Background
Vladimir Mischanchuk was born into a peasant family in a small village. From his early childhood he wanted to be a stage performer. While living in a country, he made his small theatre at home. He was using a window as a stage and curtains as the curtain. He was standing on chest, playing his first roles.
Education
When he was only 16, he decided to go to Minsk to enter Institute of Drama. He was one of the best at the exams, but he was turned down because of his age. After this failure he couldn't come back home. So he went to Brest and attended courses of dancing there. That wasn't a dissapointment for him, because he knew, that a stage performer should be able to do everything. A few years later he came back to Minsk and entered Institute of Drama. He met his future wife there. After graduation he was proposed to work in the theatre in Grodno. He and his wife went there.
Career
5 years after his graduation he became a manager of this theatre and the youngest theatre manager in the USSR. In 1995 Vladimir and his family left Grodno for Minsk. In the capital of Belarus he became a dean at Belarusian State Academy of Arts. He works there at present time too.
Also he has a lot of work in theatres, where he plays a lot of roles.
For 40 years he has played more than a hundred roles on the stage and in films.
Views
Quotations:
One day pupils of one wise mentor decided to prove him, that he also can make mistakes. They caught a butterfly and one of the pupils hid it in his palms. "Let's ask our mentor: What's in here?" If he guessed it right, we'd ask if the butterfly is alive or not. If he says: "It's dead"—we'll set it free. If he says: "It's alive" — We'll make a fist and squeeze it. In any case, the mentor's answer is going to be wrong. They came to their mentor and asked, what's in their palms. "A butterfly", — answered he with a smile. "Is it dead or alive?" The mentor was silent for a moment, then he looked at palms and answered: "Everything is in your hands". The pupil unclenched palms and set the butterfly free.