Andrei Kulev

Andrey Koulev was born on June 16th 1973 in Sofia, Bulgaria. He graduated the National Art School specializing in illustration in 1991 and TV and Film Directing major at the National Academy for Theatre and Film in the course of prof. Vladislav Ikonomov. Among his works from these studies are: "The Lovers" '92; "Some Important Stories Told Around A Table" (TV) '95; "The Locksmith" '97 and others. He also directed and animated "Reflection", which won the Debut Prize at the National Film Festival in Varna '96. In 1997 he is among the winners in the MTV "Minute Cinema" Competition. He wrote and directed "Full Moon". In 2003 he produced and direct the animated film "Poet and Pegasus", written by Hristo Ganev (2003). He participated in caricature exhibitions in Bulgaria, Turkey, Norway, Canada, Italy and Japan, designed posters for the many stage plays and films and created TVCs and TV spots. His works were published in many Bulgarian newspapers. He illustrated more than 30 books. Since 1990 he has been designing and illustrating the literary magazine "Ah, Maria". Andrey Koulev directed the stage play "The night of Helver" from Ingmar Wilkist and created the animation for the stage play "The Cuckoo" from Elin Rahnev, both in National Theater "Ivan Vazov". He directed the TV film "The House" (27 min) which won the Galya Batchvarova Prize at the Golden Chest Festival in 2004. Currently he is working on the last 3 episodes from the animated serial "The River".