January 25, 1952 (55 years old at death)
Tashkent, Uzbekistan
Known for Directing
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.
