Ivo van Hove, artistic director of Toneelgroep Amsterdam, on Sunday evening won the prestigious Olivier award for his production of Arthur Miller’s A View from the Bridge at London’s Wyndham’s Theatre.

The play, originally staged at London’s Young Vic, also won best revival and best actor for Mark Strong in the central role of Eddie Carbone.

The 57-year-old Van Hove, who was born in Belgium, became artistic director of Toneelgroep Amsterdam in 2001 and is internationally acknowedged as a leading director of experimental productions. He has previously won such awards as the Obie for his off-Broadway productions in New York of More Stately Mansions and Hedda Gabler.

Later this year he begins work on the new musical Lazarus, a joint production with David Bowie based on the singer’s music and inspired by his film The Man Who Fell To Earth. Lazarus will have its premier in New York at the end of 2015.