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- Baba Vanga, born Vangeliya Pandeva Dimitrova, in Strumica, North Macedonia, then the Ottoman Empire, in 1911, was a mystic, clairvoyant, and herbalist. Vanga lost her sight when she was 12. She was swept away by a mighty tornado. Later she was found alive, covered with dirt and stones, with sand in her eyes. She became blind as a result. In 1925 Vanga was brought to a school for the blind in the city of Zemun, in the Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes, where she spent three years, and was taught to read Braille, and to play the piano. In 1927 she started making minor predictions about local phenomena. Her powers of foreseeing, clairvoyance, deepened and expanded after she turned 30. She attracted believers with her ability to heal and soothsay, fortune telling, a great number of people visited her, hoping to get a hint about whether their relatives were alive, or seeking for the place where they died. One of them was the Bulgarian Tzar Boris III. Another was Adolf Hitler. In 1942 Vanga married Dimitar Gushterov, a Bulgarian soldier, and moved to Petrich, Bulgaria, where she soon became well-known for her gifts and predictions. After the Second World War, Bulgarian politicians and leaders from different Soviet Republics, including Soviet Premier Leonid Brezhnev, sought her counsel. Several researchers have studied the phenomenon of Vanga in the attempt to establish whether she has any extraordinary capabilities. One of the first studies was initiated by the Bulgarian government and is described in the documentary "Fenomen" (1977). Fulfilling Baba Vanga's last will and testament, her house in Petrich was turned into a museum, which opened for visitors on May 5, 2008.
- Petar Ivanov Popyordanov , known as Chocho Popyordanov, is Bulgarian theater and cinema actor. He was born on June 11, 1964 in Sofia, Bulgaria. He is a son of Ivan Popyordanov (born on 1938) - a longtime Chief of the cinema center Boyana Film Studios. He was also Chief of Bulgarian National Television in 1998. The Mother of Petar Popyordanov Katya was a doctor. The father's family originated from Veles, Vardar Macedonia. Chocho great-grandfather was a first cousin of the Macedonian revolutionaries - Chieftain Mile and his younger brother Jordan Popyordanov-Ortse, leader of Thessaloniki bombers. In 1989, Petar Popyordanov graduated National Academy for Theatre and Film Art, Sofia, Bulgaria in "Acting" in the class of Professor Krikor Azaryan and Todor Kolev. He studied at the Czech Republic one year. He has played in the troupes of Theatre "Sofia", Little City Theatre "Off the Channel" and in 1994 - in the National Theater. His most famous theater roles were in performances "Outcasts," "Midsummer Night's Dream," "At the foot of Vitosha Mountain," "The Tempest," "The man who makes the rain," "Kimono", "Decameron," "Ghosts in Naples, "" Hedda Gabler. " Chocho Popyordanov has involved in cinema productions, including "Yesterday" (1988), "Rio Adio" (1989), " The Love Summer of a Schlep " (1990), "Vampires, ghouls" (1992) "Canaries Season" (1993), "Frontier" (1994), "Spanish fly" (1998), "After the end of the world" (1998), "Danube bridge" (1999), "Sombrero blues" (1999), " Wolf Hunt" (2000). Petar Popyordanov has won numerous nominations and awards, including a nomination for "Asker" in 1996 and 1997 and the prize "Golden Bayar" in Belgium for Best Actor in the film "Border". He had also a presence on the small screen, starring in the TV show "UFO Club" on "Channel 1". In 2007 he began his participation in the series "Outcasts" for "Channel 1" of Bulgarian National Television. He has nephews Helen and Peter Koshnicharski. Albeit posthumously Chocho Popyordanov became a father of adopted him months earlier daughter Ekaterina Petrova Popyordanova. He died on May 5, 2013 in Boyana, Sofia Province, Bulgaria.
- One of the most talented actors from Bulgaria. He was born in Sofia in 1942. In 1962 he graduated from famous Krastyo Sarafov National Academy for Theatre and Film Arts as an actor. His first appearance in the movies was in 1956 when he was a only a teenager. With the well known series Na vseki kilometar he gained international reputation.
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Janine M. Clark was born on 23 November 1967 in Lynwood, California, USA. She was a production manager and producer, known for Descent Into Darkness (2002), Antibody (2002) and Daybreak (2000). She died on 11 September 2001 in Sofia, Bulgaria.- Georgi Georgiev-Getz (Georgi Ivanov Georgiev) was born in the village Razpopovtsi, today the town of Elena, Bulgaria. He graduated in "acting" in the class of Professor Filip Filipov at National Academy for Theatre and Film Art, Sofia, Bulgaria (1949-1953). He has made a theatrical specialization in Moscow (1955-1956). He was a construction worker and contributor to newspapers. In 1953-91, he was at the National Theater in Sofia. He was a board member of Union of Bulgarian Filmmakers. He created bright images drawn from classical and contemporary Bulgarian dramaturgy. Part of his movies are "We Were Young", "Eighth", "A Peasant on a Bicycle", "Matriarchy", "Father". One of his best and well-known film roles is the role of Jordan in "A Peasant on a Bicycle." For this role he was awarded at the Varna and Moscow International Film Festivals. Nickname "Getz" was acquired by his colleague Dimitar Bochev (so called men named Georgi). After he retired, he continued to play with traveling theaters. He obtained stroke during a performance in Stara Zagora Drama Theater. He was rushed to a local hospital. His condition was deteriorating. After three days they operated him in Sofia, but it was too late and Getz died without regaining consciousness. He died on September 2, 1996 in Sofia, Bulgaria.
