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Jozef Ciller
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Jozef Ciller graduated from the Academy of Performing Arts in Bratislava, where he graduated in theatre stage design. After the completion of his studies, he collaborated with several theatres in what was then Czechoslovakia and took part also in international projects. Between 1967 and 2020, he was working at the Slovak National Uprising Theatre and/or Slovak Chamber theatre in Martin.

He pioneered a special type of action stage design, which sought new possibilities of staging, often in non-theatrical spaces that provide greater contact with the audience. The creative network of directors he has collaborated with include Ľubomír Vajdička, Ewald Schorm, Miloš Horanský, Ivan Rajmont, Peter Scherhaufer, Miloš Hynšt, Jiří Menzl, Ivan Petrovický, Vladimír Strnisko, Roman Polák, Martin Huba, and Marián Chudovský, among others. The variety of Ciller’s collaborators highlights his ability to creatively work with diverse types of directors. He also worked for film and television as an architect and stage designer.

In the early 1990s, he started working for the Department of Stage Design, Theatre Faculty of the Academy of Performing Arts, which he headed from 1990 until 2008. During his work for the Academy, he received the title of associate professor and full professor. He held individual exhibitions in Slovakia and abroad, participated in numerous international stage design exhibitions, and has been awarded many prestigious prizes for his work, including two gold and one silver medal at the Prague Quadrennial. He is a laureate of the Crystal Wing Award for lifetime achievement.