Rangel Vulchanov
Rangel Vulchanov was born on Oct 12, 1928 in Bulgaria. Rangel Vulchanov's big-screen debut came with Pesen za choveka directed by Borislav Sharaliev in 1954, strarring Lesev. Rangel Vulchanov is known for A sega nakade? directed by Rangel Vulchanov, Albena Stavreva stars as Momicheto Krasi s belega and Ani Vulchanova as Svetla. Rangel Vulchanov has got 18 awards and 5 nominations so far. The most recent award Rangel Vulchanov achieved is Bulgarian Film Academy Awards. The upcoming new movie Rangel Vulchanov plays is Raci which will be released on Feb 19, 2010.
Rangel Vulchanov was one of the few Bulgarian directors who had not studied in Moscow. He graduated from a vocational high school and the Theatrical Institute, worked as assistant director five years; in 1956 was Sharaliev's second unit director in Two Victories. After the critique of On a Small Island, he also was employed as a second-unit director in 1958 in Stars, a co-production between Bulgaria and East Germany that was directed by Konrad Wolf. Rangel Vulchanov was a director of nearly 20 Bulgarian movies and script-writer of another 8 films. He also performed in several movies as well as on the theatre stage in Bulgaria. Rangel Vulchanov was elected best Bulgarian film director of the 20th century. He was a member of the European Film Academy and a laureate of many Bulgarian and international awards. Rangel Vulchanov was an original maker who used his imagination to make experiments in his films. In The Unknown Soldier's Patent Leather Shoes (1979), shot through the view of a seven-year old child, the renowned director takes us through the one-time Bulgarian village and its ancient traditions all the way to the Buckingham Palace. The movie is a mixture of fabulous scenes and great sense of humor and the characters of the classical rural Bulgaria stand engraved in our memory. One of the brightest roles of Rangel Vulchanov at the theatre stage was in Lazaritsa mono play written by the classic of the Bulgarian literature Yordan Radichkov. Rangel Vulchanov was quite ill during the last years of his life. However, he managed to write three books. One of them was entitled "We will all die, and now Cheers!"
Birthday
Oct 12, 1928Place of Birth
Krivina, Bulgaria
Known For
Awards
18 wins & 5 nominations
Movies & TV Shows
- 2009
actor
5.6 - 1988
writer, director
7.6 - 1986
writer, director
7.7 - 19797.6
- 1970
director, actor
7.1 - 1966
Dzhesi Dzeyms sreshtu Lokum Shekerov
writer, director, actor
5.9 - 1965
writer, director
6.9 - 1963
director
7.6 - 1958
director
8.2 - 19547.0