He was born in Burgas, Bulgaria in 1975 in the Southern Bulgarian coastal city of Bourgas, where he graduated from a French language high school in 1994. Two years later he started studying cinematography at the National Film Academy in Sofia but decided to continue his education in Paris. He graduated from the Femis film school, Paris in 2002. His short films Orpheus and Maltonius Olbren screened and received awards at many international film festivals such as Berlin, Clermont-Ferrand, NY FF, Locarno and Stockholm. His short Get the Rabbit Back was in competition in Cannes FF 2005. Two years later, his last short, Rabbit Troubles, was again selected at the International Critic’s Week in Cannes. He directed over 60 commercials and a number of music videos. Eastern Plays was his first feature film and The Island is just released.
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