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Maria Bakalova was born on June 4, 1996 in Burgas, Bulgaria. At the age of six she started singing and flute lessons. She studied at the National School of Arts in Burgas, majoring in acting for drama theater and a second major in flute. After that she studied at the National Academy for Theatre and Film Arts in Sofia. In 2019 she successfully graduated.- Actor
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Yani Aleksandrov also known as Yani Xander is a Bulgarian actor. Yani was born in Burgas, Bulgaria. At the age of 19 Yani decided to move to London, United Kingdom to pursue career in acting and 'follow his dream'. He had his training at the world-renowned Anthony Meindl's Actors Workshop (AMAW) in London.- Director
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Stephen C. Apostolof (25 February 1928 in Burgas, Bulgaria - 14 August 2005, Mesa, Arizona), sometimes credited under aliases A.C. Stephen(s) or Robert Lee, was a Bulgarian-American filmmaker specializing in the "erotic" film genre.
Born in the Bulgarian Black Sea town of Burgas, he claimed asylum in the US in the 1940s. His large body of work was produced mainly between the late 1960s and the late 1970s. In 1957 he produced Journey to Freedom (1957), an anti-Communist picture inspired by his own life. The film teamed Apostolof with director of photography William C. Thompson and Swedish-born actor 'Tor Johnson', both now best-known for their work with the infamous director Edward D. Wood Jr.. Thompson later introduced Apostolof to Wood. In an interview conducted in the beginning of the 1990s, Apostolof recalls his first meeting with the eccentric director, who appeared at the "Brown Derby" restaurant in Los Angeles, in drag and with a mustache.
Apostolof made his directorial debut with Orgy of the Dead (1965). Ed Wood wrote the script and acted as production assistant. The film starred Criswell, the famous television oracle immortalized in Wood's Plan 9 from Outer Space (1957). Outtakes from this film and interview segments with Apostolof are included in the 1994 documentary Ed Wood: Look Back in Angora (1994), released by Rhino Home Video. During the 1960s and 1970s Apostolof directed nine screenplays written by Wood.
Apostolof was interviewed for an in-depth article on the making of "Orgy of the Dead" in the horror/science fiction magazine Femme Fatales (7:1, June 1998). In 1990 the specialized magazine Psychotronic Video published an eight-page interview with Apostolof entitled "Stephen C. Apostoloff: Bulgarian nude director".
Stephen Apostolof died on August 14, 2005, aged 77. He is survived by his second wife and five children.- Actor
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Miroslav Petkov was born on 19 February 1995 in Burgas, Bulgaria. He is an actor and producer, known for Drums (2024), Drama Ailyak (2022) and Paranoia.- Director
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Kamen Kalev was born on 8 June 1975 in Burgas, Bulgaria. He is a director and writer, known for Eastern Plays (2009), February (2020) and Face Down (2015).- Actress
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Meglena Karalambova was born on June 20, 1943 in Burgas, Bulgaria. She graduated School of English Language in 1963. In the period 1963-1967 she studied acting at National Academy for Theatre and Film Art, Sofia in the class of Professor Stefan Surchadzhiev and Metodi Andonov . She graduated successfully Academy in 1967 and the same year made her stage debut in the Varna Drama Theatre playing Ellison in "Turn Back in Anger" by J. Osborne. From 1967 to 1969 she played on the stage of Varna Drama Theatre. She then moved into the theater of the Bulgarian Army. Her biography includes