Grisha Ostrovski (, 25 May 1918 – 30 April 2007) was a Bulgarian

film director A film director or filmmaker is a person who controls a film's artistic and dramatic aspects and visualizes the screenplay (or script) while guiding the film crew and actors in the fulfillment of that Goal, vision. The director has a key role ...

. He directed seven films between 1967 and 1979. His 1967 film ''

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'' was entered into the

5th Moscow International Film Festival The 5th Moscow International Film Festival was held from 5 to 20 July 1967. The Grand Prix was shared between the Soviet film '' The Journalist'', directed by Sergei Gerasimov and the Hungarian film ''Father'', directed by István Szabó. The f ...

where it won the Special Golden Prize and the Prix

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Selected filmography

* ''

'' (1967) * '' Men on a Business Trip'' (1969) * '' The Five from the Moby Dick'' (1970)

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* 1918 births 2007 deaths Bulgarian film directors French emigrants Immigrants to Bulgaria {{Bulgaria-film-director-stub