Lech Mackiewicz

Bio

Lech Mackiewicz (born 1960 in Skierniewice, Poland) is a Polish-Australian actor, director, playwright; graduate of the National Academy of Theatrical Arts (PWST) in Cracow (Poland 1983), and UTS (University of Technology Sydney 1987). He formed Auto Da Fe Theatre Co. in Sydney in 1987. He received the New South Wales Performing Arts Scholarship in 1991; worked with Neil Armfield on the production of Diary of A Madman with Geoffrey Rush at Belvoir St Theatre; directed and acted internationally: Australia, Poland, Japan, Korea, Italy and Germany. Collaborated with Tadashi Suzuki’s SCOT (Japan). He studied in Poland (PWST Kraków, grad. 1983), Australia (UTS, grad. 1987) and with the Moscow Arts Theatre (directing secondment – 1991). Cate Blanchett’s first theatre production out of NIDA was Kafka Dances at the Stables Theatre (Sydney 1993) where Lech starred as Franz Kafka and Cate played his fiancée, Felice Bauer. Among others, Lech Mackiewicz worked with such film directors as: Roman Polański, Alex Proyas, Martha Coolidge, Dariusz Gajewski, Agnieszka Holland, Giacomo Battiato, Neil Armfield, Bartosz Konopka, Justin Kurzel. Lech also acted with  Cate Blanchett, Adrien Brody, Alicja Stasiewicz, Richard Roxburgh, Essie Davies, Connie Nielsen, Jeroen Krabbe and Mark Harmon.

Lech’s latest credits include : EDUCATING RITA (Teatr Gliwice), REVOLUTIONARY ROAD (Lubuski Teatr), I’LL FIND YOU (feature film,Horus Films), NIEOBECNI  (TVN mini series),  ŻEBY NIE BYŁO ŚLADÓW (feature film, Aurum Film) , IMAGO ( feature film,  Apple Productions).

Lech directed 3 productions for Tadashi Suzuki’s SCOT: “Becket In Circles” ( Toga Arts Festival), “So Called K.” (Shizuoka Performing Arts Centre), “Krapp’s Last Tape” (Toga Festival). For Shinjuku Ryozanpaku Lech Mackiewicz directed his own play “Everyman & The Pole Dancers” (Tokyo and Melbourne). In 1991 Lech’s production of “King Lear” (Playbox Theatre Co.)toured to Japan and Korea and was presented at the famous Tokyo Globe Theatre.