roles from Bulgarian, foreign classic and contemporary plays: Ophelia and Gertrude, Olivia, the French princess ( "Hamlet," "Twelfth Night," "Labours of Love" by William Shakespeare), Maria ("The monk and his sons" by M. Milkov), Magda ( "Evenings of Ivan Gillin" by N. Parushev), Milka ( "Masters" by R. Stoyanov), Judith ( "Student of the Devil" by B. Shaw), Nina ( "Masquerade" by M. Lermontov), Elitza ( "Time" by A. Donchev), Dunyasha, Charlotte ( "The Cherry Orchard" - A. Chekhov), Blond , Tonichka, Richard ("Criminal song "," Miracle "," Whoopi or the theater at the end of the century " by Ivan Radoev), Mary Boyle (" Juno and the Peacock "by S. O'Casey), Anichka, Amalia (" Careerists "," Duel " by Ivan Vazov), Eva ( "Mr. Puntilla and his servant Matti" by Berthold Brecht), A ( "Three tall women" by E. Albee), Mother ( "A night out" by Harold Pinter), Spasiya ( "Charming my fleas" by Boyan Papazov). She was a favorite actress of great Bulgarian theater director Leon Daniel. She has participated in many Bulgarian films. Karalambova has appeared also in American, French and Italian films. At the end of the theatrical season 2002/2003 the actress celebrated her 60th anniversary in performance by Kamen Donev "Grande Finale". In Theatre 199 she played in the mono-drama "Kiki van Beethoven" by Eric-Emmanuel Schmitt , directed by Georgi Djulgerov, as well as in the show "Rabbit Hole" by David Lindsay-Abera , director Ivaylo Hristov . Meglena Karalambova is also known to radio listeners with recordings of poems and plays for radio "Sofia". She recorded dozens children's tales of LPs and cassettes. She actively engaged in the dubbing of television movies. Besides her acting appearances Karalambova manifests as a translator of plays from English. She admits that despite the magic of cinema, theater is her great love. She has a daughter Nevena Beleva, who is artist-designer .- Actress
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Michelle Bonev was born on 1 October 1971 in Burgas, Bulgaria. She is an actress and director, known for The Passion of the Christ (2004), Goodbye Mama (2010) and Donne in gioco (2013).- Actress
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Ketty Panou was born in 1927 in Burgas, Bulgaria. She was an actress, known for Anna Roditi (1948), The Villa with the Water Lilies (1945) and The Voice of the Heart (1943). She died on 16 May 2008 in Athens, Greece.- Actor
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In 1963 - 1967 he studied at the National Academy of Theater and Film Arts - Sofia, Bulgaria - acting for drama theater in the classes of prof. Boyan Danovski. As theater actor Chanev played in Drama Theater, Plovdiv, Bulgaria (1967-69); Drama Theater 'Sofia', Sofia, Bulgaria (1970-90); Little City Theater 'Off the Canal', Sofia, Bulgaria (1990-95). Chanev was artistic director of this theater during the 94-95 years. Since 1995 till nowadays he is an actor in National Theater 'Ivan Vazov', Sofia, Bulgaria. During his career, Chanev has played more than 80 characters in the theater and has starred in more than 30 features, both Bulgarian and foreign. Awards in the theater: 1998 - Best Leading Actor, Theater Festival, Blagoevgrad; 1998 - Best Leading Actor, Festival of the Small Theatrical Forms, Vratza, Bulgaria; 1994 - 'Ackeer' Award supporting male role; 1989 - Best Role Award, Eighth National Drama Festival. Ne is a member of an Union of Bulgarian film makers.The Bulgarian Film Academy 2015 representing the whole film community gives the Award for Best Actor to Rousy Chanev for "Buffer Zone".- Dimitar Rachkov was born on 18 September 1972 in Burgas, Bulgaria. He is an actor, known for The Color of the Chameleon (2012), Suburban cops (2018) and Golata istina za grupa Zhiguli (2021).
