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- Franz Marijnen was born on April 4, 1943 in Mechelen, Flanders, Belgium. He was a director and actor, known for Addio Venezia (1969), Yerma (1974) and Princess (1969). He died on August 3, 2022 in Bonheiden, Flanders, Belgium.
- Marijnen tried to apply Jerzy Grotowski's method upon his return to Belgium, in 1969. He taught workshops at multiple Flemish and Dutch theatre companies, including the Nederlandse Komedie in Amsterdam, and found that classically trained actors were not open to the method.
- He was a Belgian theatre director.
- Marijnen studied directing at the Royal Institute for Theatre, Cinema & Sound (RITCS) in Brussels.
- He began directing for the Mechels Miniatuur Teater while a student at RITCS, and in 1966 directed a production of Edward Albee's The Zoo Story that received positive reviews.
- Since 2012, he has again been directing in Mechelen at Arsenaal, the former Mechels Miniatuur Teater, where he started his career. In early 2014, he produced Scarlatti with an international cast.
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