Ivaylo Hristov

IVAYLO HRISTOV (December 10, 1955,Sofia, Bulgaria) Graduated from the department of acting at the National Academy for Theatre and Film Arts NATFIZ. Worked at the Sliven drama theatre "Stefan Kirov". Since 1985 worked as an actor at the Theatre of Bulgarian Army in Sofia. He has more than 50 roles in theatre, and more than twenty in feature films to his credit, directed stage productions Accidental Death of an Anarchist, Sex & Drugs & Rock & Roll, Graduate etc. Since 1992 teaches acting at NATFIZ. His first feature Emigrants (2002), which he directed together with Lyudmil Todorov, won several national awards and participated in many film festivals. Footsteps in the Sand (2010) participated in the competition of the 32 MIFF. He is an author of the book – The actor in cinema. One of the founders of the prestigious Bulgarian theatre awards, Askeer.

37. Moscow International Film Festival