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Georgi Djulgerov graduated the VGIK Film School in Moscow in 1970. He has directed feature films that took part in the Berlin, Locarno, Oberhausen, Avelino, Palermo, Rotterdam, Montreal, San Francisco, Batumi (Georgia), Mons, Mannheim-Heidelberg, and Saraevo film festivals. His movies were shown in special screening programs in Warsaw, Paris, New York (Museum of Modern Art), London, Frankfurt-am-Main, Moscow, Kiev, Vienna, Los Angeles, La Rochelle, Riga, Bratislava, Fujisawa, Genoa. His film "The Camp" was part of the Cannes "Quinzaine des réalisateurs" program in 1990. Djulgerov has also staged theater productions and has directed several TV projects. He is a full-time professor in Film and TV Directing at the Academy for Dramatic and Film Art in Sofia, Bulgaria, and a voting member of the European Film Academy. At the New Montreal Film Fest the latest Georgy Dulgerov film "Lady Zee" received the Audience Award - Toyota Canada Award for best film. "Lady Zee" won The Best Film Award at Sarajevo Film Festival. At the same festival in Sarajevo "Lady Zee" won also the C.I.C.A.E. Award by the International Confederation of European Art Cinemas. "Lady Zee" also won the Grand Prix "Golden Aphrodite" and the FIPRESCI Award at the XIII International Film Festival "Love is Folly" in Varna town, Bulgaria. On January 13th for the first time the Awards of the Executive Agency "National Film Center" for best film of the year (feature, documentary and animation) were attributed. Lady Zee won the Award for best feature film of the year. At the 17th edition of the Trieste Film Festival, 19 - 26 January 2006 the Award of the Central European Initiative for a film which best represents the reality of contemporary life in Central and Eastern Europe was attributed to Lady Zee "for portraying contemporary life in Bulgaria, at the same time realistically and poetically." On the 10th edition of Sofia International Film Fest, Lady Zee received two more awards: The FIPRESCI award and The Kodak award for best Bulgarian film. It later received two more awards: Best actor award for Ivan Barnev-Awards of the Bulgarian Film Makers Union; Tolerance Award given by International Jury Of Critics at XIII European Film Festival Palic. Lady Zee was selected among the 49 films competing for the European Film Awards 2006, given by the European Film Academy. The jury of the 13th International Sofia Film Festival At The Coast decided to honor Georgi Djulgerov with the honorary award "Silver Seagull" for his lifetime contribution to Bulgarian and World cinema, as well as for his last film "Buffer Zone" which received the spectators' plaudits and was highly prized by film critics. The Bulgarian Film Academy 2015 representing the whole film community gives Award for Lifelong Achievement to Georgi Djulgerov.- Georgi Kaloyanchev "Kalata" was born in the city on Black Sea coast Burgas in 13 January 1925. He was so unique and unrepeatable actor, best known for his appearances in comedy movies but actually he began his career as a stage actor in early 50's. Then he made his cinema debut in 1951.
- Ivan Panayotov was born on 28 September 1985 in Burgas, Bulgaria. He is an actor, known for Apocalypse Pompeii (2014), Crossing Lines (2013) and Rat poison (2014).
- Apostol Milev Karamitev (1923-1973) was a Bulgarian actor, popular throughout the 50-s,60-s and 70-s. He graduated the Italian elementary and the Italian high school "Alfredo Oriani" in his native town Burgas. Very young he was fluent in Italian, French and German languages. He graduated from The National Theater's School in 1948 under the guidance of Boyan Danovski. Later he get higher education in Academy of Theatre and Film Art, Sofia, Bulgaria and became a teacher in acting and directing there. Karamitev also specialized in Moscow, Saint Peters burg, Prague and Warsaw. His debut in cinema was in the movie Utro nad Rodinata(1951)-"Dawn over the Fatherland"(Eng). Selecting his projects with care, Apostol has worked regularly and steadily, mainly in Bulgaria, and rarely abroad, while managing to become a national icon and international symbol of Bulgaria. One of his famous role was that of the twin-brothers Radosvet and Radostin in the B&W classic Lyubimetz 13(1958)-"Favorite 13"(Eng). He is known internationally for Ritzar bez Bronya(1966)-"Knight Without Armor (Eng)-winner of "San Marco" Award in Venice, Italy.For his outstanding performance in Tova se Sluchi na Ulitzata (1956)-It Happened in the Street (Eng.), Apostol won "Best Actor"at Karlovi Vari International Film Festival. Later Byalata Staya(1968)-"The White Room (Eng.) was his top performance in his acting career. This movie won "Best Feature Movie" in Bombay, India in late 60-s. He died during the production of Svatbite na Yoan Assen (1975)-"The marriages of The King Yoan Assen The Second of Bulgaria"(Eng.) at the age of 50, a month after his anniversary.
