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Aleksandar Popovski
Director , Scriptwriter , Producer
Macedonia
Biography
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.