Vladimir
Ilyich Firer

He was born on 12 Aug 1953 in Krasnoyarsk. He studied at the art school. Surikova. In 1972 graduated from art school, then worked in the Krasnoyarsk youth Theatre an artist and prop maker. In 1979 he graduated from LGITMiK (course I. G. Segal) on a speciality the artist-Director. In 1986-1991 he was trained from the Ministry of culture of the USSR in the BDT them.G..Tovstonogov, the people's artist of Russia uh,Kochergina.

Worked as an art Director at Tomsk youth Theatre (1979-1980), Comedy Theatre. N. P.Akimova (1983-1985), chief artist of the Vologda drama theatre (1980-1983), the Youth theatre on the Fontanka (1988-1991), Theatre "On Foundry" (1991-2002). He has designed over one hundred productions in the theatres of Tbilisi, Riga, Tallinn, Vilnius, Samara, Novosibirsk, Omsk, Saratov, Krasnoyarsk, Tula, Moscow. The most striking recent works in Saint-Petersburg: "the Tale of Tsar Saltan" and "the legend of the invisible city of Kitezh and the maiden Fevroniya" by N. Rimsky-Korsakov, "the Snowstorm" by G. Sviridov, "the Nightingale" by I. Stravinsky, "Mazeppa" by P. I. Tchaikovsky (the Mariinsky theatre), "a Whim!" A. N. Ostrovsky, P. M. Nevezhin (BDT them. G. A. Tovstonogov), "Little cahes" T. Hoffmann (TYUZ them. A. Bryantsev), "Nameless star" by M. Sebastian (Theatre. V. F. Komissarzhevskaya), "Lost in the stars" by H. Levin, "the young Lady-the peasant" by A. S. Pushkin (Theatre "On Foundry"), "Marquis de Sade" Y. Mishima, "the lion in winter" George.Goldman, "Tartuffe" by J.-B. Moliere, (Youth theatre on Fontanka), "Two for the seesaw" by William Gibson, "the Lady with camellias" by A. Dumas-son (Theatre "Shelter comedian"), "Abyss" A. N. Ostrovsky, "the lie Detector" V. sigareva and "the knight of the Seraphim" by M. A. Bulgakov (the Theatre "Russian enterprise to them. A. Mironov"), "an Ideal husband" O. Wilde, "the Libertine" E.-E. Schmitt (Theatre "Buff"), "the Legend of Ricky-Tikki-Tavi", "Finist the Clear Falcon", "Passions for Kashtanka", "the Hobbit", "the Tale of the Nightingale, the Emperor and Death", "Wait for me" (Children's musical theatre "Zazerkalie").

In the Theater. Of the Leningrad city Council was an artist of the play "zinulya" A. Gelman (1985).

Since 1999 - head of the Department of scenography and theatrical costume, Professor, Saint-Petersburg state theatre arts Academy. From 1979 - participant of exhibitions of artists Union, artists ' Union, personal exhibition took place in Petersburg, Moscow, Impasse (Kansas, USA). In 2003 he was elected Chairman of the section of theatrical artists of the St. Petersburg branch of Union of artists of Russia.

The winner of the highest theatrical award of St. Petersburg ."Golden soffit" (2000, for the play "Lost in the stars" by H. Levin in the Theatre "On Foundry"). The winner of the theatre awards Samara and Novosibirsk.

The honorary title "Honored artist of Russia" was awarded in 1996.