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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 Drama Ailyak (2022), Drums (2024) and Paranoia.- Director
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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.- 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).- 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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- Producer
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
- Casting Department
- Casting Director
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.- Writer
- Actress
Petya Dubarova was born on April 25, 1962 in Burgas. He began writing poetry at a very early age by her first publications in the newspapers " Septemvriyche " and " People's Youth", magazines " Native Speech " and " Youth ". Her spiritual mentors were poets Hristo Fotev and Grigor Lenkov . She studied at the English language school in Burgas, which is her dream - Petya says he loves the English language. She repeatedly gave readings of their works in front of their classmates. Despite the early glory, which defines her as "the youngest among the greatest artists of Bulgaria" , Dubarova remained loyal and good friend, diligent schoolgirl and naughty girl. She was very sociable and cheerful and had many friends. In 1978 she took part in the film directed by Georgi Djulgerov " Swap ". Year before the end of his life, Petya was overwhelmed by heavy thoughts associated with despair and disappointment with humanity. On December 4, 1979, under 18 years Petya committed suicide at his home in Burgas with sleeping pills. After her surprising and mysterious death slide various rumors about the causes of suicide. Even today there is a version in which the poet committed suicide because of a botched Komsomolsk charge of sabotage. The prosecution is damaged sprinkler occasion of automated line during secondary school brigade factory. With tragic choices girl shared the fate of many Bulgarian famous poets - Penyo Penev, Dimitar Boyadzhiev , Peyo Yavorov , Andrey Germanov , Veselin Andreev , Rosen Bosev and Hristo Banking . Poetry Petya is marked by its desire for a better, more honest, more dedicated world an unlimited, even boundless gifts of kindness, happiness and smiles. Her only book of poetry "Me and the Sea" was published posthumously in 1980, and a few years later by printing out the book "The blue magic" in which collected all her creativity, her personal letters and diary.- 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).
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- Soundtrack
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.- 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).
- 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.
- 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 .
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- Script and Continuity Department
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".- 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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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).- 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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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.- 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.
- 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).
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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.- 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. - Composer
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.- 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).
- Stefan Diomov was born on 16 February 1945 in Burgas, Bulgaria. He is a composer, known for Sofiyska istoriya (1990), Spuren im Schnee (1990) and Das Brüderlein (1990).
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Polish composer of Bulgarian origin, multi-instrumentalist, and music producer. The main prize winner of the 7th Berlinale Score Competition, he was nominated for the European Talent Award in Cologne. He composed music for several films and projects directed by Tomasz Baginski ("Polish Legends", "Ambition"), Jan P. Matuszynski ("The King of Warsaw", "Deep Love", "The Last Family", "Heaven"), Andrzej Wajda ("Concise Chronicle of Time").
Fascinated by the piano and inspired by the art of improvisation at the age of seven he continued to explore both classical and jazz education. Valkov's music represents a unique cultural melting pot of Slavic and Balkan folklore, European classical traditions with the novelty of contemporary and electronic music.
He collaborated with the European Space Agency on the album "Ambition", released to commemorate the groundbreaking Rosetta mission and the landing on the 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko comet.
He is also the author of the "Transoriental" project and the producer of the platinum album "Transoriental Orchestra" by Kayah.
He has been the producer for many albums, singles, remixes, film scores, and international advertising campaigns. He performs at music festivals and in clubs across Europe. Boldly mixing electronics and classical music, he proves his ability to move between various genres.
He lives and works in Warsaw.- Director
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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.- 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".
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- Costume Designer
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).- 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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- 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 Privarzaniyat balon (1967). He was married to Stoyanka Mutafova. He died on 20 March 1974 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.
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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).- Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
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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- Slavin Boshnakov was born on 6 November 1986 in Burgas, Bulgaria. Slavin is a producer, known for Drama Ailyak (2022) and The Whisper (2023).