A willingness to take on risky subject matter and to appear in films that experiment with narrative form and visual style is one of the most striking aspects of his filmography. - Raina Kabaivanska was born on 15 December 1934 in Burgas, Bulgaria. She is an actress, known for Tosca (1988), Tosca (1990) and Il trovatore (1978).
- Elzhana Popova was born on 21 January 1962 in Burgas, Bulgaria. She is an actress, known for Neizchezvashtite (1988), Il maresciallo Rocca (1996) and Koteshka opashka (1986).
- Iliya Karaivanov is a Bulgarian theater and cinema actor. He was born on September 11, 1948 in Burgas, Bulgaria. He graduated from National Academy for Theatre and Film Art, Sofia, Bulgaria in the class of famous actor Apostol Karamitev. There were in the same class such actors as Velko Kynev, Filip Triffonov, Bogdan Glishev. Iliya Karaivanov has played roles in many Bulgarian movies, among them - Dr. Sokolov of "Under the Yoke", Asen of "Adaptation" and George Ikonomov of "Notes on Bulgarian Uprisings". One of the most memorable roles of late Karaivanov in cinema was in the film "Sofia History" based on the eponymous novella by Lyuben Stanev. He died on January 3, 2009 in Sofia, Bulgaria.
- Georgi Popov is a Bulgarian actor . He was born on March 22, 1924 in the village Veselie, Burgas region, Bulgaria. In 1949, he graduated from the Drama School at the National Theatre in the class of Bojan Danovski . In the active creative period from 1954 to 1984 he appeared in 22 Bulgarian films, among which: " Adam's Rib " (1958), in the role of Adam; "Incredible History " (1964), in the role of a lawyer Egarov; " Ancient Coin " (1965), the role of Kanev; " At Every Kilometer " (1969), in the role of Major Weiss: Series 3 "Singing clock", Series 4 "Three amazing", Series 5 "Cross-Train". Georgi Popov was a husband of a prima ballerina Luba Kolchakova . Georgi Markov says about him: "Georgi could speak all languages of the world, pronouncing words with Bulgarian foreign perfect pronunciation. Looking at his serious, grim face, one would hardly have guessed his sharp sense of humor." Georgi Popov died on March 7, 1995 in Burgas, Bulgaria.
- Reni Vrangova was born in 1965 in Burgas, Bulgaria. She is an actress, known for Lyubovnoto lyato na edin lyokhman (1990), Scent of Linden (2023) and Zavartete vsichki sferi (1983).
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Svetla Tsotsorkova was born on 6 June 1977 in Burgas, Bulgaria. She is a producer and director, known for Thirst (2015), Sister (2019) and Zhivot sas Sofia (2004).- Cinematographer
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- Editorial Department
Teodor Yanev was born on 28 March 1950 in Burgas, Bulgaria. Teodor is a cinematographer, known for Fokstrot (1986), Myasto pod slantzeto (1986) and Zashtitete drebnite zhivotni (1988).- Director
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Malina Petrova was born in 1950 in Burgas. In 1973 she e graduated mathematics at Sofia University "St. Kliment Ohridski". In 1978 Malina Petrova graduated from The National Academy for Theatre and Film Art, Sofia in the class of Professor Christo Christov (assistant Georgi Djulgerov). From 1979 till 1991 she worked at the Boyana Film Studios, Sofia, Bulgaria. She was the assistant director of Rangel Vulchanov in "Patent Leather Shoes of the Unknown Soldier." She debuted with the film "Journey" (1980) together with Iskra Yosifova, her fellow student. Her second feature is the "Son of Mary" (1983). In 1984 she turned to documentary filmmaking. She is an author of 13 documentary films, each of which is characterized by acute analytical, aware citizenship and rejection of falsehood. Since 1990 she is a freelance director.- Animation Department
