澳大利亚国立戏剧学院前导演系主任埃伊尔
埃格尔-克里普斯特
埃格尔拥有澳大利亚新南威尔士大学的戏剧学硕士学位、澳大利亚麦考瑞大学心理学学士学位和英语学士学位、澳大利亚国家戏剧艺术学院的导演学文凭以及亚历山大麦凯学院的戏剧教学文凭。目前，他是一名昆士兰科技大学的在读博士生，他研究的课题是基于斯坦尼拉夫斯基的“行动分析法”Active Analysis和从当代视觉认知理论所发展出的导演方法。
埃格尔的导演生涯在他的少年时期就开始了。那时，他就在悉尼拉脱维亚语剧场工作过。在大学毕业以后，他先后当过教师以及新南威尔士政府的职业心理咨询专家。在完成澳大利亚国家戏剧艺术学院的导演课程后，他成为了一名自由导演。他的作品包括：与印度国家剧团合作的《大鼻子情圣》、参与了斯伯莱托艺术节的《莉莲》、在Wharf剧场演出并全国巡演的《出租屋》。他还在Nimrod剧团担任过副导演，执导过《黄金年代》和《蜘蛛女之吻》。之后，他曾被任命为Q剧场的艺术总监。在Q剧场，他指导了《新南威尔士姑娘》。
在1988年，埃格尔获得了的德意志学术交流中心的奖学金，前往德国学习戏剧导演。在柏林Schaubuehne剧场，他参与了皮德·斯坦的《三姐妹》的排练。他还在慕尼黑的Kammerspiele剧场参与过排练。
在德国深造结束后，埃格尔返回澳大利亚并成为悉尼剧团的演员导演并为澳大利亚版的《狮子王》挑选了演员。之后，他被任命为纽约迪士尼剧场的全球演员导演。在美国迪士尼剧场工作期间，他还参与了《歌舞青春－舞台剧版》的制作。回到澳大利亚之后，埃格尔担任过悉尼剧团的艺术指导以及剧团经理。在2008年，他开始担任澳大利亚国家戏剧艺术学院的总导演。
埃格尔对斯坦尼拉夫斯基的“行动分析法”Active Analysis一直都充满着研究热情。目前，他的研究成果已经被德国Ernst戏剧艺术学院运用在了戏剧教学中。在2010年，他访问了圣彼得堡国立戏剧学院，并与Sergei Tcherkasski教授合作。埃格尔还邀请过对“行动分析法”Active Analysis研究的权威，任职于南加州大学的Sharon Carnicke教授两次访问澳大利亚国家戏剧艺术学院。埃格尔还在澳大利亚戏剧表演协会以及纽约大学的学术会议上发表过自己的研究成果。在2013年，埃格尔就来访问过上海戏剧学院，并教授表演系的学生“行动分析法”Active Analysis。在2014年，埃格尔还将参与澳大利亚歌剧青年艺术家项目开发一场歌剧音乐会现场演出。
Egil holds a Master of Arts in Theatre Studies (UNSW), Bachelor of Arts in Psychology and English (Macquarie), a Diploma in Directing (NIDA) and a Diploma in Teaching (Alexander Mackie). He is currently a doctoral candidate at Queensland University of Technology where his research centres on developing a directing methodology building on Stanislavski's Active Analysis and contemporary theories of visual cognition.
Egil began directing as a teenager with the Sydney Latvian Theatre company. After graduating from university he worked first as a teacher and later as a specialist counselling psychologist for the NSW government. After completing NIDA's directing course he worked as a freelance director (productions included: Cyrano de Bergerac with India's national Theatre Repertory; Lillian, Spoleto Festival; Rent, Wharf Theatre and national tour). He was Associate Director at Nimrod where he directed The Golden Age and The Kiss of the Spiderwoman. He was then appointed Artistic Director of the Q Theatre where he directed The Currency Lass.
In 1988 Egil received a DAAD scholarship to study directing practice in Germany. He was seconded to Berlin's Schaubuehne Theater, where he observed Peter Stein's rehearsals of The Three Sisters. He also observed rehearsals at the Kammerspiele theatre in Munich.
On returning to Australia Egil worked as Casting Director at Sydney Theatre Company for many years, before casting the Australian production of The Lion King. Later he was appointed Global Casting Director for Disney Theatrical Productions in New York. Whilst at Disney in the USA he also worked on the stage adaptation of High School Musical. Egil returned to Australia as Artistic Associate/Company Manager at Sydney Theatre Company before becoming Head of Directing at NIDA in 2008.
Egil's on-going interest in developing Stanislavski's Active Analysis has lead to teaching engagements at the Ernst Busch theatre school in Berlin. In 2010 he visited the St Petersburg State Theatre School in Russia where he worked with Prof Sergei Tcherkasski. Egil invited Prof Sharon Carnicke, a world authority on Active Analysis from the University of Southern California, to visit NIDA on two occasions. He has also presented papers on this topic at ADSA conferences in Australia and at York University in the UK. In 2013 Egil was a guest teacher at the Shanghai Academy of Theatre Arts and taught Active Analysis to the acting students there. In 2014 Egil will work with the Young Artists Program at Opera Australia to develop an opera concert presentation.
