Directing

Mark Weil

1952-01-25 · Tashkent, Uzbekistan

Mark Weil was a Soviet and Uzbekistani theatre director of Jewish descent. Weil founded the Soviet Union’s first independent theatre, the Ilkhom theatre (Uzbek for 'inspiration') in Uzbekistan, in 1976. Weil was tragically murdered on the 7th of September 2007 by Islamic Fundamentalists.