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Panayot Panayotov was born on 3 August 1951 in Grudovo (Sredetz), Burgas, Bulgaria. He is an actor and director, known for The Expendables 2 (2012), The Triplets of Belleville (2003) and Slyapa sabota (1988).- Production Designer
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Georgi Todorov was born on 10 February 1944 in Burgas. Graduated in Set Design from the National Academy of Art, Sofia in 1975. He worked as an art director at Boyana Feature Film Studios and as a set designer at SU-113 Student Theatre. Art director of over 40 feature and TV films with some of them believed to be the best Bulgarian movies of all time such as Affection (1972); Advantage (1977); The Unknown Soldier's Patent Leather Shoes (1979); Measure for Measure (1981); Balance (1983); The Green Fields... (1984); Time of Violence (1989); I, the Countess (1989); The Love Summer of a Schlep (1990); Warming up Yesterday's Lunch (2002); Wolf Hunt (2000); And God Came down to See Us... (2004); Monkeys in Winter (2006).- Todor Todorov was born on 26 October 1935 in Grudovo (Sredetz), Burgas, Bulgaria. He is an actor, known for Buna (1975), Petimata ot 'Mobi Dik' (1970) and Feldobott kö (1969).
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Anton Donchev was born on 14 September 1930 in Burgas, Bulgaria. He was a writer, known for The Heretics, Kaloyan (1963) and Glutnitzata (1972). He was married to Raina Vasileva and Evelina Troyanska. He died on 20 October 2022 in Bulgaria.- Actress
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Milena Andonova received her degree in NAFTA (National Academy of Film and Theater Art) in Sofia, Bulgaria in classes of professor Hristo Hristov in 1982. Her Diploma film was select to participate in the festivals of Oberhausen '89 and Montreal '90. Her first full length film "Monkeys in Winter" won East of West Award at Karlovy Vary International Film Festival, 2006 and The "Golden Rose" Award at Bulgarian National Film Festival in Varna, 2006.- Zhelcho Mandadziev Minchev is Bulgarian actor, director, lecturer at the National Academy for Theatre and Film Art, Sofia, Bulgaria and theater activist. He was born on March 15, 1915 in Burgas. From 1936 he played in theaters in Pleven, Burgas, Ruse, Plovdiv, Vratza and Varna. In 1952 he graduated directing at State Institute foe Theatre Art in Moscow in class of professor Gorchakov. After returning to Bulgaria he is a chief director at the National Youth Theater. He was director of Theatre "Labor Front", Satira Theater, Varna Theater. From 1953 he taught at the National Academy for Theatre and Film Art, Sofia, Bulgaria. In 1970 he was elected Professor. In the period 1961 - 1964 is the rector of the Academy. He died on March 3, 2000 in Varna. Among his students were Eva Volitzer , Nona Marcheva , Nikolay Uzunov , Svetozar Nedelchev , Mariana Alamancheva , Natalia Bardskaya , Yordanka Kuzmanova , Iliya Raev , Zhorzheta Chakurova , Climent Denchev , Angel Georgiev , Mihail Mutafov , Violeta Gindeva , Mariana Dimitrova , Yavor Miloushev . He was married to Penka Mandadzieva with whom he has a daughter Nevena Mandadzieva . There is one grandson and one granddaughter. He was awarded with " Asker " for Lifetime Achievement, 1994. His roles are Othello - "Othello" by William Shakespeare, Dr. Gavrilov - "Happiness" by Orlin Vassilev, Nayden - "Masters" of Racho Stoyanov . He participated also in the plays "Storm" by Alexander Ostrovsky, "Under the Yoke" by Ivan Vazov, "Masters" by Racho Stoyanov, "Last" by Maxim Gorky.
