Zako Heskija, Isaac Solomonov Heskiya, ''Зако Хеския'', also: ''Zako Heskia'' or "Sako Cheskija" (21 September 1922 – 3 June 2006) was a Bulgarian

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. He was born in Istanbul (Turkey) to Jewish parents. He graduated Cinema and Photograph College in Sofia. Since 1956 until 1965, he had been an assistant director in Boyana Film Studio. Heskia became in 1966 international audience for "Gorechto Pladne" (Torrid Noon), the first Bulgarian contribution to the Cannes Film Festival and a nomination for the Palme d'Or. In 1981 he won the spezial prize at the

12th Moscow International Film Festival The 12th Moscow International Film Festival was held from 7 to 21 July 1981. The Golden Prizes were awarded to the Brazilian film ''O Homem que Virou Suco'' directed by João Batista de Andrade, the Vietnamese film '' The Abandoned Field: Free Fi ...

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Yo Ho Ho ''Yo Ho Ho'' ( bg, Йо-хо-хо, italic=yes) is a 1981 Bulgarian drama film directed by Zako Heskiya and written by Valeri Petrov. It was entered into the 12th Moscow International Film Festival where it won a Special Prize. The 2006 film '' ...

''. Zako Heskiya worked as a leader of the group "Debut" in former Boyana Studio (succeeded by Nu Boyana Film Studios) and opened the door to professional work for many young Bulgarian film directors.

Filmography

Films * 1966 Goreshto pladne (Torrid Noon) (Director) * 1966 The Start of the Summer Holidays (Director) * 1969 The Eighth (Director) * 1971

Three Reservists ''Three Reservists'' ( bg, Тримата от запаса, translit=Trimata ot zapasa, italic=yes) is a Bulgarian comedy-drama war film released in 1971, directed by Zako Heskiya, starring Georgi Partsalev, Kiril Gospodinov and Nikola Anastaso ...

(Director) * 1974

Dawn Over the Drava Dawn Over the Drava ( bg, Зарево над Драва, Zarevo nad Drava) is a Bulgarian war-drama film from 1974, directed by Zako Heskiya. Plot The Liberation of the Chamber of Communists and the Communist Party of Bosnia and Herzegovina, ...

(Director) * 1976 Bou Posledon (Director/ Screenplay) * 1979 A Final Battle (Director) * 1981

(Director) * 1989 Scar-Free (Director) TV films * 1979 Alone Among Wolves (Director) * 1985 Nights with the White Horses (Director)

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* 1922 births 2006 deaths Bulgarian film directors People from Sofia Bulgarians in Istanbul Turkish people of Jewish descent Bulgarian people of Jewish descent {{Bulgaria-film-director-stub