KOZLOV Grigory Mikhailovich

In 1989 he graduated from the Leningrad State Institute of Theater, Music and Cinema. NK. Cherkasova (now SPGATI) class Directing Puppet Theater associate NP. Naumova.

The first dramas, created in 1993 - Sasha Cherny Concert for piano and artist (solo performance Alexei Devotchenko) and Moscow. Agony in the Garden "- the director brought success not only in St. Petersburg, but in many theater festivals of different cities and countries. Moscow. Agony in the Garden "was named best directorial debut season, is shown in theater festivals in Kiev and Melhayme (Theater an der Ruhr). "Concert Sasha Black Piano Artist" - represented St. Petersburg at theater festivals in Magnitogorsk, . Orel ( "Silver Age"), . Frankfurt, . and actor Alex Devotchenko received the prize for Best Actor at the International Theater Festival "Baltic House" in 1995,
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The play "Miss Julie" A. Strindberg, staged in 1994 in Krasnoyarsk Drama Theater. A.S. Pushkin, was named the best performance of the season in g. Krasnoyarsk and success at Strindbergovskom Festival in Moscow.

The play "Crime and Punishment" based on the novel F.M. Dostoevsky (TUZ them. AA. Bryantseva, 1994) has also been recognized as the best performance of the season. Director received the prize for best director at the International Theater Festival "Baltic House". The play was nominated for the State Prize of Russia.

Today Grigory Kozlov is one of the leading St. Petersburg directors to guide the search for the aesthetic of contemporary theater. For ten years he has put 12 performances, some of which have already entered the history of St. Petersburg directing 1990. Among his productions: "The Cherry Orchard" A. Chekhov (1995, Krasnoyarsk TUZ), "Salome" On. Wilde (1996), "Sonata a happy city" by O. Wilde (1996, TUZ them. AA. Bryantseva. Saint-Petersburg), "Diary of a Provincial in St. Petersburg on M.E. Saltykov-Shchedrin (1996). This solo performance by Alexei Devotchenko won the second prize at the First International Festival of Solo Performances "Monocle," Forest "A. Ostrovsky (1998, Theater Liteynom), "Before Sunset" H. Hauptmann (ABDT them. GA. BDT).

Placed in 1998 Alexandrinsky theater performance "PS. Kapellmeister Johannes Kreisler, the author and his beloved Julia "by TE. Hoffmann and B. A. Mozart was the supreme winner of the St. Petersburg theatrical prize "Golden Soffit" in four categories: "Best Performance" "Best Direction", "best actor duo", "best scenography". The performance received the Grand Prix International Theater Festival "Baltic House" in 1999, and awarded the State Prize of Russia in 2000.

Since 1994, Grigory Kozlov teaches SPGATI, today he is an Associate Professor Department of directing and acting Puppet Theater. In 1999, the director at Grigory Kozlov staged "Decameron" by Boccaccio novels.