Damir Andrei

Damir Andrei is a Directoractor born in Zagreb Croatia He came to Montreal with his parents in 1963 at the age of 8 speaking neither English nor French He is a graduate of the National Theatre School of Canada in acting inspired by the work of Douglas Rain Damir Andrei worked often at the now defunct Phoenix Theatre of Montreal directing Sexual Perversity in Chicago among other plays there He has done much of his directing work at Montreals Centaur Theatre including Bordertown Café The Main Playboy of the West Indies and The Freidman Family Fortune He has also worked at the Blyth Festival Canadian Stage and the National Arts Centre Andreis style is unobtrusive and textdriven He now lives in Toronto where he has acted extensively in film and television including Dead Ringers 1988 and Slings and Arrows 2003 among many others