Atanas Hristoskov was born in 1976 in Sofia, Bulgaria. He gradutated English Language School, and got a master degree in both Economics and Film Directing. He worked as a visual effect set supervisor with Nu Boyana Films, a copywriter, an art director and a director of TV commercials with “Leo Burnett”, Bulgaria. Atanas is a scriptwriter and director of several documentaries and feature shorts, and a director of some popular TV shows in Bulgaria. His first feature-length film NUMBER 1 was awarded the Golden Rose (Varna 2011) for best Bulgarian film of 2011, and got six nominations and one award by the Bulgarian Film Academy (2012).