Georgi Karayordanov(1926-1998)
- Cinematographer
- Camera and Electrical Department
Georgi Karayordanov was born on October 10, 1926 in Sofia. He graduated semester Slavic philology at Sofia University in 1948 and Cinematography in Lodz, Poland in 1952. Then he specialized television's cinematography in TV "Ostankino" in Moscow (1951) and film cinematography in TV German Democratic Republic - Berlin (1960). He had worked in the Boyana Film Studios as an camera operator (1952-1959). From 1969 to 1986 he was Chief operator of Bulgarian National Television. He had taught and guided classes in National Academy for Theatre and Film Art, Sofia, Bulgaria since 1973. His students were such Bulgarian cinematographers as Stefan Ivanov, Rali Raltschev, Emil Hristov. Later he became the Head of Department "Cinema and television cinematography." He had taught also at South-West University in Blagoevgrad, Bulgaria. He was a member of the Union of Bulgarian Filmmakers. He was elected associate professor in 1980 and professor in 1998. He has worked as a cinematographer in the feature films "Border" (1954), "It Happened on the Street" (1956), "The Law of the Sea" (1958), "The Last Night" (1961), "The Blond and the Doves" (1965), "Gramophone and Olives for my Friends" (1967), "With the Epaulettes of the Devil" (1967), "Four of the Wagon" (1971 ) "The Blue lamp" (1974), "Walk with Mustang" (1974), "Ambush" (1974), "Etude for the left hand" (1976), "dusk" (1976), "Journey to the raft" (1977 ) "rules" (1978), "Men song" (1980), "Men without Ties" (1980), "Primeval History" (1982), "Sun Cradle" (1984). He has directed eight documentaries. He died on September 11, 1998 in Sofia, Bulgaria.