Life and work
Balchev initially worked as a composer, creating pieces for the cinema and theater, as well as songs for Russian pop stars and releasing albums with his own songs. In the self-written piece ''The Poets' Café'' he debuted in 1990 as a director. In the 1990s he was co-producer of the Russian-American project ''Cops in Russia'', the Russian version of the television show '' COPS'' by Fox Television. In 1998 he founded the Apollo Film Studio. His intensive study of film-making practiced in Hollywood enabled him to direct the Russian-American movie ''Passenger from San Francisco''. He has written several screenplays waiting to be filmed.Filmography (selection)
*Высоцкий. Неизвестные страницы (Vysotsky, Unknown Pages), 2017 *Пассажир из Сан-Франциско (Passenger from San Francisco), 2014 *Vladimir Vysotsky's 80th BirthdaySongs (selection)
*Пасхальная (Easter) *Хризантемы (chrysanthemums) *У зим бывают имена (winter have names) *Ялта (Yalta)References
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