Peter Batakliev

Peter Batakliev
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Theatre director, Actor, Teacher
(Male)
Principal country concerned : Column : Theater, Cinema/tv

Born in Bulgaria, Batakiev made his debut in theatre at the age of 16 years old. He entered the National Academy of Theatre and Cinema in Sofìa, Bulgaria, and worked in many professional theatre companies in his homeland. He left Bulgaria in 1990 for Canada, and after years of continuing to shape his craft between the North American cities of St-John's, Toronto and New York, he decided to make Montreal his home. As an actor, he has worked with several renowned playwrights and theatre directors including Alexandre Marine, Wajdi Mouawad, Yves Desgagnés and Claude Poissant. With his interpretation of Lucke in the play En attendant Godot produced by the Centaur Theatre, Peter won the Revelation of the Year Award for 1998-1999, given by the English Critic Circle. As a theatre director, Batakiev directed different plays including: Le colonel oiseau, Panique à Longueuil, Piège pour un homme seul, Peer Gynt, La dernière nuit de Socrate and several shows with the Ondinnok theatre company. Peter Batakliev currently teaches and manages interpretation workshops at the National Theatre School of Canada, le Conservatoire d'Art Dramatique du Québec and at l'École Supérieure de Théâtre of the University of Quebec in Montreal (UQÀM).
He stars as Expert (Stage Director), in Les Mains noires, procès de l'esclave incendiaire (Black Hands), directed by Tetchena Bellange, 2010, Documentary-Fiction, Canada, 2010.

Source:
www.blackhandsfilm.com/bios.html

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