Complex sentence: Anatoly Vasiliev (born May 4,1942) was one of the leading European contemporary stage directors, artistic director of State theatre "School of Dramatic Arts" Theatre de l'Europe in Moscow, professor of drama in Lyon, France.
Split into simpler sentences: Anatoly Vasiliev (born May 4,1942) is a noted Russian theatre director and one of the leading European contemporary stage directors. He is artistic director of the Moscow Theatre "School of Dramatic Arts", Theatre de l'Europe, and professor of drama in Lyon, France.