Carl Weber (theatre director), Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Carl Weber (theatre director)

German theatre director

Date of Birth: 07-Aug-1925

Place of Birth: Dortmund, Free State of Prussia, Germany

Date of Death: 25-Dec-2016

Profession: theater director

Nationality: United States, Germany

Zodiac Sign: Leo

Carl Weber (7 August 1925 – 25 December 2016) was a theatre director and a professor of drama at Stanford University.
He was Bertolt Brecht's directing assistant and a dramaturg and actor at the Berliner Ensemble theatre company in 1952.
After Brecht's death in 1956, Weber remained as a director of the company.
He directed in major theatres in Germany, America, Canada and elsewhere since 1957.
He produced English translations of German dramatist Heiner Müller. He was born in Dortmund, Germany, and died in Los Altos, California.