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Christo Christov (11 April 1926 - 16 April 2007) was a Bulgarian film director and screenwriter. Before entering the theatre and film industry, Christov earned a medical degree in 1952. He graduated in Drama Directing at National Academy of Theatre and Film Art, Sofia, Bulgaria (1959) after studying theater direction. Between 1958 and 1966, Christov was a stage designer and director at the Plovdiv Theater. Between 1966 and 1967, Christov worked at Mosfilm Studios as an apprentice to several film directors, including Marlen Khutsiev and Mikhail Romm. Christo Christov made two of the seminal films in his country's cinema, Iconostasis (1969, in collaboration with Todor Dinov) and Last Summer (1974). Christo Christov was a professor in film and TV directing at the National Academy for Theatre and Film Art, Sofia, Bulgaria. He was a member of European Film Academy. He directed 19 films between 1969 and 1997. In 1973, he was a member of the jury at the Eighth Moscow International Film Festival. His film Cyclops (1976) was entered into the 27th Berlin International Film Festival. His film The Barrier (1979) won the Silver Prize at the 11th Moscow International Film Festival. In 1981, his film The Truck (1980) was entered into the 31st Berlin International Film Festival. His film Reference (1985) was entered into the 14th Moscow International Film Festival. In addition to his work in theater and film, Christov also works in television. From 1974 to 1982, he served as the Chairman of the Union of Bulgarian Film Workers.- Actress
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Nevena, born in Dupnitsa on December 12, 1938, is keenly aware of the inequities of the world from a very young age. Her father Bogdan is a military officer in the Kingdom of Bulgaria. When the Communist-led Fatherland Front government takes power in the 40's, it consolidates its victory by persecuting the government and military elite of wartime Bulgaria as "enemies of the people". Her father spends several years in the labor camp. Even after his release, the stigma of being an "enemy's" daughter will haunt her throughout her life. With her family unable to live in Sofia, Nevena spends her childhood in the village of Kumarica, where she draws relentlessly and develops a passion for acting. After being fascinated by tales of a film shoot happening nearby, she is recruited as an extra and given a single line in the 1956 film "Two Victories". The experience is the final push that convinces the 18-year old Economics Institute graduate to audition for the National Institute for Theatrical Art in Sofia. In her audition, she gives a contemporary, unorthodox take on the study "woman sees a mouse in the room", which runs counter to the theatrical dogma of the time. That, possibly coupled with the stain on her father's name, contributes to her rejection. In her moment of discouragement, she received an offer for an apprentice position in the troupe of the country theatre. Nevena begins her stage career with classical ingénue roles, playing a bare-footed Juliet to great acclaim, fascinating critics with her unpolished, organic talent. She is cast in her first major screen role opposite Lyubomir Sharlandziev in the 1957 film "Years of Love". Lyubomir falls in love with her at first sight, and the 19-year old, inexperienced Nevena marries her first on-screen romantic partner. Her husband is not only an actor, he's a director. He directs Nevena in a multitude of plays, first in Gabrovo, then in Ruse, all the while acting as her unofficial acting tutor, constantly honing her skill. The screen adaptation of the novel "Tobacco" is a long and dramatic story. Author Dimitar Dimov is under tremendous pressure to rewrite portions of his work, to soften the impact of the characters within, while director Nikola Korabov has the uneasy task of reducing a 1500-page novel to a 150-page script. Kokanova has been in a few films already and Korabov hopes to have her play Irina, the female lead - a strong, independent, self-aware and ultimately self-destructive character. There is pressure from the Artistic Council of Cinematography to have another actress cast. Nevena is young, inexperienced, unschooled, provincial, and an undesirable to the Communist Party, which at the time exerts a tremendous amount of censorship and influence over anything produced in the country. There is even talk of bringing in a foreign actress to play Irina, but Dimov is against it. In the end, despite a tremendous amount of difficulty and at great risk to his career, Korabov secures Kokanova for the role. She has reservations herself, feeling unequal to the task of filling the shoes of the strong and experienced literary character that is Irina, but she is made for the screen and she becomes more confident with every shooting day that passes. "Tobacco" is presented at Cannes in 1963, with giants such as Federico Fellini, Alfred Hitchcock, Gregory Peck and Burt Lancaster in attendance. French poet Andre Morois kisses her hand on the red carper with the words "You affected me!" The criticism and envy leveled at her is quelled. The tremendous success of "Tobacco" makes her a household name in Bulgaria. Her second iconic film role will be anything but effortless. Vulo Radev, having been director of photography in several of her films, makes his directorial debut with a film version of Emilian Stanev's novel "The Peach-Garden Trespasser". Set just after WWI, the film is about a Serbian prisoner of war who sneaks into a Bulgarian colonel's private garden, meeting his wife there by chance and starting a torrid love affair with her. Nevena's beauty and her recent success fan the flames of envy and Radev has to put his reputation on the line and assume a tremendous financial risk to cast her. Moreover, she is in the middle of a theatrical engagement in the Satirical theatre in Sofia under director Metodi Andonov, at the same time that she is desperately needed to film "The Peach-Garden Trespasser" in Veliko Tarnovo. With Andonov's help, Kokanova manages to shoot for the film while still performing nightly in Sofia. Despite the tremendous risk of her being fired from the theatre, she is driven by car to Veliko Tarnovo (some 4 hours) after every performance in Sofia. She is filming until noon the following day, when she is driven back to be on stage again at 8 pm. Needless to say, this puts a tremendous physical strain on the young actress, who has very little time for sleep. By the end of the 60's, Kokanova is the most prolific Bulgarian film actress and a fashion icon. She's offered four roles in East Germany and accepts a terrific role in Italian director Liliana Cavani's "Galileo" in 1969. The next decade, spent on stage and on screen, is a happy one for Kokanova, resulting in some of her best work. She appears in films such as "The Boy Turns Man" (1972) opposite Filip Trifonov, "The Weddings of King Ioan Asen" (1975), the last film appearance of Apostol Karamitev and "Ladies' Choice") (1980), an ensemble comedy alongside Stefan Danailov, Tzvetana Maneva, Doroteya Toncheva and Maria Statulova. However, this decade ends with a crushing blow. In July of 1979, while directing "Three Deadly Sins", her husband Lyubomir dies of a heart attack. Devastated, she occupies herself with caring for their daughter Teodora and completes the film in his stead. In the stagnation and standstill that descends on the arts after the fall of Communism in 1989, and without any work prospects, she retreats to a village in the Balkan Mountains, rebuilding a small cottage and claiming sanctuary there. Kokanova continues to act, marking a belated 60th birthday in 1999 with a performance in the theatre "Revival". Days later, she is honored in the Hall of Cinema by a concert in her honor. Highlight reels of her great movie roles are shown and toasts are made to her health. Unbeknownst to everyone except her, these toasts are futile. She has been diagnosed with an aggressive form of cancer several years earlier. By the end of 1999, she is a shadow of her former self, but ready to face her final challenge, her ultimate role, with grace and resolve. Nevena Kokanova, the radiant, lovely, loved, irreplaceable first lady of Bulgarian cinema, died on June 3, 2000 at the age of 62, immortalized on the silver screen and in the heart of a nation.- Actor
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Ivan Andonov graduated from the National Academy of Theater and Film Art in Sofia, Bulgaria, in 1956. He is one of the most important Bulgarian cinema actors. Since 1965 he is a director and designer in animation. The films 'Difficulty', 'Esperanza' and 'Melodrama' bring him international awards and recognition. His début in features is in 1974 as a director of 'Difficult Love'. 'The Roof' won the Critic's Award in Varna, Bulgaria in 1978. 'White Magis' won Silver Prize in Cadiz, Spain. 'Dangerous Charm' won Grand Prix in Chianchiano, Italy, 1985 and Special Prize of the Jury in Chamrousse, France, in 1988. 'Dreamers' won First Prize in Varna, Bulgaria. 'Yesterday' won the Viewers, Award in Varna, Bulgaria, Grand Prix in San Remo, Italy, 1989, and Best Director Award in Moscow, 1989.- Director
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Bulgarian director and screenwriter Ivan Cherkelov was born in Lovech in 1957. He graduated from the High Institute of Theater Arts in 1982, with a degree in film directing. He received the Burgas Municipality Award during Sofia Film Fest On The Beach for Christmas Tree Upside Down and the Jury's Special prize in Karlovy Vary and he was also nominated for the Grand prize in Cottbus.- Ivan Laskin was born on 10 March 1970 in Sofia, Bulgaria. He was an actor, known for Nai-vajnite neshta (2001), Dunav most (1999) and Staklenata reka (2010). He was married to Miroslava Gogovska. He died on 6 January 2019 in Sofia, Bulgaria.
