Serbia
Born in 1976 in Belgrade. In 2004 he graduated from the Faculty of Directing at the Academy of Arts in Novi Sad, where he still teaches acting as an associate professor.
Boris Liješević is a three-time scholarship holder of the Goethe Institute in Belgrade, and a member of the Zagreb Acting Studio, where he teaches the Strasberg Method.
Many of his works focus on documentary theater, where the author's projects are created by recording thematic conversations with selected anonymous interlocutors who reveal their authentic experiences: " Waiting Room" and "Fertile Days", "In Commemoration of the Seagull", "Our Fathers Were the City (Builders)", and "The Fifth Park".
Based on classical works Liješević staged Carlo Goldoni's comedy "The Servant of Two Masters", Euripides' "Alcestis", Alfred de Musset's "Lorenzaccio". Isidora Žebeljan's opera Two Heads and a Girl, based on a libretto by Borislav Čičovački, which he worked on in 2016, represents his first experience in opera directing; he was the supervising director of M. Živkovič's children's opera The Children's Room, based on poems by M. Zivkovic. The basis of his directing work is staging novels.
Boris Liješević has been honored with many national and regional awards, including three Sterija Awards (for the author's project of the play "Waiting Room", for directing the play "The Wizard" and for the best play "Drunks"), two awards of the Sarajevo magazine "Dani" - Brave New World within the MESS Festival, "Mira Trailović" - Grand Prix of the Bitef Festival, "Ljubomir Muci Draškić" Award, "Bojan Stupica" Award, Belgrade City Award for theatrical creativity - "Despot Stefan Lazarević", Anjelko Štimac Award for Best Director at the International Festival of Small Stage Theaters in Rijeka, Petar Kočić Award at the Banja Luka Festival, Grand Prix at the Brčko Festival, Ardalion Award at the Užice Festival, Spark of Culture Award at the Vojvodina Cultural Institute, Awards at the Vršac Fall Festival, Awards at the Aleksinac Premiere Festival, and the Budva Theater City Award. He is also the recipient of annual awards presented by Atelje 212, Serbian National Theater, Belgrade Drama Theater and Yugoslav Drama Theater, among several others.
On September 18 and 19, 2023, the program of the XIV Alexandrinsky International Theatre Festival will feature Boris Liješević's War and Peace, staged at the National Theatre in Belgrade, Serbia.
