Falk Richter

© David Baltzer

Born in Hamburg on 23 October 1969. 1981-1985 studied theatre direction at Hamburg University under Jürgen Flimm, Manfred Brauneck, Christof Nel, Jutta Hoffmann and Peter Sellars. Joint graduation with the year of ’85, which came to be known as the “Hamburg School, including Nicolas Stemann, Sandra Strunz, Matthias von Hartz and Ute Rauwald.

Freelance director and writer since 1996. Productions in Hamburg, Düsseldorf, Mainz, Berlin, Göttingen, Atlanta and Amsterdam. Since 2001 in-house director at Zurich Schauspielhaus under the management of Christoph Marthaler. Regular work on the Berliner Schaubühne am Lehniner Platz under the artistic management of Thomas Ostermeier.