- Tatiana Lolova was born on 10 February 1934 in Sofia. She graduated in Acting from National Academy for Theatre and Film Art, Sofia in 1955, then played a year at Ruse Drama Theatre and became one of the founding members of the State Theatre of Satire (1956-1978). In 1978-1989 joined the company of Sofia Theatre. In her early career she was more popular for her radio than her stage performances, but the advent of TV made her a real celebrity. Starring in over 50 features and TV series with, among others, An Incredible Story (1964); Birds and Greyhounds (1969); The Five of the Moby Dick (1970); Indian Summer (1973); Stars in the Hair, Tears in the Eyes (1977); Warmth (1978); Good Luck, Inspector! (1983); Dangerous Charm (1984); After the End of the World (1998); The English Neighbour (2011); House Arrest (2011).
- Yordan Radichkov was a Bulgarian writer and playwright. Some literary critics have referred to him as the Bulgarian Kafka or Gogol. Radichkov is widely known for his numerous short stories, novels and plays. He is also known for the screenplays of the Bulgarian film classics Torrid Noon (1966) directed by Zako Heskiya, The Tied Up Balloon (1967), directed by Binka Zhelyazkova and The Last Summer (1974), directed by Christo Christov. In 2000, Radichkov was decorated with the high government prize the Order of the Balkan Mountains. In 2007, a monument dedicated to him was officially opened at the garden of the former Royal Palace, nowadays National Art Gallery in Sofia city center. He was born as Yordan Dimitrov Radichkov on 24 October 1929 in a poor family in the village of Kalimanitza, Montana Province, Bulgaria.[4] In 1947, he graduated from the high school in the town of Berkovitsa.[4] Radichkov began his career in 1951 as Vratsa regional correspondent for the National Youth newspaper and editor (1952-1954) for the same paper.[4] Between 1954 and 1960, he worked as editor for Evening News paper. Radichkov's literary career began as he started writing short stories for the Evening News newspaper and his early collections caught the attention of readers and critics. In 1959, he published his first full-length book, "The Heart Beats for the People", followed by "Simple Hands", 1961 and "A Sky Turned Upside Down, 1962, all written in the socialist-realist official style. This romantic style was gradually replaced by a style of parody and the grotesque, with an increase in folkloristic elements, including folk fantasy and humor. Radichkov began parodying styles and reality: his works deprived objects of their natural dimensions and took them out of context; he combined disparate genres and transformed reality into a comic theater, defusing absurd aspects of life by means of laughter. A mixture of the fantastic and the real, Radichkov's works combined images of industrial civilization with those of a remote mythical past, and were sometimes defined as a Balkan magic realism. His parody style was initially met with animosity from the ruling Communist party (he was often accused of primitivism, escapism and dark agnosticism). Much of his writing (prose and plays) draws on characters and the ethnography of his native North-West Bulgaria. The fact that his own village Kalimaniza was destroyed and it site is under the waters of the dam (1983) became a recurring theme in his writing and another metaphor for the detachedness of the "modern" world from the one to which Radichkov brings his readers in his reminiscing. Another major theme of his writing is nature and wildlife. In his prose he makes a masterful use of the often chaotic and irrational manner villagers and hunters narrate stories. Over the years Radichkov has gained popularity and recognition in Bulgaria and the international community, including a Nobel Prize nomination. Radichkov's 1966 script for the film "Hot Noon" was a story about humanity's efforts to save a trapped boy from drowning in a surging river and was a huge success for the writer. "Gunpowder Primer", his 1969 novel, was the first in his homeland to talk about socialism through a powerful blend of profanity, fantasy and folkloric wisdom rather than simple idealization. The award-winning "The Last Summer", 1974 is a parable of a man trying desperately to stay faithful to his own identity in a dynamically changing world. He also wrote a number of domestically and internationally acclaimed children's books. Of these "We, the Sparrows" has gained particular popularity in Bulgaria. In 1996 "Little Frogs' Stories" won the Hans Christian Andersen award for children's literature. Radichkov often illustrated his works with his own abstract drawings that have become another hallmark of his artistic presence. Radichkov is particularly famous for his language. Critics have stated that "the real main character in the work of Radichkov is the word". Probably the greatest manifestation of Radichkov's impact on Bulgarian culture is the fact that his work introduced a number of neologisms and expressions in the every-day Bulgarian language. Radichkov has been awarded a wide number of awards for literature, theatre, and film, both is his homeland and abroad, among them the Order of Stara Planina (the highest order of Bulgaria, 2003), the Italian Grinzane Cavour Prize (1984) and the prize of the International Academy of the Arts in Paris (1993). A founding member, and first president (1984-1991) of the Bulgarian-Swedish Association for Friendship, he received the Swedish national Order of the Polar Star (1988). He was a prominent figure in Bulgaria's public life - a member of the Union of Bulgarian Writers since 1962, he was elected MP for the Bulgarian Socialist Party in 2001, but quickly resigned in disagreement and spent the last years of his life increasingly withdrawn from politics. Radichkov's works have been translated in more than 30 languages and in 2001 he was nominated for the Nobel Prize in Literature. He died on January 21, 2004 in Sofia, Bulgaria.