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Kiran Kolarov graduated Acting at first, than Film and TV Directing from National Academy of Film and Theater Art in Sofia, Bulgaria in classes of prof. Hristo Hristov. Kiran Kolarov is a director and a screenwriter, he won several national film awards. His film 'Status: Orderly' won Golden Wheat-Ear in Valladolid '80.- Editor
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Svetlin Peichev was born on 9 October 1971 in Burgas, Bulgaria. Svetlin is an editor and production manager, known for Criminal (2016), Hellboy (2019) and Mechanic: Resurrection (2016).- Toncho Rusev was born on 24 April 1932 in Burgas, Bulgaria. He is a composer, known for Yuliya Vrevskaya (1978), Nezabravimijat den (1975) and Yumrutzi v prastta (1980).
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Milcho Milchev was born on April 12, 1945 in the fishing village of Sozopol, on the Black Sea coast, in a Bulgarian family of refugees from Anatolia. In 1949, together with his three older brothers, his family moves to Burgas, an important industrial port city where already as a student he is able to join theatre schools under the direction of renowned personalities such as Itschak Fintzi, Maria Karel, Valcho Kamarashev, and Asen Kisimov. During and after his school-age years, he partners on theatre projects with friends that will later become emblematic Bulgarian actors or directors, such as Roussiy Chanev, Georgi Djulgerov, Georgi Todorov-Jozi, Ludmila Zaharieva and Toma Binchev. In 1970, Milcho Milchev graduates from the National Academy for Theatre and Film Art, Sofia, Bulgaria as a theatre director in the class of Professor Sasho Stoyanov. Under the influence of his university teachers, Sasho Stoyanov and Gerda Gloke, he starts to explore techniques and texts from the ancient Greek theatre, Comedia Del'arte and Chinese opera, while also discovering the mime theatre. The same year, he joins the Stara Zagora Drama Theatre where he directed his first show "Suspect Truth" by Juan Ruiz de Alarcon. It is well accepted by the critics and the public due to the integration of music and movements as well as songs with lyrics written by the renowned Bulgarian satiric author Radoi Ralin. His next project was the "The motorbike" by the young play writer Nedyalko Yordanov. Between 1972 and 1974, Milcho Milchev moves from theatre scenes to film sets. He works as a second director with the film directors Georgi Djulgerov for the movie "And the Day Came"; Millen Nikolov for the "The Guradian of the Fortress" and Eduard Sacharias for "Villa Zone". In 197, Milcho Milchev staged his first mime show "A Mime tells his story" with the actor Veljo Goranov. The show was awarded at the Belgrad International Theater Festival and enters successfully the repertoire of the Sofia Municipality Theatre. Since1975 and for the next 23 years, he had taught "theatre direction and performing arts" at the National Academy for Theatre and Film Art, Sofia, Bulgaria. Amongst his students are both Bulgarian actors and directors (such as Kiril Variyski, Ivaylo Hristov, Atanass Atanassov, Plamen Sirakov, Plamen Markov, Boyko Bogdanov, Yordanka Stefanova and Anya Pencheva). He also worked with the Bulgarian National Television on a TV series telling the story of the mime theater. In 1976, he founded the first Bulgarian Mime Studio - a school and a theatre attached to the Municipality Youth House "Lilyana Dimitrova" in Sofia. The first show of his troupe was called "Hypotheses", an allegoric story of a man-bird performed by the young actor Nikolay Sotirov. The next performances "The Legend of the Spirit-Maid" and "Sun-U-Kun, the Chinese monkey worrier", combine Asian legends and techniques with mime. The Mime Studio became a creative laboratory exploring synthetic theatre and a multitude of cultural influences from Comedia Del'Arte to Broadway shows. Beyond the national stages, the mime shows were acclaimed in Germany, USSR, Greece and many other countries. The Mime Studio trains a number of actors that later become internationally renowned mime performers and teachers, such as Veljo Goranov, Petar Stefanov, Aleksander Iliev, Plamen Radev, Ivan Nedyalkov and Jan Iliev. In the early nineties, Milcho Milchev leads the first in Bulgaria university class for deaf mimes. His students perform the internationally awarded show "Genesis" based on Bulgarian myths and legends. Until the end of his life, Milcho Milchev works on wide variety of projects, but always anchored around the ideal of a synthetic, independent and cosmopolitan theatre. He died on April 10, 2007 in Sofia, Bulgaria- Additional Crew
Silvia Cobelo saw a lot of the world before finally settling in Los Angeles. With a mind initially geared towards reporting, Cobelos' life took an unexpected turn when she was approached by a modeling scout and later an acting agent who put her career into motion. Silvia Cobelo sure did find a way to entertain himself, and she found the best way to do so. She is a brilliant young actress and we will hopefully be seeing more of her in the future to come.- Actress
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Svetlana Yancheva was born on 31 January 1964 in Burgas, Bulgaria. She is an actress and casting director, known for Fear (2020), Az grafinyata (1989) and Proletno ravnodenstvie (2022). She is married to Petar Popzlatev.- Nikola Popov was born on 18 July 1899 in Burgas, Bulgaria. He was an actor, known for Dve pobedi (1956), Golemanov (1958) and Tyutyun (1962). He died on 23 December 1963 in Sofia, Bulgaria.
