Tomi Janežič is a Slovenian theatre director, professor at the Academy for Theatre, Radio, Film, and Television (AGRFT) in Ljubljana, Slovenia, and a psychodrama psychotherapist. He is also one of the founders and the artistic director of the Studio for Research on the Art of Acting which runs its activities mostly at Krušče Workcenter for Artistic Research, Creation, Residency and Education in Krušče, Slovenia.
Janežič obtained his BA and MA degrees in theatre directing from the Academy of Theatre, Radio, Film and Television (AGRFT) in Ljubljana, and was later educated in Slovenia and abroad, particularly in the field of various acting techniques and psychodrama. He also finished introductory studies of Group Analysis (Institute for Group Analysis Ljubljana). He obtained the Psychodrama Psychotherapist Certificate after finishing the International Psychodrama Education of Belgrade Institute of Psychodrama and Zagreb Center for Psychodrama.
Tomi Janežič worked in most of the former Yugoslav countries. Janežič has directed or lectured in more than a dozen of different countries (from former Yugoslav countries to Bulgaria, Slovakia, Romunia, Italy, Norway, Portugal, Russia etc.) His performances have toured on dozens of international festivals around Europe, in Russia, the United States and in the countries of former Yugoslavia (Vienna, Brussels, Rotterdam, Munich, Düsseldorf, Firenze, Budapest, Nitra, Sofia, Piatra Neamt, Timisoara, Sfântu Gheorghe, Moscow, St. Petersburg, New York, Belgrade, Novi Sad, Sarajevo, Zagreb, Rijeka, Dubrovnik, Split, Skopje, Ohrid, Ljubljana etc.). These festivals include Wiener Festwochen (Vienna, Austria), Kunstenfestivaldesarts (Brussels, Belgium), BITEF - Belgrade International Theatre Festival (Serbia), Fabbrica Europa (Firenze, Italy), Budapest Spring Festival (Hungary), Nitra International Theatre Festival (Slovakia), Sarajevo International Theatre Festival MESS and International Sarajevo Winter Festival (Bosnia and Herzegovina), Eurokaz International Theatre Festival Zagreb, Rijeka International Small Scenes Theatre Festival, Dubrovnik Summer Festival (Croatia), Paradise Regained (Rotterdam and other cities, the Netherlands), Tanzwerkstatt Europea München and Tanzhaus nrw Düsseldorf (Germany), Balkan Theatre Space International Theatre Festival St. Petersburg and Moscow Footlights - International Festival of Contemporary Dance (Russia), MOT Skopje International Theatre Festival and International Ohrid Festival (Macedonia), Exodos International Theatre Festival Ljubljana (Slovenia), Piatra Neamt, Timisoara and Sfântu Gheorghe International Theatre Festivals (Romania), and on all other most important regional theatre festivals in the countries of former Yugoslavia (Sterijino pozorje in Novi Sad, Jugoslovenski pozorišni festival "Bez prevoda" Užice, Međunarodni festival pozorišne klasike Vršac, Gavelline večeri Zagreb, Marulićevi dani Split, Zlatni lav Umag, Splitsko ljeto, Grad teatar Budva, Borštnikovo srečanje Maribor, Primorski poletni festival Koper, etc.)