- Ari Leschnikoff was born on 16 June 1897 in Haskovo, Bulgaria. He was an actor, known for Ich bei Tag und du bei Nacht (1932), Three from the Filling Station (1930) and Bombs Over Monte Carlo (1931). He was married to Sashka Siderova and Delphine David. He died on 31 July 1978 in Sofia, Bulgaria.
- 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.
- Petar Slabakov was a Bulgarian Theatre and Film actor. He was born at April 23, 1923 in Lyaskovetz, Bulgaria. He studied by correspondence industry economics in Varna. He had worked as tractor-driver and founder. He joined up Bulgarian army against German troops in World War II as volunteer. He had worked in the troupes of the country theaters as an apprentice in the beginning, and after an exam - as a professional actor. He played many roles in the theaters of Varna (1953 - 1957), Burgas (1957 - 1960), Plovdiv (1960 - 1963), and then in the Sofia's theater "Trudov front" (1963 - 1965), in Pernik's theater (1965 - 1966). He was an actor in Boyana Film Studio two years (1966 - 1967). After that, he played in "Sofia" theater (1972 - 1979), and in Satirical Theater (1980 - 1991). On the theatrical stage Petar Slabakov will be remembered best for his memorable appearance in The Two Gentlemen of Verona by William Shakespeare (Lanes), The Cherry Orchard by Anton Chekhov (Lopahin), The Lower Depths by Maxim Gorki (Luka), etc. Petar Slabakov was one of the most important Bulgarian cinema actors. He appears in films such as Captive Flock (1962) by Ducho Mundrov, "Shibil" by Zahari Zhandov, "Tsar and General" by Vulo Radev, "Stars in Her Hair, Tears in Her Eyes" by Ivan Nitchev, "Eternal Times" by Asen Shopov, "A Roof" by Ivan Andonov and many others. He was one of the initiators of the establishing of the "Ecoglasnost" in 1989, which were one of the first opposition societies against the communist regime in Bulgaria. He was elected to the National Assembly of Bulgaria twice - in 1990 - 1991 and in 1995 - 1997.
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Stefan Ivanov Dimitrov was a Bulgarian actor and director. He was born in Sofia on September 17, 1933. In 1960 he graduated from "acting , and in 1964 "from "theater directing" both in National Academy for Theatre and Film Art, Sofia, Bulgaria. He had worked at Boyana Film Studios and had made seven movies as a director and had played in seven other films as an actor. He died on November 6, 1990 in Sofia- Vladimir Smirnov was born on 22 June 1941 in Chernogorsk, Khakasskaya AO, Krasnoyarskiy kray, RSFSR, USSR [now Khakassia, Russia]. He was an actor, known for Sbogom, priyateli! (1970), Front ohne Gnade (1984) and Pervorossiyanye (1967). He was married to Bogdana Marinova and Silvia Spassova. He died on 10 August 2000 in Sofia, Bulgaria.
- Georgi Rusev was born on May 7, 1928 in village Kostenetz bathroom , Bulgaria. He is the son of a priest, a settler from Macedonia . In 1952 he graduated from National Academy for Theatre and Film Art, Sofia, Bulgaria with a degree in acting in the class of Professor Filip Filipov . He began his acting career at the Plovdiv Drama Theatre ; continued for several years in Sofia Youth Theatre and finally settled in Pernik Theater between 1966 and 1990. Since 1977 he had been a Chief Manager of the Pernik Drama Theatre "Bojan Danovski". Georgi Rusev was among the founders of the Little City Theatre "Off the Channel" in 1990. In recent years, he had taken roles in Theatre 199 , in the private theater "Alternative" and in the National Theatre . Besides the theater, Rusev played in the cinema. He debuted in 1966 in the movie " The beginning of a vacation ." His interest in the cinema ignited the scripts by Georgi Mishev . He had involved in many of the emblematic Bulgarian movies from the 1970th and 1980th . Unforgettable by their color are his roles (usually negative characters) in the movies "A Peasant on a Bicycle " and " Matriarchy ", directed by Lyudmil Kirkov; " Ladies Choice ", "Dangerous Charm ", and " Yesterday ", directed by Ivan Andonov; " The Hare Census ", directed by Eduard Sachariev; " Examinations at any time "," 13th bride of the prince ", directed by Ivanka Grybcheva. In 1977, he was awarded with the title " People's Artist "; in 2006 he was awarded with the honorary award " Asker " for Lifetime Achievement; in 2008 he was awarded with the Order of " St. St. Cyril and Methodius "with the necklace. He died in Sofia on 1 April 2011 after a serious illness, aged 82.
- Djoko Rosic (born Dzhordzhe Mirko Rosic) was born on 28 February 1932 in Krupanj, which was then part of the Kingdom of Yugoslavia, to a Bulgarian mother and a Serbian father. In 1951 he emigrated to Bulgaria and graduated in Economy, but completed also courses in Radio Journalism. After that he worked for 17 years as a journalist for the Bulgarian National Radio. He has acted in Bulgarian, Hungarian and Serbian films. He has been called "the legendary cowboy". He has acted in more than 110 films, The Eighth (1969), Aesop (1970), My Father the House-Painter (1974), Ivan Kondarev (1974), Captain Petko Voivode (1981), Khan Asparouh (1981), The Judge (1986), Time of Violence (1988), After the End of the World (1988), Tuvalu (1999), Zift (2008), Prima Primavera (2009), to name but a few. He received the Cyril and Methodius, 1st degree state order. In February 2010 the Ministry of Culture discerned the Golden Age Award to him for his outstanding merits to Bulgarian films. He was married to Lilyana Lazarova. He died on February 21, 2014 in Sofia, Bulgaria.
