Daniel Kramer

Daniel Kramer (born January 15, 1977) is an American-born theatre, opera and dance director. He was appointed Artistic Director of the English National Opera in April 2016.

Kramer was born on a sheep farm in Wadsworth, Ohio, USA. He graduated salutatorian from Wadsworth High School. At Northwestern University, he earned a BGS in Interdisciplinary Arts: Theatre, Performance Studies and Dance with a Music Theatre Certificate, graduating Summa cum laude. He then pursued three years of practical graduate studies at the L'Ecole de Mime Corporeal Dramatique - the technique of Etienne Decroux in London; commedia dell'arte with Maestro Antonia Fava in Italy; and finally London's Circus Space, now the National Centre for Circus Arts.

Kramer has had a prolific directing career with a variety of stage and opera companies. His work is known for its striking visuals and emotional intensity. He began his professional career with Franz Xaver Kroetz's Through the Leaves starring Ann Mitchell and Simon Callow at Southwark Playhouse; the production was transferred to the West End. He next reimagined Buchner's Woyzeck and the anti-war musical Hair for the Gate Theatre, Notting Hill. Both shows garnered his first award nominations.

Between 2004 and 2006 he was Associate Artistic Director of the Gate Theatre, Notting Hill; between 2005 and 2006 he was Creative Associate at the Royal Shakespeare Company; between 2008 and 2012 he was an Associate at the Young Vic. During this time, he was noted as a "directing talent worth reckoning with". His commercial debut was Martin Sherman's Bent starring Alan Cumming and newcomer Chris New, followed by the UK's first national revival of Tony Kushner's Angels in America for Headlong Theatre.

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