Anna Ostrovskaia

Theatre director Play writer Film director scriptwriter

My name is Anna Ostrovskaia(she/her), I’m from Moscow. I’ve graduated from Cambridge School of Art and Creative Industries( Drama and Film Studies program), and currently undertaking an MFA Advanced Theatre Practice program at Royal Central School of Speech and Drama. Since the age of 17, I’ve been working as a film and theatre director and writer, creating short fiction and non-fiction artistic works in: Russia, Lithuania, Latvia, U.S.A., and the U.K. I’m interested in political satire, verbatim and documentary works, dark comedies and true, beautiful stories.

Credits

Director/Writer/Translator, "The Heart", Cambridge 4 days, 2020.
Film director/Sciptwriter, "VELESO", Youtube.
Film/Theatre director, "Marcelle Tamashauskine", Museum of GULAG, 3 days, 2019.
Assistant of a theatre director, "Antigone", Sharp Theatre, 1 week.
Assistant of a theatre director, "Persian Lessons", Janis Lipke memorial, 1 month, 2018.
Film director/Scripwriter, "Birthday Story", Youtube, 1 month, 2020.

Training

Drama College of Shepkin’s Drama School, Moscow 2014-2017.
VGIK, Screen writing and Film Reviewing Faculty, Moscow September- January 2017.
Anglia Ruskin University, Drama and Film Studies B.A hons, 2017-2020.
Ramapo College of New Jersey ( Performance and Film studies, 2019, 1 semester)
Advanced Theatre Pratice MFA, Royal Central School of Speech and Drama ( 2021- 2023)

Location

London

Experience

2-5 years

Art forms / Disciplines

  • Comedy
  • Film - documentary
  • Film - feature
  • Film - short
  • Literature
  • Multi-disciplinary / cross art form
  • Theatre / Live perfomance
  • TV - documentary
  • TV - drama

What I do

  • Choreography
  • Devising
  • Directing
  • Dramaturgy
  • Languages
  • Movement Direction
  • Physical Theatre / Mime
  • Producing
  • Theatre making
  • Verbatim theatre
  • Workshopping & Development
  • Writing

Additional Languages

Russian

Social

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