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

Bulgarians

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 film director

Film director

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, script writer

Screenwriter

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 and cinematographer

Cinematographer

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. He was born on June 1, 1911 in the city of Rousse

Rousse

Ruse is the fifth-largest city in Bulgaria. Ruse is situated in the northeastern part of the country, on the right bank of the Danube, opposite the Romanian city of Giurgiu, from the capital Sofia and from the Bulgarian Black Sea Coast...

. At first he studied mathematics and then administrative sciences. 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

Palme d'Or

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 nomination at the Cannes Film Festival

Cannes Film Festival

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 in 1957 for the film Earth

Earth (1957 film)

Earth is a 1957 Bulgarian drama film directed by Zahari Zhandov. It was entered into the 1957 Cannes Film Festival.-Cast:* Bogomil Simeonov - Enyo* Slavka Slavova - Stanka* Ginka Stancheva - Tzveta* Elena Hranova - Tzveta's Mother...

(Zemya). He died on February 2, 1998 in Sofia

Sofia

Sofia is the capital and largest city of Bulgaria and the 12th largest city in the European Union with a population of 1.27 million people. It is located in western Bulgaria, at the foot of Mount Vitosha and approximately at the centre of the Balkan Peninsula.Prehistoric settlements were excavated...

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Director

• One Day in Sofia (Edin den v Sofia) (1946)
• People in the Clouds (Hora sred oblatzite) (1946)
• Alarm (Trevoga) (1951)
• Septembrists (Septemvriytzi) (1954)
• Earth
  Earth (1957 film)
  Earth is a 1957 Bulgarian drama film directed by Zahari Zhandov. It was entered into the 1957 Cannes Film Festival.-Cast:* Bogomil Simeonov - Enyo* Slavka Slavova - Stanka* Ginka Stancheva - Tzveta* Elena Hranova - Tzveta's Mother...
  
  (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)