- Stage and film actor, best known for his roles in comedy movies. He was an important figure of the Golden age of Bulgarian Cinema (i.e. 1970s and 1980s). He began his career in the middle of the 1950s and made his feature length debut in 1958. He never got married or had children.
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Valeri Nissim Mevorah, better known by his pen-name, Valeri Petrov, was born on April 22, 1920, in Sofia to a Jewish father and Bulgarian mother. Besides poems, novels and translations from Russian, Italian and English, Petrov authored numerous film scripts and plays - both for adults and for children. During World War II, he took part in the resistance against the pro-Nazi regime in Bulgaria and remained close to left-wing political thought through his life. In 1970, he clashed with the communist regime in Bulgaria after refusing to sign an official petition denouncing the awarding of the Nobel Prize to Soviet dissident Alexander Solzhenitsyn. As a result, Petrov was not allowed to publish for years, so he turned to translating. Petrov was held in high esteem in his country and after the collapse of the totalitarian regime in 1989, he was nominated for the Nobel Prize for Literature by Bulgaria's Writers' Union.- George Ganchev, whose birth name is Gheorghi Petroushev, was born on 29 August 1939 in Plovdiiv. In the early 1960s he emigrated from Bulgaria. He graduated from the British Fencing Academy and the Hollywood Theatrical Institute. In the period 1973 - 1988 he was engaged in directing, play-writing, film and play producing in Great Britain and the United States. Ganchev claims to be the author of seven Hollywood screen plays and plays produced in Hollywood, to have written books and poetry. In 1970 and 1974 he became world champion in professional fencing. He also performed as actor, has been a basketball player. Published in Bulgaria is his autobiography "George". According to his own public statements, his hobbies are horses, music, and poetry. He became actively engaged in Bulgaria's political life after 10 November 1989. Leader of the Bulgarian Business Bloc /BBB/ since its establishment on 24 November 1990. George Ganchev ran for president in the January 1992 election and received 17 percent of the vote, which ranks him third among the candidates in the first round. Chair of the Committee on Radio, Television and the Bulgarian Telegraph Agency in the 37th National Assembly (Dec. 1994-Apr. 1995). In the presidential election of 2001, he received 3.38 percent of the vote. Ganchev speaks English. Divorced, with two daughters who live in the United States.
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Bulgarian stage and film actor, singer and showman. He graduated from "Krastyo Sarafov National Academy for Theatre and Film Arts" as an actor, just as many talented actors from Bulgaria did. Began his career in 1965, Kolev was best known for his roles in comedies like "Opasen Char", "Gospodin Za Edin Den" and "Dvoynikat" as well as for his songs and shows. His unique kind of acting won general approval in his country. In some ways, pretty much reminds Charlie Chaplin.
After the collapse of communism, he get involved in politics for a while and was a Member of Parliament.
Todor Kolev suffered from Lung Cancer for several years and died at the age of 73.- Todor Zhivkov was born on 7 September 1911 in Pravets, Bulgaria. He died on 5 August 1998 in Sofia, Bulgaria.
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Sharaliev graduated from the St. Kliment Ohridski Sofia University and the VGIK, Moscow. He has worked at Boyana Film Studio, Bulgaria and had been a member of the Parliament from 1972 to 1980. He was a Chair of the Board of the directors of Boyana Film Studio. He was the winner of a numerous Grand Prix at national and international film festivals. He is known for A Song about the Man (1954), Knight without Armor (1966), A Shooting Day (1969), Farewell, Friends! (1970), The Indispensable Sinner (1971), The Apostles (1976), All Is Love (1979), The Thrust (1981), Boris I: The Conversion to Christianity & Discourse of Letters (1985), Plyontek (1991).- Mikhail Mikhajlov was born on September 6, 1921 in Kyustendil, Bulgaria. He graduated from the History of Arts in Berlin, meanwhile ends and Theater School in the class of Professor Akerman in Vienna. He worked in many Bulgarian theaters, of which most in the Military Theatre and heater "Tears and Laughter". He was in the troupes of Gabrovo Drama Theater, Pleven Drama Theater, Ruse Drama Theater, Pernik Drama Theater and Kyustendil Drama Theater. Most of the viewers, who remember him from his films, will probably be very surprised that he never had any serious state recognition. His bad luck was that as a student in Germany during the War II, he was invited to read the news in Bulgarian on German Radio. Today we have a similar case a rescue and forgiving formula: "These were hitherto our times". He died in Sofia on January 4, 1998.
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Isaac Solomonov Heskiya, known as Zako Heskiya (21 September 1922 - 3 June 2006) was a Bulgarian film director and screenwriter. He graduated Cinema and Photograph College in Sofia. Since 1956 until 1965, he had been an assistant director in Boyana Film Studio. His first own film was "Torrid Noon" (1965), based on the novel by Yordan Radichkov. Heskiya became in 1966 international audience for "Torrid Noon", the Bulgarian contribution to the Cannes Film Festival and a nomination for the Palme d'Or. Zako Heskiya fared better with his well-handled war stories The Eighth (1969), Three reservists (1971), and his two part Dawn over Drava (1972), which was the first Bulgarian war picture to be made as a super spectacle. In 1981, he won the special prize at the 12th Moscow International Film Festival for Yo Ho Ho, based on the script by Valeri Petrov. The Fall (2006) by Tarsem Singh is based on the script of Yo Ho Ho. Zako Heskiya is also known for Alone Among Wolves (1979), Nights with the White Horses (1985), and Scar-Free (1989), based on the script by Konstantin Pavlov. Zako Heskiya works as a leader of the group "Debut" in former Boyana Studio and opened the door to professional work for many young Bulgarian film directors.- Director
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Petar Borisov Vasilev-Milevin was born on June 26, 191 in Kriva Bara, Lom region, Bulgaria. He studied Law at Sofia University "St. Kliment Ohridski". He graduated film directing at State Cinema Institute in Moscow (1954). He was a Member of the Union of Bulgarian Filmmakers. He has made some of the remarkable Bulgarian Cinema comedies. He received the title "Honored Artist" (1984) and the Order "Cyril and Methodius" (1960), the Order "People Republic of Bulgaria (1988). He died on July 29, 2001 in Sofia, Bulgaria.- Specializing in intense psychological dramas, Bulgarian filmmaker Metodi Andonov is best remembered for making one of his country's most popular films, The Goat Horn (1972). He also directed a pair of high-grossing detective dramas based on the novels and screenplays of Bogomil Rainov, There's Nothing Finer Than Bad Weather (1971) and The Great Boredom (1973). Andonov graduated from the Sofia Academy of Dramatic Art in 1955 after studying theater direction. Before entering the film industry, he directed productions at the Dramatic Theater in Burgas and at the Satirical Theater in Sofia. Andonov made his feature directorial debut in 1968 with The White Room, which was based on a Rainov novel. In addition to his work in theater and cinema, Andonov occasionally directed for television.