- Nevena Jelcheva Mandadzieva was born on July 6, 1941 in Burgas, Bulgaria. She is a Bulgarian actress, born in the family of actress Penka Mandadzieva and director and actor Professor Zhelcho Mandadziev . She played in several movies based on the novels by Bogomil Raynov . A few seasons ago (2006) the actress took the awards for best actress in three consecutive festivals: International Festival of Small Theater Forms in Vratsa, International Festival "New Bulgarian drama" in Shumen and Festival for performances by one actor in Gabrovo. In 2009 she was awarded for Lifetime Achievement in theater. She is the only actress who has played in the Moscow Theater "Contemporary". For four decades she has about a hundred roles presented in Blagoevgrad Theatre, the Military Theatre, in the Theatre "Poetry and Stage", Theater "Sofia", Little City Theatre "Off the channel" and Theater "Sfumato", where she retired. She does not give interviews, does not like being the center of attention. According to her, the media person should have character meets only things that excited or is working. She is married to the actor Rousy Chanev. They have a son Damyan and a daughter Boyana and a granddaughter Sofia and a grandson Adrian.
- Katya Zehireva was born on October 12, 1926 in Burgas. She graduated in "acting" at the National Academy for Theatre and Film Art, Sofia, Bulgaria in 1952 in the class of Professor Stefan Surchadzhiev. She was an actress in a Ruse Drama Theatre (1952-53), Theater "Labor Front" (1953-64), The "People's Stage" (1964-66), Theater "Tears and Laughter" (1966-73). She was an actress and Chief Manager of the Gabrovo Drama Theatre (1973-76) and of Theatre 199 in Sofia from 1976 to 1991. Her roles: Luisa in "Deceit and Love" by Friedrich Schiller, Eliza in "Pygmalion" by Bernard Shaw, Tatiana in "Enemies" by Maxim Gorky, Lida in "Platon Krechet" by A. Korneychuk, Hannah in "Widows" by A. Kertész, Antigone in "Antigone" by Lyudmil Stoyanov, Engineer Nouneva in "Gold Plating" by Dragomir Asenov , Getruda in "Hamlet" by William Shakespeare, Sarah Bernhardt in the mono-drama "Sarah Bernhardt". He was an outstanding master of the recitation; her repertoire included Shakespeare's sonnets, poems by Veselin Hanchev, Vladimir Bashev and many other Bulgarian poets. He was a Professor of art speech at the National Academy for Theatre and Film Art, Sofia, Bulgaria. She was a laureate of the Order "Stara Planina" I degree. She died on August 26, 2009 in Sofia, Bulgaria.
- Nickolai T. Kolev Jr. was born on 2 March 1983 in Burgas, Bulgaria. He is an actor, known for Stella's War (2010).
- 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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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.- Lazar Nikolov was born on 26 August 1922 in Burgas, Bulgaria. He was a composer, known for Dvama pod nebeto (1962), Chernata reka (1964) and Nezavarsheni igri (1964). He died on 7 February 2005 in Sofia, Bulgaria.
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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).- Production Designer
Rousy Dundakov was born on October 26, 1944 in Burgas, Bulgaria. "The artist with fountains died!" It sounds strange, even ridiculous for the sculptor who created so many different products - from dummy figures of cinema to historical monuments in bronze and stone. But fountains remembered as a kind of synthesis of his work, which most closely represents the thinking and attitude towards art, culture, tradition, knowledge... He determined his works as "tasks": they were challenges that demanded his full commitment and focus. Each was previous a lot of reading, thinking, use experience, gathering new knowledge. To reach the only and best solution to the specific task - just for her - as a whole and in detail. Moreover, important work was precisely, not he: Rousy Dundakov was one of the few artists in which his own ego as if it hardly mattered. Therefore fountains that he had not signed (except one - because the young man that had worked), seen as an emblem of the artist. In them he was "master" - a word that it was more expensive and more of a real "artist." Made fountains with all due respect to tradition, which has invested in them with a feeling of sacredness, with the understanding of memory that transferred in time - with invigorating their current utility for people ... He died 2011.- 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.
- Petar Ivanov was born on 25 August 1958 in Burgas, 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).
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Yavor Rangelov was born on 26 August 1996 in Burgas, Bulgaria. He is a director and actor, known for The Challenge (2020), A Disturbed Reflection (2019) and 6 Ways to get a Girl (2018).- 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.