Hristo Ganev

Hristo Ganev

writer, director, actor

Hristo Ganev was born on Aug 02, 1924 in Bulgaria. Hristo Ganev's big-screen debut came with Pesen za choveka directed by Borislav Sharaliev in 1954. Hristo Ganev is known for Zhivotut si teche tiho... directed by Hristo Ganev, Bogomil Simeonov stars as Zhelyo and Georgi Georgiev-Getz as Petko. The most recent award Hristo Ganev achieved is Golden Rhyton Bulgarian Documentary and Animation Film Festival. The upcoming new movie Hristo Ganev plays is Dzhesi Dzeyms sreshtu Lokum Shekerov which will be released on Apr 22, 1995.

Hristo Ganev is a Bulgarian writer and film director. He was a member of the partisan unit "Chavdar" and took active participation in the antifascist resistance. Outstanding among the antifascist films was the film When We Were Young (1961), directed by Binka Zhelyazkova, and based on the script of Hristo Ganev. In 1963, Ganev filmed a documentary about Algeria entitled Holiday of Hope, a sensitive poetic essay on war and freedom and then he fell silent. In the comebacks after 1970, the names of Hristo Ganev and Valeri Petrov were conspicuous by their absence. They were expelled from the Union of Bulgarian Writers and the Communist Party in 1971 for refusing to condemn Alexander Solzhenitsyn. Ganev - truly member of a "lost generation" - could wipe out the 10 wasted years. Howsoever he wrote many scripts for the animation films, especially for his son of low Anri Kulev - Hypothesis (1976), Bagpipe (1982), Safari (1984), The Straw man (2001), as well and the scripts for the films The Swimming Pool (1977), The Big Night Bathe (1980), and On the Roofs at Night (1988), directed by his wife Binka Zhelyazkova.

  • Birthday

    Aug 02, 1924
  • Place of Birth

    Pavel banya, Kazanlak, Bulgaria

Known For

Awards

6 wins & 0 nominations

Golden Rhyton Bulgarian Documentary and Animation Film Festival
2007
Special Jury Award
Winner - Golden Rhyton
1989
Best Animation Film
Winner - Golden Rhyton
Bulgarian Film Academy Awards
1989
Zhivotut si teche tiho... (1988)
Winner - Special Prize
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