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Vulo Radev (1 January 1923 - 28 March 2001) was a Bulgarian film director, writer and cinematographer. Radev was born in a village Lesidren. In 1953, Radev graduated from the filming faculty of the All-Union State Institute of Cinematography in Moscow. His first film, a documentary, appeared in 1952. Radev later filmed Citizens of Dimitrovgrad (1956), On the Eve (1959, adapted from I. S. Turgenev's novel), and Tobacco (1962). In his first own film, The Peach Thief (1964, adapted from Emiliyan Stanev's novella), Vulo Radev expresses his anguish for modern man (along the lines of Godart and Antonioni) through the love story between the Serbian Officer Ivo, a prisoner of war at the concentration camp of the Bulgarians, and Lisa, the wife of the city's commander - a great love story amidst the inhuman hatred of war. The critics praise the excellent artistic knowledge; sensitivity in conception and structure of the subject matter; as well as excellent guiding of actors. As a chamber piece, the drama was made in the style of the then popular realistic psychological literature. Radev used the same style in his next film The King and The General (1966), a story of the conflict between King Boris III and General Zaimov, who tried in the beginning of the World War II to prevent both Bulgarian's alliance with Germany and its entry into the war against Soviet Union. Radev broke a number of conventions in this film too. Other films directed by him include The Longest Night (1967), Doomed Souls (1975, adapted from Dimitar Dimov's novella), and The Black Angels (1970). In 1981, he directed Adaptation, a film addressing issues of insanity. Radev received the Dimitrov Prize in 1969.- 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. - Actor
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Nikola Asenov Rudarov (Rudy) is a Bulgarian actor and director. He was born on December 6, 1927 into a family of refugees from Macedonia . Initially he began to study law, but in the third year decided to move to study cinematography. He directed 6 films, but was an actor in many more. By actor's incarnations in films such as " The Swedish kings ", directed by Lyudmil Kirkov, " Yesterday " and " Adio Rio ", directed by Ivan Andonov, " Canaries Season ", directed by Evgeni Mihaylov, " The Camp ", directed by Georgi Djulgerov, " After the end of the world ", directed by Ivan Nichev Nicola Rudarov become one of the most prominent actors in Bulgarian cinema. Even today, movie fans remember his phrase from the film "Yesterday": "I'll show you how a horse e at bean!" he died on March 26, 2010 in Sofia.- Animation Department
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Proyko Proykov was a Bulgarian animator, director, and artist. Proiko Tenev Proykov was born on November 7,1927 in Pernik, Bulgaria. He graduated in "painting" in the class of Professor Iliya Petrov at National Art Academy "Nikolay Pavlovich", Sofia, Bulgaria (1951). He was a member of the Union of Bulgarian Filmmakers. He has made very important Bulgarian animated films. He has received the Order "Cyril and Methodius" (1977).He died on May 7, 2000 in Sofia, Bulgaria.- Composer
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Georgi Antonow was born on 9 January 1894 in Kyustendil, Bulgaria. Georgi was a composer and writer, known for Izpitanie (1942), Mene me, mamo, zmey lyubi (1946) and Izkuplenie (1947). Georgi died on 12 April 1962 in Sofia, Bulgaria.- Director
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Vladimir Yanchev was born on 30 December 1930 in Moscow, Russia. He was a director and writer, known for Otkradnatiyat vlak (1971), Lyubimetz 13 (1958) and Toplo (1978). He died on 1 July 1992 in Sofia, Bulgaria.- Actress
Ani Bakalova was born on April 5, 1940 in Sofia, Bulgaria. She graduated National Academy for Theatre and Film Art, Sofia, Bulgaria with a degree in acting in the class of Professor Krusty Mirsky in 196. Then she started to work in the troupe of Burgas Drama Theatre, then at the National Theatre "Ivan Vazov", Theater " Tears and Laughter ". Annie Bakalova was among the sunniest personalities in Bulgarian cinema. Unforgettable remain her roles in "Examinations at any time", "With epaulettes of the devil" in the series of "At Every Kilometer."She has more than 200 roles in the theater and more than 100 in TV plays. She was awarded the title "Honored Artist" in 1983. In 1964, she married Ivan Stojanovic (1930-1999), film critic, journalist and writer, with whom he had two sons. She died on July 3, 2016 in Sofia.- Director
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Binka Zhelyazkova was born on July 15, 1923 in the town of Svilengrad, Bulgaria. She studied theater at the National Theater Institute in Sofia. Her career as a film director began in 1957 when she co-directed her first feature film Life Goes Quietly By... with her husband Hristo Ganev.
At the end of the 1950s Binka Zhelyazkova was one of the few women in the world making feature films. Her style was influenced by Italian Neo-Realism and the French New Wave, as well as Russian Cinema.