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Raphaël Bassan is a French film journalist, born in Bulgaria, who has written on experimental cinema (amongst other forms of cinema) in specialist journals such as "Écran" and "La Revue du Cinéma", in national dailies such as "Libération", and in dictionaries and encyclopedias, for example "L' Encyclopædia Universalis" (since 1996), "Une encyclopédie du court métrage français" (2004). He is one of the co-founders of the "Collectif Jeune Cinéma" in 1971, the first French Co-op. to distributed independent and experimental films, and he has made three short films : "Le Départ d'Eurydice" (1969), "Prétextes" (1971), and "Lucy en miroir" (2004).
He coined the theory of "cinéma du look" in 1989 in a study about the films of Beineix, Besson and Carax, published by "La revue du Cinéma". The article was translated to English: "The French neo-baroques directors: Beineix, Besson, Carax from 'Diva' to 'le Grand Bleu'" (pp. 11 - 23), in "The Films of Luc Besson: Master of Spectacle" (Under the direction of Susan Hayward and Phil Powrie) Manchester: Manchester University Press. He published « Experimental cinema. Abécédaire pour une contre-culture » (Crisnée: Yellow Now, Belgium, 2014) gathers an extensive set of texts, interviews and articles on some of the key figures and movements that contributed to the emergence of experimental cinema. Bassan's writings spanning the period of the late 1970s to the present.- Writer
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Buryan Enchev was born on 26 January 1924 in Burgas, Bulgaria. Buryan is a writer and director, known for Na tihiya bryag (1963), Dimitrovgradtsy (1956) and Dom na dve ulitzi (1960).- Svetozar Vasilev Nedelchev is a Bulgarian theater and cinema actor. He was born in the city of Burgas, Bulgaria on September 22, 193. In 1956, he graduated in "acting" in the class of Professor Zhelcho Mandadhiev in National Academy for Theatre and Film Art, Sofia, Bulgaria. He has played in forty Bulgarian movies. He was an actor in the troupe of Drama Theater "Sofia".
- Ivan Petrov Yanchev is a Bulgarian actor . He was born on September 14, 1921 in Troianovo, Bulgaria . He had played in theaters in Shumen, Pleven, and Burgas, in Bulgarian Army's Theatre and in the National Theatre. In 1974, he was awarded with the title of Honored Artist, and eight years later received the title of People's Artist. He received the Order of Cyril and Methodius - I degree. He won Second Prize of National Review of Bulgarian Drama and Theater for the role of Nikola in the play "Blockade". He had took participation in more than 70 Bulgarian movies. He died on December 30, 1995 in Sofai, Bulgaria.
