Katsi Vaptsarov (born Krastyo Georgiev Vaptsarov) ( bg, Къци Вапцаров, ''or'' Кръстю Георгиев Вапцаров) (born July 25, 1963) is a popular
Bulgarian
television host and
film director
A film director controls a film's artistic and dramatic aspects and visualizes the screenplay (or script) while guiding the film crew and actors in the fulfilment of that vision. The director has a key role in choosing the cast members, p ...
.
His name is sometimes also
transliterated as Katzi Vaptzarov.
Vaptzarov graduated from
NATFIZ
The Krastyo Sarafov National Academy for Theatre and Film Arts (commonly referred to as NATFIZ) is a performing, cinematic and media arts institution of higher education based in Sofia. It is the first Bulgarian university in the field of theatr ...
, specializing in
puppetry
Puppetry is a form of theatre or performance that involves the manipulation of puppets – inanimate objects, often resembling some type of human or animal figure, that are animated or manipulated by a human called a puppeteer. Such a perform ...
. His TV career began in 1991 as a producer of the children's show "Кой е по-по-най" (Who is the best), but he gained prominence as the host of "Невада" (Nevada) and "Риск печели, риск губи" (Taking risks could mean wins, but also losses).
In 2008, he earned a degree as a film director from NATFIZ.
Vaptsarov's 2008 film "Добре дошли на Земята" (Welcome to earth) earned first place at the
Philadelphia Independent Film Festival
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in the "best short" category.
References
1963 births
Living people
People from Ruse, Bulgaria
Bulgarian television personalities
Bulgarian television presenters
Bulgarian film directors
Big Brother (Bulgarian TV series) contestants
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