During her career she directed seven feature and two documentary films. Four of her nine films were banned from distribution and reached audiences only after the end of communism. She was the director of the Bulgarian section of Women in Film, an organization created in 1989 after the international women in film conference, KIWI, in Tbilisi, Georgia. She stopped making films after 1989, which coincided with the fall of the communist regime in Bulgaria. For some time after that she remained active in the women in film organization but soon completely withdrew from public life.- Director
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Lyubomir Sharlandzhiev was a Bulgarian film director and actor. He graduated from the Sofia Academy of Dramatic Art after studying theater direction. He was in training in Moscow in the classes of Mikhail Rom. His debut in cinema is the film A Chronicle of Sentiments (1962). The films by Lyubomir Sharlandzhiev strove to examine what goes on inside people, and to discover more than superficial glance can reveal. In Crack-up (1966), he showed a spiritual crisis of a newspaperman who had to resort to fraud to put across a beneficial project. In Prosecutor (1968), he explored the dilemma of a man who is supposed to sign a warrant for the arrest of a friend he knows to be innocent. This film was released after the fall of communist regime in November 1989. In The Odor of Almonds (1967), based on the scenario by the one of most experienced scriptwriters Pavel Vezhinov, he presented two love story of three couple, two no equilateral marital triangles. In later films, such as The Best Man I know (1973) Sharlandzhiev resorted to sheer moralizing. Nevena Kokanova was cast in her first major screen role opposite Lyubomir Sharlandziev in the 1957 film "Years of Love". Lyubomir falls in love with her at first sight, and the 19-year old, inexperienced Nevena marries her first on-screen romantic partner. He directs Nevena in a multitude of plays, first in Gabrovo, then in Ruse, all the while acting as her unofficial acting tutor, constantly honing her skill. Lyubomir Sharlandzhiev had many national prizes for his films. In 1980 he received Gran Prix of Union of Bulgarian filmmakers "Golden Camera" for his achievement in the Bulgarian film art.- Director
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Lyudmil Kirkov was a Bulgarian film director. Kirkov was among the prominent Bulgarian film and theatre directors from the last decades of the 20th century. He directed some of the most popular Bulgarian films of that time, most notably The Swedish Kings (1968), The Boy Turns Man (1972), A Peasant on a Bicycle (1974), Matriarchy (1977) and A Nameless Band (1982). He received the Silver Prize for the film Balance (1983) at the 13th Moscow International Film Festival. In the 1975, Kirkov was nominated for the Golden Prize at the Ninth Moscow International Film Festival for the film A Peasant on a Bicycle.- Konstantin Kotsev is famous Bulgarian actor , a favorite of several generations. He was born on June 4, 1926 in Istanbul, Turkey. He graduated National Academy for Theatre and Film Art, Sofia, Bulgaria in 1957. A year earlier he starred in the film "Two Victories." Then he played in " On a Small Island ", " Inspector and the Night ", and "Escape to Ropotamo", directed by Rangel Vulchanov, " The Penleve Case ", directed by Gueorgui Stoyanov, " White Room " and "There is Nothing Better Than a Bad Weather", directed by Metodi Andonov, " Heat ", directed by Vladinir Yanchev, "The Swedish Kings", directed by Lyudmil Kirkov, " The Tied Balloon ", directed by Binka Zhelyazkova and others. His last cinema role was in "Rhapsody in White", directed by Tedi Moskov. He was one of the founders and longtime actors of Satirical Theater "Aleko Konstantinov" . He had played in the Burgas Drama Theater "Adriana Budevska"(1958-1959) and in the Theatre "Sofia" (1984-1990). Among his stage performances are one-man show "Diary of a Madman" by Gogol ; Zhevakin in "Marriage" by Krutitski; "Enough Stupidity in Every Wise Man" by Alexander Ostrovsky; Tartuffe in "Tartuffe " by Moliere . He had played in the plays by Yordan Radichkov: "January" and "Turmoil" and in the play by Nikola Rusev "The Old Man and the Arrow", directed by Metodi Andonov . In the last years of his life he had fall ill with Alzheimer's disease and died on August 4, 2007 in Sofia, Bulgaria.
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Donyo Donev was a Bulgaria animation director, artist. Donyo Donev Petrov was born on June 27, 1929 in Berkovitsa, Bulgaria. He graduated IV Male High School in Sofia, then schedule at the Art Academy (1954). He specialized in Animation Studio in Moscow (1959). He was a Professor of animation directing at the National Academy for Theatre and Film Art, Sofia, Bulgaria with the titles: associate professor, extraordinary professor. He was a member of Union of Bulgarian Filmmakers, Union of Bulgarian Artists. His first cartoon as an artist was " Crushed and Grushko " ( 1957 ). With the animation film " Duet " ( 1961 ) he debuted as a writer and director. He has worked as an artist in the newspaper " Evening News " (1954 - 1956 ), He was an artist and director in the Department of cartoons in Sofia Animation Studio (1956 - 1993 ), where he was a Head of creative team. He has worked on the animation series " Three Fools " since 1970 until 1990. Donev was an editor of the newspaper "The Three Stooges" ( 1989 - 1997 ), and also the " Four Fools " ( 1997 ) and the magazine "Fras". In 1998 he debuted as an actor in the movie " Wagner ." He was an agent of State Security. There are numerous his exhibitions of cartoons at Bulgaria and abroad. He had many publications in the press and in individual books and collections. He received the titles "Honored Artist (1972), "People's Artist" (1986), and the orders: "Cyril and Methodius" (1965), "People's Republic of Bulgaria" (1989). He died on November 28, 2007 in Sofia, Bulgaria.- 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.
- Tsonka Georgieva Miteva is a Bulgarian actress.She was born on October 18, 1925 in Bulgaria. Endowed by nature with rich voice data, future actress headed to the Music Academy in 1942. She graduated in the class of Professor Lyudmila Prokopova with brilliant "Aria of Bells" from "Lakme" by Delibes. But as a student Tsonka Miteva decided to enroll in two-year Theater School at the National Theatre. She graduated it. Her teacher was Nikolai Masalitinov . She spent much of his career in the troupe of the Youth Theatre , whose member was from 1945 to 1987 when she retired. Until his last step on stage she had preserved her passionate love to her. In 2002, she had dubbed Beilin in feature-length animated movie " Dinosaur ". She had played in number of Bulgarian films: "The inspector and night", directed by Rangel Vulchanov - Aunt Katya; "Incredible Story", directed by Vladimir Yanchev. She died on May 20, 2011 in Sofia, Bulgaria.
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Orhan Kemal was born on 15 September 1914 in Ceyhan, Adana, Ottoman Empire [now Turkey]. He was a writer, known for Anasi gibi (1957), Vukuat Var (1972) and Meyhanecinin kizi: Mapusane çesmesi (1958). He died on 2 June 1970 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.