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Ivan Varimezov graduated from National Academy of Theater and Film Art, Sofia, Bulgaria. Varimezov is cinematographer of about 40 documentaries. Among them 10 TV series about the art and culture of India, Pakistan, Afganistan, Nepal and Sri Lanka. His documentary "Scraps of Faith" (1996) won the Grand Prix at the Film Festival in Budapest, Hungary. He has filmed also future films, among them Thou, Which Art in Heaven (1990), Forgive Us (2003), Patriarchy (2005), My Wee Nothing (2007).- Music Department
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Emil Tchakarov was born on 29 June 1948 in Burgas, Bulgaria. He was an actor, known for The Talented Mr. Ripley (1999), Great Performances (1971) and Exposed (1983). He died on 4 August 1991 in Paris, France.- Kiril Donchev was born on February 20, 1936 in Burgas, Bulgaria. Kiril Donchev graduated National Academy for Music in 1959. He worked as conductor of the orchestra in Burgas (1959- 1962). Since 1962 his professional realization is related to theater and film music. He is among the most prominent contemporary artists in the genre. He worked as a conductor and composer in Sofia's "Bulgarian Army" Theatre (1962-1971) and in Theater "Sofia" (1972- 1988). Since1989 he is a composer at the National Theatre "Ivan Vazov". He wrote for almost all theaters in Bulgaria, as well as theater productions in Moscow, Warsaw, Berlin, Prague, etc. He is a member of Union of Bulgarian Filmmakers, Union of Bulgarian Actors. Kiril Donchev has written music for more than 240 theater productions, 65 feature films, over 30 documentaries and more. His music has received numerous awards at international festivals in Venice (Italy), Gijon (Spain), Essen (Germany), Varna International Film Festival, Plovdiv Film Festival (Bulgaria) and others. In 2008 Kiril Donchev receives the Award "Asker" for "overall contribution to theater."
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Filip Kutev was born on 13 June 1903 in Aytos, Burgas, Bulgaria. He was a composer, known for Pod igoto (1952), Nespokoen pat (1955) and Hitar Petar (1960). He died on 27 November 1982 in Sofia, Bulgaria.- Petar Penkov was born on 28 June 1934 in Burgas, Bulgaria. He was an actor, known for Na vseki kilometar (1969), Skorpion sreshtu Daga (1969) and Prizovaniyat ne se yavi (1966). He died on 4 June 1974 in Sofia, Bulgaria.
- Georgi Radanov was born on 28 July 1924 in Burgas, Bulgaria. He was an actor, known for Pod igoto (1952), Borba za shtastie (1946) and Lyubimetz 13 (1958). He died in December 1991 in Sofia, Bulgaria.
- Production Designer
Georgi Ivanov was born on 17 February 1933 in Burgas, Bulgaria. He is a production designer, known for Vsichko e lyubov (1979), Parolata (1965) and Dvama pod nebeto (1962).- Petar Ivanov was born on 25 August 1958 in Burgas, Bulgaria.
- Actor
- Director
Neycho Popov was born on 13 June 1924 in Burgas, Bulgaria. He was an actor and director, known for Nako, Dako i Tsako: Moryatsi (1974), Mazhe v komandirovka (1969) and Petimata ot 'Mobi Dik' (1970). He was married to Stoyanka Mutafova. He died on 20 March 1974 in Sofia, Bulgaria.- Hindo Kasimov is a popular Bulgarian actor. He was born in Burgas, Bulgaria. He was best known with the humorous television skits performed with actors like Vasil Popov, Georgi Partzalev, Stoyanka Mutafova, Sotir Maynolovski and others. He has played on the stage of Satire Theater "Aleko Konstantinov" in Sofia since 1960 until his death in 1986. There are some plays with his participation: "January" by Yordan Radichkov, "Marriage" by Gogol, "Reis" by Stanislav Stratiev, "Mr. Balkanski" by Georgi Danailov, "Doctor" by Branislav Nusic. Hindo Kasimov is among the participants in the popular play "Misunderstood Civilization" (1974) on the Bulgarian National Television on classic piece of Dobri Voynikov. He died on July 24, 1986 in Sofia, Bulgaria.
- Vesselin Nikolov was born on 30 January 1938 in Burgas, Bulgaria. He is a composer, known for Vsichko e lyubov (1979), Myarka za neotklonenie (1983) and Boris I (1985).