Biography
- Film and Theatre Director Skopje, R. Macedonia
- Address: Georgi Dimitrov 46 1000 Skopje, Macedonia
- Email: aleksandarpopovski69@gmail.com
- Phone: ++38970-340-432.
Aleksandar Popovski was born in Skopje, Macedonia in 1969. He graduated from the University of “Ss. Cyril and Methodius”, Skopje, with a BA in Film and Drama.
His first professional debut was in the theatre in 1992, where he directed a play written by the Macedonian author Dejan Dukovski. He has also directed texts by M. Ivaskevicius , W. Shakespeare, G. Stefanovski, M. Servantes, B. Stocker, B. Srbljanovic, G. Boehner, J. B. Moliere, A. Lasic, E. Pega, M. McDonough, S. Grum. M. Servantes, A. Chekhov, A. M. Koltes, D. Harms, and F. G. Lorca. Many of the plays he directed have been staged in national theatres in Macedonia as well as international theatres in several countries including Denmark, Serbia, Slovenia, Croatia, Austria, United Kingdom, Italy, Sweden, Greece.
He started his film career in 1993 with the film omnibus “LIGHT GRAY” (Mitrevski – Popovski – Janicievic), produced by TRFZ Pegaz, Macedonia.
In 1995, he co-directed the TV series “BOO, YOU TAILORS!” with Darko Mitrevski , produced by the Macedonian National Television.
In 1998, he co-directed the film “GOODBYE 20TH CENTURY” with Darko Mitrevski, produced by First Partizans Production, Macedonia. This film participated in film festivals in Stockholm, Barcelona, Puerto Rico, CINEQUEST – San Francisco, Dresden, New York, Helsinki, Zurich, Calcutta, FEST Belgrade, Palm Beach, Palm Springs, Cottbus, Tromso, Ljubljana, Sarajevo, Rome, Milan, Brussels, Stuttgart. It was awarded Melies D’Argent at the Helsinki Film Festival for the best European film in the field of the fantastic, B – Movie Award at the New York Film Festival for the best editing and the best set design, King Nobel at the First Internet Film Festival – Brussel, and the FantaFestival – Roma for the best actor.
In 2008 Aleksandar Popovski directed the short film “METAMORPHOSES”, co-produced by Kino Oko Production and Partysans Production.
His film “BALKAN IS NOT DEAD”, produced by Kino Oko Production, is currently in post-production.
He co-llaborated in teaching process with the University of Arts in Graz.
Popovski fluently speaks, reads and writes Macedonian, English, Serbian and Croatian Language as well as uses French, Bulgarian and Russian.
- D. Dukovski “ The Giant and the Seven Dwarfs”, Public Theatre – Veles 1992
F. G. Lorka “ Love of Perlimplin and Belissa”, independent production, 1993
“Just Like That, Under the Clouds”, A.Popovski – D. Mitrevski, Mala Stanica – Aarhus Theatre , Copenhagen, 1994
- D. Harms “Circus Printimpram” Theatre “Mala Stanica”, Skopje, 1995
- D. Dukovski “Who, the Fuck Start All This” , Macedonian National Theatre, Skopje 1997
- D. Dukovski “The Powder Keg” , Theatre “Kerempuh” – Zagreb, 2000
- A.M. Koltes “ Roberto Zucco”, Atelje 212 – Belgrade 2000
- G. Stefanovski “Power Flash”, Drama Theatre – Skopje 2000
- T.Kosi/J.Venecija/A.Popovski “Don Quiote” (based on M.Servantes’ novel “Don Quiote”, SNG-Maribor 2001)
- D.Dukovski “ The Balkan is not Dead”, Drama Theatre – Skopje 2001
- ”Dracula” (based on the B. Stocker’s novel “Dracula) , SNG – Maribor 2002
- A.Cehov ” Chery Orcher” , Srpsko Narodno Pozoriste – Belgrade 2003
- G. Buchner “Danthons Death” Css – TeatroStabile di Innovazione del FVG, – Udine 2003
- THEOREM- association supported by Culture 2000 programe of European Union
- INTERCULT – Stocholm
- Goethe Institut – Milano
- Fondazione CRUP – Udine
- A. Cehov “ Three Sisters”, Naroden Teatar – Bitola, 2004
- W. Shakespeare, “Tempest”, Turkish Drama – Skopje 2004
- B. Srbjanovic, “Alice in the Wonderland”, Atelje 212 – Belgrade 2004
- M. Mcdonaugh “Pillowman”, SNG – Celje 2004
- B. Srbjanovic, “Alice in the Wonderland”, A. Popovski, adaptation for Swedish audience – Stockholm 2005
- Molier, “Don Juan”, Dramski Teatar-Skopje
- A. Lasic “Za zdaj nikjer”, SNLG-Ljubljana, Slovenija 2005
- E.Pega “New friends”, National Theatre of Northern Greece,Thesaloniki, October, 2006
- S. Grum “Dogodek v mestu Gogi”, SLG Celje March, 2007
- W. Shakespeare , “Midsummer Night”, Gavela, Zagreb, December, 2007
- Ovidius, “Methamorhoses”, Universitat fur Musik und Darstelendekunst, 2007 Graz,
- M. Ivackevisius, “Close City”, Theatro Stabile Sloveno, Trieste, Italy, 2008
- Voltaire, “Candide or Optimism”, JDP, Beograd, November, 2009
- M. Markovic, “Boat for Dolls”, SNLG Ljubljana, December, 2009
- W. Shakespeare, “Hamlet”, Universitat fur Musik und Darstelendekunst, Graz, 2009
- Ovidius, “Metamorphoses”, Jugoslovensko Dramsko Pozoriste, May 2010
- A.Strindberg, “Peer Gynt”, Gavela, Zagreb, February, 2010
- Ch. Hampton, “Dangerous Liasons”, Istanbul, October, 2010
- A.Strindberg, “Miss Jully”, Turkish Thetre , Skopje, March, 2010
A. Strindberg, “The Road to Damascus”, SNG, Ljubljana, December, 2010
D. Harms, “Cirkus Destetika”, Summer Festival Rijecke ljetne noci, NHK, Ivan Zajc, Rijeka, July 2010
- Ch. Hampton, “Dangerous Liasons”, SNG, Maribor, 2012
Copenhagen, Lion, Leipzig, Oldenburg, Erlangen, (Grand Prix for the best performance), Cividale del Fruli, INFANT – Novi Sad, ( award for theatre experiment), BITEF – Belgrade, FIAT – Podgorica (Grand Prix)BITEF – Belgrade,(audience award) , Nacionalen Festival “Vojdan Cernodriunski”- Prilep , Grand Prix and award for directing, Udine-Italy,Wiena-Austria, Festival in Gibelina, Sicilia, Festivals: BITEF – Belgrade, (Grand Prix for the best performance), Bonner Biennale, Theatre “Gavela” – Zagreb, Blagoevgrad (award for directing)…. Nacionalen Festival “Vojdan Cernodriunski”, Grand Prix and award for directing, Festivals:Carakaz-Venezuela, MOT-Skopje, Borstnik- Maribor, Ohrid Summer Festival, Sterijna nagrada (two times, 2009, 2010)