Mark Weil
Known for
Directing
Life
1952 – 2007 (aged 55)
Born in
Tashkent, Uzbekistan
Biography
Mark Weil was a Soviet and Uzbekistani theatre director of Jewish descent. Weil founded the Soviet Union’s first independent theatre, the Ilkhom theatre (Uzbek for 'inspiration') in Uzbekistan, in 1976.
Weil was tragically murdered on the 7th of September 2007 by Islamic Fundamentalists.