Vladimir Bouchler is a theatre director, film director and pedagogue of acting and directing in theatre and film.
After starting life as an electric engineer in Soviet Union'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.
1999-2017
Guest Professor of Directing department in Central Academy of Drama, Beijing, China
Professor of acting department School of Musical Theatre, Oslo, Norway, MUSIKKTEATERHØYSKOLEN
Workshop leader, Music Theatre Master ArtEZ Institute of the Arts Arnhem, Netherlands
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
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 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 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
1979 "Pendulum" – musical creation based on short stories of O' Henry (Tashkent, Uzbekistan)
1980 "Attention, spring!" – by A. Chekhov (Tashkent, Uzbekistan)
1981 "Ring around the moon" – by J. Anouilh (Tashkent, Uzbekistan)
1984 "Escape Attempt" – on the base of science fiction novel 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 Russia (Tashkent, Uzbekistan)
1988 "The Devil in Love" – by N. Sadur (Tashkent, Uzbekistan)
1989 "Vassa Zheleznova" – by M. Gorky (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. Koltes (Belgium)
2001 "7 wife’s of Blue Beard" – by A. Volodine (Belgium)
2002 "All at once" – by Y. Grishkovetz (UK, Belgium)
2002 "Galleries" by J. Hewitt (London, UK)
2003 "Ordinary miracle" by E. Shvarts (Iceland)
2006 "Three sisters" by A. Chekhov (Aberystwyth, Wales)
2007 "The Elder Son" by A. Vampilov (Manchester, UK)
2008 "Man without purpose" by A. Lygre (Stavanger, Norway)
2009 "Closer" by P. Marber (KHiO, Oslo, Norway)
2009 "The Cherry Orchard" by A. Chekhov (Dundee Rep, Scotland)
2010-2011 "Invisible theatre babylon" – research project in theatre and film (Singapore/Malaysia/Thailand) – in Development
2011 "Uncle Vanya" workshop - Beaivváš Sámi Theatre, Norway
2012 "The Foreigner" by Larry Shue, NSKI, Oslo, Norway
2013 "Side by Side by Sondheim" by Stephen Sondheim, MTHS, Oslo, Norway
2015 "Oklahoma! (musical)" by Oscar Hammerstein II and Richard Rodgers, Galati, Romania
2015 "Oklahoma! (musical)" by Oscar Hammerstein II and Richard Rodgers, MTHS, Oslo, Norway
2016-2017 "Moliere. Moliere" creation based on the extracts of Jean Baptiste Moliere comedies, Ateliers ULB, Brussels, Belgium
1991-2017
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.
2016-2017
Co-founder of European Theatre and Film Institute
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)
1991 "Mission N1" – creative documentary with participation of Erland Josephson (lead actor of Ingmar Bergman, Peter Brook)
1998 "Dry Tears" documentary legend (with narration of Emma Thompson) – director, cinematographer "Les Larmes Sèches" with narration of Annie Girardot
2004 "CO/MA" actor in Mike Figgis & European Film Academy project
Theatre and film acting
Tashkent State Institute for Dramatic Art
Shukin Theatre School (Moscow)
course "Working with actors on set" – workshop by Krzysztof Kieślowski in Amsterdam 1994
acting in Mike Figgis & European Film Academy project "CO/MA" 2004
Anthony Dod Mantle (EFA) master class in Berlin "Developing a Personal Visual Dictionary" 2005
Stefan Jarl (EFA) master class in Brandenburg July 2006
