Zahari Zhandov ( bg, Захари Жандов) (1 June 1911 – 2 February 1998) was a

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and

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. He was born on 1 June 1911 in the city of

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. At first he studied mathematics and then administrative sciences at Free University of Political and Economic Sciences, today UNWE in

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. His debut in film-making was with the a short documentary ''One Day in Sofia'' (''Edin den v Sofia'', 1946). Later he came to direct films like ''Shibil'' (1968), ''Birds Come Flying to Us'' (''Ptitzi dolitat'', 1971) and ''The Master of Boyana'' (''Boyanskiyat maystor'', 1981). Zhandov got a

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nomination at the

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in 1957 for the film ''

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'' (''Zemya''). In 1969 he was a member of the jury at the

6th Moscow International Film Festival The 6th Moscow International Film Festival was held from 7 to 22 July 1969. The Golden Prizes were awarded to the Cuban film ''Lucía'' directed by Humberto Solás, the Italian film '' Serafino'' directed by Pietro Germi and the Soviet film ''W ...

. He died on 2 February 1998 in

Career

Director

* ''One Day in Sofia'' (''Edin den v Sofia'') (1946) * ''People in the Clouds'' (''Hora sred oblatzite'') (1946) * ''Alarm'' (''Trevoga'') (1951) * ''Septembrists'' (''Septemvriytzi'') (1954) * ''

'' (''Zemya'') (1957) * ''Beyond the Horizon'' (''Otvad horizonta'') (1960) * ''The Black River'' (''Chernata reka'') (1964) * ''Awakened After Ages'' (''Razbudeni sled vekove'') (1964) * ''Shibil'' (1968) * ''Birds Come Flying to Us'' (''Ptitzi dolitat'') (1971) * ''The Master of Boyana'' (''Boyanskiyat maystor'') (1981)

Writer

* ''One Day in Sofia'' (''Edin den v Sofia'') (1946) * ''People in the Clouds'' (''Hora sred oblatzite'') (1946) * ''Awakened After Ages'' (''Razbudeni sled vekove'') (1964) * ''Shibil'' (1968) * ''Birds Come Flying to Us'' (''Ptitzi dolitat'') (1971) * ''The Master of Boyana'' (''Boyanskiyat maystor'') (1981)

Cinematographer

* ''One Day in Sofia'' (''Edin den v Sofia'') (1946) * ''People in the Clouds'' (''Hora sred oblatzite'') (1946) * ''Alarm'' (''Trevoga'') (1951)

References

;General * * ;Specific {{DEFAULTSORT:Zhandov, Zahari 1911 births 1998 deaths Bulgarian film directors People from Ruse, Bulgaria University of National and World Economy alumni