Bio
John Freedman
I am an American writer and translator, a photographer and a cameraman. Sometimes I am a producer. My plays and play translations have been performed on six continents. I lived in Russia where I wrote about theater for 30 years. Life eventually brought me to the city of Chania on the island of Crete, where a new life unfolded before me.
Books
As Author
° Silence's Roar: The Life and Drama of Nikolai Erdman
° Provoking Theater: Kama Ginkas Directs (with Kama Ginkas)
° Moscow Performances: The New Russian Theater 1991-1996
° Moscow Performances: The 1996-1997 Season
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As Editor and Translator
° Real and Phantom Pains: An Anthology of New Russian Drama
° The Major Plays of Nikolai Erdman
° A Meeting About Laughter by Niklai Erdman with Vladimir Mass and Others
° Two Plays by Olga Mukhina
° Two Plays from the New Russia
° The Simpleton by Sergei Kokovkin
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Films
Red, Blue and Asya (2021)
Camera and Producer
Honorable Mention, Best Indie Short, Art Film Awards, North Macedonia, March 2021
Directed by Oksana Mysina
Insulted. Belarus(sia) (2020)
Producer and second camera
Best Experimental Film, Art Film Awards, North Macedonia, March 2021
Directed by Oksana Mysina
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Ivan Petrovich (2021)
Producer
Directed by Oksana Mysina
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