Yuliya Kancheva

Yuliya Kancheva
Юлия Кънчева
Born(1956-07-01)1 July 1956
Sofia, Bulgaria
Died11 June 2019(2019-06-11) (aged 62)
Sofia, Bulgaria
Known forA Bulgarian film producer, director and actress

Yuliya Kancheva (7 July 1956 – 11 June 2019) was a Bulgarian actor, television producer and film director.[1]

Biography

The National Academy for Theatre and Film Arts
The National Academy for Theatre and Film Arts

Kancheva was born on 1 July 1956 in Sofia, Bulgaria. She graduated from the Krastyo Sarafov National Academy for Theatre and Film Arts in Sofia in 1980 with a specialty in film directing, studying under professor Yanko Yankov.[2]

Kancheva was an author and director of 17 documentary movies, two TV series, one feature-length short story, a TV feature film, and several TV shows made for the Bulgarian National Television (BNT).[3]

Kancheva was a member of the International Documentary Association (IDA), as well as the National Union of Bulgarian Film Makers, and the National Bulgarian Union of Journalists.[4]

The New Bulgarian University named her "Teacher of the Year" in 2008.[5]

Awards received

In 1989, Yuliya Kancheva received the "Silver Dragon" award from the Film Festival in Krakow, Poland, for the movie "Zhivotat e pred nas", (1988).[6]

Filmography

As a director or a producer

As an actress

References