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Kroumov studied Bulgarian Language and literature at the University of Veliko Tarnovo (1979) and cinema direction at NAFTA (National Academy of Theater and Film Art) in Sofia, Bulgaria. In 1994 he was appointed to teach at the Berlin Academy for Cinema and Television. He has written two novels - 'The Drowning Man' and 'The Spirit of Crime', the play 'Funeral without a Corpse' and a work of literature theory 'The poetry of Cinema'.- Writer
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Vladi Kirov was born on 28 November 1949 in Bulgaria. He was a writer, known for Evropolis - gradyt na deltata (2010), Vlyavo ot patya London: Calcutta (2012) and Voenen korespondent (2008). He died on 28 March 2019 in Sofia, Bulgaria.- Director
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Todor Dinov was a director, artist, animator. Todor Georgiev Dinov was born on July 24, 1919 in Dedeagach (today Alexandroupolis), Greece. He graduated from the State Industrial School in Plovdiv, then he studied theater's decoration in Art Academy (1938-1943), then animation in the class of Ivan Ivanov-Vano at State Cinema Institute in Moscow (1947-1951). He was a member of Union of Bulgarian Filmmakers, Union of Bulgarian Artist. He received the titles "Honored Artist (1963), "People's Artist" (1970) an the Orders: "Cyril and Methodius" (1959), (1962); People's Republic of Bulgaria "(1969); " Stara Planina "(1999). Dinov defined painting as "one of the most cherished experiences." With the thesis of Todor Dinov, the movie "Yunak Marko" from 1954, Bulgarian animation comes from the realm of the amateur - the first Bulgarian professional animated film. He made the connection between animation film and Bulgarian folklore (folk epic about King Marko ). His next film "Careful angel" shows the development in the style of drawing and thinking of Dinov: naturalistic image is replaced with a fresh pattern of caricature and linear story line - with an unexpected ending. In 1964, Dinov created his iconic movie " Team Flower " robbed the cheers of festival of animation films in Leipzig, Buenos Aires, Ankara, Vienna, Chicago and Cannes. In 1967, "Team Flower" was named best Bulgarian children's film . Other famous cartoons of Dinov are "Lightning", "Jealousy", "Epigram", "Prometheus 20", "Drum", "Paris Rain". Besides painted cinema Dinov is director and screenwriter of several feature films - " Iconostasis ", " Powder Primer ," " Sin of Maltitsa". There are numerous appearances as a cartoonist, illustrator , schedule , painter and placard . He worked with techniques: watercolor , pastel , oil paint . Dinov is one of the founders of the first Studios cartoons in Bulgaria. He was a founder of the specialty Animation Directing at the National Academy , where his students are animators and directors as Donyo Donev , Stoyan Doukov , Ivan Andonov , Ivan Veselinov . In 1999, for his outstanding contribution to the development of Bulgarian culture was honored with the "Stara Planina" I degree. He died on June 17, 2004 in Sofia.- Stoyanka Mutafova was born on February 2,1922 in Sofia . Her father , Constantine Mutafov was a playwright at the National Theatre "Ivan Vazov" . In 1941, she graduated from the First Sofia Girls' High School . Then she graduated from Classical Philology in Sofia University "St. Kliment Ohridski" and the State Theatre School in Sofia. From 1946 to 1949, she worked in Theater in Prague , and from 1949 to 1956 at the National Theatre. She is a founding member of the State Theatre of Satire "Aleko Konstantinov" , where she worked from 1956 to 1991. Mutafova has 3 marriages. In 1946, she married her first husband, the Czech director Robert Rosner, when she was 23 years old, and he - 51. After marriage she went to live in Vienna , and then moved to Prague . In Prague Mutafova finishes second higher education at the theater department of the Prague Conservatory. Her second husband was Leonid Grubeshliev , by profession a journalist and translator. From this marriage is the only daughter of the actress - Maria Grubeshlieva - Muky. The third husband of Mutafova was the actor Neycho Popov. About him she says that he is the big love of her life. They have seen each other for the first time at the National Theatre, where she began to work as an actress, and he was a student at the National Academy. Stoyanka Mutafova is awarded with the order " St. St. Cyril and Methodius ", I grade in 1962; with the Honorary title "Honored Artist" in 1963; with the "National Order of Labour" , gold in 1972; with the Honorary title " People's Artist " in 1977; with the title Honorary citizen of Sofia in 2000; with the Order " Stara Planina " - 2002; with the title Honorary citizen of the town Burgas in 2002; with the Theater Award " Asker " in 2002; with the Sign " Golden Age " in 2012; with the title Honorary citizen of the town Sredets in 2012; With the Award "Golden Kukerikon" on the name of Georgi Kaloyanchev in 2013; with the Award "Golden blend" of "Jameson" for the role of grandmother Mariyka in the series " Capital citizen more" 2013; with the Award "Bulgaria You" in 2015; with the Citation for "Contribution to the culture and the enrichment of world theater" in 2015.
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Dimo Dimitrov Kolarov - Bate Dimo is a very famous Bulgarian cinematographer. He was born in Popovo, Bulgaria on February 16, 1924 in a relatively poor family. His school years pass in junior high and high school without being brilliant student. He studied and the same time worked as a musician in the restaurant of his native town, and during the holidays - in larger cities like Varna , Ruse and Veliko Tarnovo . He pulls his military service in the town of Gorna Oryahovitsa in music platoon . Then he moved to Sofia . In 1946, he went to the Czech Republic with the idea to pursue medicine . He also worked as a street musician to hold. He has entered the in 1947 the Film Department of the Academy of Fine Arts in Prague in the class of Professor Carol Plitska. He has worked during his study as a cinematographer in "Spravoda's film" in Prague. He has shoot documentaries . He studied up to 1950 , when he returned to Sofia and began to work as a cinematographer. Since 1954 until his retirement he has worked in "Boyana" Film Studios. Dimo Kolarov has worked with the many important Bulgarian film Directors such as Rangel Vulchanov, Metodi Andonov, Vulo Radev, Vili Tzankov, Irina Aktasheva and Hristo Piskov. Despite the fact that he has not taught in the cinema institutes, he has trained many of Bulgarian cinematographers - for example, Radoslav Spassov. Dimo Kolarov died on February 23,1997 in Sofia, Bulgaria .