[formerly Hertford]

Received an MFA in theatre directing from The University of Essex's East 15 in London. He additionally studied in Moscow at the Russian Academy of Theatre Arts (GITIS). Whilst in school he founded Riot Act in 2015.

 

Known for a style and avant garde approach based in new European surrealism and theatre of the absurd. He also served as an Associate Director at Theatre N16 in South London and The Courtyard Theatre. He is a member of the Young Vic Directors Programme and was an invitee director of Toneelgroep Amsterdam.

 

Directing credits include the US premiere of his original piece, Science Fiction and his radical Chekhovian adaptations Bad Person (Platonov), Mopey Wrecks (Three Sisters), Poor Bastard (Ivanov), The Misbegotten Hope of the Dirty Bird (The Seagull), Gross Old Man (Uncle Vanya, )as well as Blindness and Periphery of Sight (based off of Sophocles), Ibsen's An Enemy of the People and The League of Youth, and his Shakespearean interpretations Høüses and Dóttir. Additionally, he directed the US regional premiere of Annie Baker's The Aliens, Ibsen's The League of Youth (in only its third UK production since publication in 1870) and a London fringe sellout run of Coverage, a newsroom retelling of Julius Caesar.

 

Other directing credits include the debuts of his addition original plays: Anatomy of Arithmetic, Bloke and Lunatic, a nü gothic psychological thriller based on Bram Stoker's Dracula. He has also directed at the Arcola Theatre and Southwark Playhouse in London. In 2016 he oversaw Versions, a month long London fringe festival of classical adaptations and devised theatre in commemoration of the 400th anniversary of Shakespeare.​

 

Theatre acting credits: Gross Old Man (Vanya), Blindness and Periphery of Sight (Oedipus), The Aliens (regional premiere - KJ), Three Sisters (Solyony), Ibsen's An Enemy of the People (Aslaksen), Anatomy of Arithmetic (UK production - Ratio TV), True West (Austin) A Midsummer Night's Dream (Bottom), Twelfth Night (Malvolio), The Tempest (Caliban), Measure for Measure (Lucio), Hamlet (Gravedigger).

 

As a filmmaker he wrote and directed Artéfact’s recent short films, Lulu and a meditation of Sophocles’ plays, Tragic Figure. Whit's film career spans almost four decadesm, ost notably with his appearance in Steven Spielberg's Jurassic Park. Additional film / tv: A Nightmare on Elm Street V, Raising Hope, Glee, Star Wars: Clone Wars and The Perfect 46 and WIldlife (2015 Cannes Film Festival). 

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​He is also an accomplished abstract painter via IG @whitflint.