French director, set designer, and translator. He graduated from the Faculty of Philosophy at the École normale supérieure (Paris), then studied at the Théâtre de Chaillot theatre school under Antoine Vitez and founded his own company, Théâtre-Machine, in 1988. Since then, he has staged around seventy productions, which have brought him international fame.
According to the director, his work should be seen as a form of "imaginary dialogue" with the authors, whose texts he approaches as a multitude of doors leading to "an immense space providing access to the world." His repertoire ranges from Greek tragedy, Shakespeare, or Racine to the classics of the last two centuries (Kleist, Büchner, Ibsen, Chekhov, Wedekind, Pirandello, Brecht, Horváth, Becker) and contemporary drama (Hanoch Levin or Arne Lygre). He has been invited to direct opera at La Scala (Milan, Italy), the Théâtre du Châtelet, the Opéra-Comique, the Théâtre des Champs-Élysées (Paris, France), La Monnaie (Brussels, Belgium), La Fenice (Venice, Italy), the Teatro Real (Madrid, Spain), the Berlin State Opera (Berlin, Germany), as well as the festivals in Edinburgh, Aix-en-Provence, and Vienna.
He has led several French theatres, including three national theatres: the TNS (Strasbourg), La Colline, and the Odéon-Théâtre de l'Europe (Paris), of which he is currently the director.
Braunschweig holds the titles of Knight of the Legion of Honour and Officer of the Order of Arts and Letters of France.
According to the director, his work should be seen as a form of "imaginary dialogue" with the authors, whose texts he approaches as a multitude of doors leading to "an immense space providing access to the world." His repertoire ranges from Greek tragedy, Shakespeare, or Racine to the classics of the last two centuries (Kleist, Büchner, Ibsen, Chekhov, Wedekind, Pirandello, Brecht, Horváth, Becker) and contemporary drama (Hanoch Levin or Arne Lygre). He has been invited to direct opera at La Scala (Milan, Italy), the Théâtre du Châtelet, the Opéra-Comique, the Théâtre des Champs-Élysées (Paris, France), La Monnaie (Brussels, Belgium), La Fenice (Venice, Italy), the Teatro Real (Madrid, Spain), the Berlin State Opera (Berlin, Germany), as well as the festivals in Edinburgh, Aix-en-Provence, and Vienna.
He has led several French theatres, including three national theatres: the TNS (Strasbourg), La Colline, and the Odéon-Théâtre de l'Europe (Paris), of which he is currently the director.
Braunschweig holds the titles of Knight of the Legion of Honour and Officer of the Order of Arts and Letters of France.
