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

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

Biography edit

 
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 edit

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 edit

As a director or a producer edit

As an actress edit

References edit

  1. ^ "Почина режисьорът и преподавател доц. Юлия Кънчева". nova.bg (in Bulgarian). Retrieved 23 April 2021.
  2. ^ К. "Юлия Кънчева (1956 – 2019) – К" (in Bulgarian). Retrieved 23 April 2021.
  3. ^ "300 близки и приятели изпратиха доц. Юлия Кънчева в последния й път". www.24chasa.bg. Retrieved 23 April 2021.
  4. ^ "доц. Юлия Кънчева - Кино и телевизия - НБУ". ecatalog.nbu.bg. Retrieved 23 April 2021.
  5. ^ "Отиде си режисьорът Юлия Кънчева - Lupa BG". lupa.bg. Retrieved 23 April 2021.
  6. ^ "Gerush - IMDb".