Oskar Silén

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Autumn 2008 in London:

  • Records guitars, bass and sitar for Anne Nikitin's scores for Channel 5/National Geographic's Banged Up Abroad and two other documentaries (BBC and National Geographic).
  • Short film The Engineers (see below) is shown at the Helsinki International Film Festival (Rakkautta ja Anarkiaa)

April 2008:

  • Oskar directs a 7min radio theatre piece for Finnish Broadcasting Co. and conducts a Masterclass on directing actors for media students at the Arcada Institute in Helsinki.

Winter 2008 in Shanghai:

  • Shoots and edits for Pain In The Reel Productions: one 7min TVitem for Finnish Broadcasting Corp. about driving schools and the increasing pollution in Shanghai, and a corporate recruitment video for Wagas Cafés in China.

Autumn 2007 - Oskar directs two plays for family audiences :

  • Nils Karlsson-Pyssling, a classic short story by Astrid Lindgren, now in music theatre format, at the 300-seater Turku Swedish Theatre. Premiered 5.1.2008. Read a review (in swedish)

    "Oskar Silén has drilled the boys to an exact and disciplined performance that they execute with concentration and stage presence. ... [Stage designer] Ahlqvist and Silén serve up a good amount of clever solutions." Bror Rönnholm ÅU 8.1.2008

  • Den förträfflige herr Glad (The Distinguished Mr. Glad), a touring play for kindergartens for the Taimine Theatre, in co-operation with the Helsinki Swedish Theatre. Premiered 19.9.07. Read a review (in swedish)

"DISTINGUISHED, CLEVER THEATRE.

A story and a performance that fascinates with its simple yet multi-faceted text filled with thoughts and wisdom and sensitive directing work that takes this all this into consideration... ... The melancholy, loneliness, feelings and friendship is expressed in a sensitive, beatiful, poetic and thought-provoking way." Elisabeth Nordgren, Hufvudstadsbladet 19.9.2007

11.2007 - Honourable Mention at the Kettupäivät film festival

The short film The Engineers recieves an Honourable Mention at the Kettupäivät film festival in Helsinki, and is aired on Finnish TV the same week as part of the Råfilm (Raw film) short film series.

"Form-wise a very simple but unbeatably clever 5 minute piece that is definately one of the highlights of this years Råfilm series." Krister Uggeldahl, Hufvudstadsbladet :

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background:

educated in Japan, the Netherlands, the UK (ARTTS Int. '92), and the Finnish Theatre Academy (Master of Arts in acting '97). extensive professional stage experience (28+ productions, 800+ performances, see actor CV for further information). theatre director of plays for a younger audience 2002-08. camera man and editor for TV items from Shanghai 2007-08, as well as numerous short films. musician and composer

OSKAR SILÉN - general CV

E mail : oskar(at)silen.info

London: +44 7500 510 925

(Finland: +358 44 532 7306)

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