Brian Bell is a stage director and performer based in Berlin. His production of "The Feast" was nominated for an award for Best New Play in Chicago. He made his German National Theater directorial debut with "Killer Joe," and his production of "Stella" at the Stadttheater Ingolstadt was nominated for a German Musical Theater Award. He is also the artistic director of Shakespeariment, and the writer of a new adaptation of H.G. Wells' "The Time Machine," which he will direct at the Theater Heilbronn.