Zahari Zhandov () (1 June 1911 – 2 February 1998) was a Bulgarian

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, script writer 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

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, today

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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 Golden palm 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. 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

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