Petar B. Vasilev nicknamed Milevin ( bg, Петър Б. Василев-Милевин) (1918–2001), was a

Bulgaria Bulgaria (; bg, България, Bǎlgariya), officially the Republic of Bulgaria,, ) is a country in Southeast Europe. It is situated on the eastern flank of the Balkans, and is bordered by Romania to the north, Serbia and North Macedon ...

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 ...

and

screenwriter A screenplay writer (also called screenwriter, scriptwriter, scribe or scenarist) is a writer who practices the craft of screenwriting, writing screenplays on which mass media, such as films, television programs and video games, are based. ...

. He was among the prominent Bulgarian film directors from the last decades of the 20th century best known for his satirical comedies. Most of them obtained a broad popularity and became a classic works of the Bulgarian cinematography, most notably ''

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'' (1962), ''

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'' (1970), ''

Farsighted for Two Diopters ''Farsighted for Two Diopters'' ( bg, Два Диоптъра Далекогледство, italic=yes / ''Dva Dioptara Dalekogledstvo'') is a 1976 Bulgarian comedy film directed by Petar B. Vasilev and written by Mormarevi Brothers. The film st ...

'' (1976), '' Maneuvers on the Fifth Floor'' (1985) and especially the sequence about ''

The Past-Master ''The Past-Master'' ( bg, Баш Майсторът, translit=Bash Maystorat, italic=yes) is a Bulgarian satiric TV comedy film released in 1973, directed by Petar B. Vasilev. The movie turned the actor Kiril Gospodinov and his character Rangel Le ...

'' (1970–1983).

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Vasilev, Petar B. Bulgarian film directors Bulgarian screenwriters Bulgarian male screenwriters 1918 births 2001 deaths People from Montana Province 20th-century screenwriters