Director

Hristo Ganev

Writing

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Directed movies: 1Directed series: 0All crew credits: 12

TMDB ID: 1568781

IMDb ID: nm0304279

Known for: Writing

Born: August 2, 1924

Died: September 25, 2021

Age: 97

Place of birth: Pavel banya, Kazanlak, Bulgaria

Gender: Male

Adult content flag: No

Career span: 1954 - 2024

Years active: 71

Wikidata: Q12298255

Also known as

Христо Ганев • Christo Ganev

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Biography

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 during WWII. He wrote the scripts for The Swimming Pool (1977), The Big Night Bathe (1980), and On the Roofs at Night (1988), directed by his wife Binka Zhelyazkova; as well as the scripts for a lot of short animated films. He directed a documentary on the Algerian independence titled Holiday for Hope(1963) and co-directed Life Quietly Moves On...(1957) with his wife.

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