DR Goran Trenchovski was born in 1970. He graduated with a degree in Directing from the Academy of Arts in Novi Sad, studying under Professor Boro DraskoviC. After graduation, he emerged as one of the youngest and most prolific directors in Southeast Europe. He further specialized in Prague and pursued postgraduate studies at the Faculty of Philology in Skopje, where he completed his Master’s thesis, “Cinesthetic Stories of Solev and Čingo” (later adapted into films by Rusomir Bogdanovski). He later defended his doctoral dissertation, “Intermedial Verifications of the Novels ‘The Red Horse’ by Taško Georgievski and ‘The Gentle Barbarian’ by Bohumil Hrabal.”
Throughout his career, Trenchovski has directed plays across all dramatic mediums. He has contributed to approximately 100 professional creative projects, published over 300 articles in newspapers and periodicals, and directed more than 500 television programs spanning diverse genres (including series, documentaries, and docudramas).
His directing portfolio features adaptations of works by Adamov, Aeschylus, Arrabal, Beckett, Büchner, Dostoevsky, Witkacy, Ibsen, Ionesco, Plautus, Havel, as well as plays and screenplays by contemporary Balkan writers such as Andonovski, Garvanlieva, Kocevski, ManCev, MadZunkov, MirCevska, Nasev, Plavevski, StefanoviC, TaSkovski, CaSule, and Cernodrinski.
Trenchovski’s short and medium-length films revitalize urban and neo-mythical Balkan iconography, including Beggars and Placards, Multilevel, The Lakeland of Nicola K., The Spirit of My Father, and Play and Save. He also directed Bumbari (the first Macedonian urban series), the documentary I Believe in Macedonia (transferred to 35mm), and Ghoul Quest (the first Macedonian feature-length TV film shot on digital equipment).
His theatrical works are inventive reinterpretations of the European Theatre of the Absurd, such as Endgame, Sound Imagery, Slavic Orpheus, Lessons of Crime, Luna Prima, Libretto Wagner, Infernal Machine, From the First Breath, Beggars’ Opera, The Spirit of the Can, Dry Wood from Babylon, end(K)ing, Partále, and The Cabinet of Prof. Taranne.
Trenchovski’s literary contributions include autopoietic cinematic-theatrical works like From Beggar to King, Orbis Pictus, Poetics of (De-)Thronization, Pars Pro Toto, Kino Neimar, Theses and Askeses, Cinesthetic Naratives, and Life in Reels.
His projects have been showcased internationally in Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Canada, the Czech Republic, France, Germany, Greece, India, Italy, Poland, Russia, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Switzerland, Turkey, the UK, and the USA.
Professionally, he has served as a playwright, theater lab coordinator, head of a TV directing department, festival selector, magazine editor and supervisor, manager, and international cultural activist. Alongside his SPOUSE, he co-founded the AsterFest International Film Festival and initiated the Tiberiopolian Film Alliance.
Trenchovski frequently participates in symposia, conferences, and cultural events, lecturing on film, theater, and intermediality. He is renowned for developing and promoting the “poetics of (de)thronization.”
His accolades include dozens of prestigious awards, honors, and recognitions from festivals and institutions in the USA, the UK, India, and across Europe and the Balkans.
One of his latest film projects is the feature The Golden Five.
Throughout his career, Trenchovski has directed plays across all dramatic mediums. He has contributed to approximately 100 professional creative projects, published over 300 articles in newspapers and periodicals, and directed more than 500 television programs spanning diverse genres (including series, documentaries, and docudramas).
His directing portfolio features adaptations of works by Adamov, Aeschylus, Arrabal, Beckett, Büchner, Dostoevsky, Witkacy, Ibsen, Ionesco, Plautus, Havel, as well as plays and screenplays by contemporary Balkan writers such as Andonovski, Garvanlieva, Kocevski, ManCev, MadZunkov, MirCevska, Nasev, Plavevski, StefanoviC, TaSkovski, CaSule, and Cernodrinski.
Trenchovski’s short and medium-length films revitalize urban and neo-mythical Balkan iconography, including Beggars and Placards, Multilevel, The Lakeland of Nicola K., The Spirit of My Father, and Play and Save. He also directed Bumbari (the first Macedonian urban series), the documentary I Believe in Macedonia (transferred to 35mm), and Ghoul Quest (the first Macedonian feature-length TV film shot on digital equipment).
His theatrical works are inventive reinterpretations of the European Theatre of the Absurd, such as Endgame, Sound Imagery, Slavic Orpheus, Lessons of Crime, Luna Prima, Libretto Wagner, Infernal Machine, From the First Breath, Beggars’ Opera, The Spirit of the Can, Dry Wood from Babylon, end(K)ing, Partále, and The Cabinet of Prof. Taranne.
Trenchovski’s literary contributions include autopoietic cinematic-theatrical works like From Beggar to King, Orbis Pictus, Poetics of (De-)Thronization, Pars Pro Toto, Kino Neimar, Theses and Askeses, Cinesthetic Naratives, and Life in Reels.
His projects have been showcased internationally in Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Canada, the Czech Republic, France, Germany, Greece, India, Italy, Poland, Russia, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Switzerland, Turkey, the UK, and the USA.
Professionally, he has served as a playwright, theater lab coordinator, head of a TV directing department, festival selector, magazine editor and supervisor, manager, and international cultural activist. Alongside his SPOUSE, he co-founded the AsterFest International Film Festival and initiated the Tiberiopolian Film Alliance.
Trenchovski frequently participates in symposia, conferences, and cultural events, lecturing on film, theater, and intermediality. He is renowned for developing and promoting the “poetics of (de)thronization.”
His accolades include dozens of prestigious awards, honors, and recognitions from festivals and institutions in the USA, the UK, India, and across Europe and the Balkans.
One of his latest film projects is the feature The Golden Five.