite naked, Slovenian Permanent Theatre in Trieste

2012/13 John Patrick Shanley, Doubt: A Parable, Presernovo Theatre Kranj

2011/12 Daniel Glattauer-Ulrike Zemme, Gut gegen Nordwind (Love Virtually), Prešernovo Theatre Kranj in Ptuj City Theatre

2010/11 Tom Dalton Bidwell, Company along the Mile, Ljubljana City Theatre & ŠKUC Theatre

2010/11 Tamara Doneva, Mistery of women, ŠKUC Theatre

2008/09 Hávar Sigurjónsson, Our boy, ŠKUC Theatre & Glej Theatre

2008/09 Miha Mazzini, Flight to Rome, Ljubljana City Theatre & Glej Theatre

2007/08 Philip Ridley, Vincent River, ŠKUC Theatre & Glej Theatre

2006/07 Anton Tomaž Linhart, This Merry Day or Matiček is Getting Married, Tone Čufar Theatre, Jesenice

2006/07 Evald Flisar, Nora Nora, ŠKUC Theatre and AGRFT Ljubljana

2005/06 Nick Grosso, Peaches, ŠKUC Theatre and AGRFT Ljubljana

2005/06 George Feydeau, Hey, Cut out the Parading around Stark Naked, Tone Čufar Theatre, Jesenice

2002/03 Edna Mazya, Games in the Backyard, ŠKUC Theatre

2002/03 Berta Bojetu Boeta, Seclusion, ŠKUC Theatre in Linhartova Hall Radovljica

2001/02 Suzana Tratnik, My Name is Damian, ŠKUC Theatre

2000/01 Jean Cocteau, Human Voice, ŠKUC Theatre

1998/99 Kristina Brenkova, The Prettiest Flower, Šentjakob Theatre

1996/97 Ben Minolli, The Moon Fairy, Šentjakob Theatre

1994/95 Berta Bojetu Boeta, Let's Go to See Granny, Puppy Theatre Ljubljana

1994/95 Alojz Kraigher, The Shell, assistant director, Šentjakob Theatre

1993/94 Dan Totheroth, The Stolen Prince and the Lost Princess, Šentjakob Theatre

Awards & nominations

2016 Prix Europa Berlin, ranking in the finale with radio play Mallet, Beriln, Germany

2016 Golden lion for directing performances No tears for Queers, 17th International festival of the chamber theater "Golden Lion", Umag/Umago, Croatia

2015 First prize for radio drama Hilda, “The Winter’s Tales” UK International Radio Drama Festival, Herne Bay, UK

2014 Prix Italia 2014, Torino, shortlist "Things to do before you died"

2014 Slovenia Radio-Television Award for year 2013 for radio play Women Bomob

2014 Prix Ex Aequo 2014, Bratislava, shortlist "Things to do before you died"

2013 Prix Italia Torino, shortlist Women Bomb" by Ivana Sajko and Saška Rakef

2012 Slovenia Radio-Television Award for year 2011 (national achievement), Ljubljana/Slovenia

2011 Ivy Garland for the theater and radio directing, Award of the Slovenian association of Dramatic Artists, Ljubljana/Slovenia

2008 Slovenia Radio-Television Award for year 2008 (international achievement), Ljubljana/Slovenia

2008 second prize (special category Peace and Friendship of Nation) for radio drama ARIA on 9. International Radio Festival Iran, Isfahan/Iran

2007 audience award for the best performance at 20th Čufar Days - This Merry Day or Matiček is Getting Married, Čufar Days 2007, Jesenice/Slovenia

2006 audience award for the best comedy - Hey, Cut out the Parading around Stark Naked, Novačan Days 2006, Trnovlje/Slovenia

2005 Goldilocks – joint award for the best performance in general - Milan Jeish The Bitter Fruits of Justice, AGRFT Ljubljana/Slovenia