Andrei Paunov

Biography

Andrei Paunov was born on February 23rd, 1974 in Sofia. He graduated in film directing at NATFA "Krystio Sarafov" in 2000. He has been a bartender in Prague, a cook in Washington DC, a gardener in Toronto, a boom operator in New York, and an accounting clerk in San Francisco. He has made a number of short films, including A Short Film about Yuri Gagarin (Kratki film za Yuri Gagarin, 1995), for which he received the Main Prize at the festival in Varna. He was hailed for his super-short film Lucy Tsak Tsak (2000) where, in 67 slates, he incorporated the 30-year endeavours of the film’s clapperboard heroine. His film Georgi and the Butterflies (Georgi i peperudite), screened at the Karlovy Vary IFF in 2005 in the Documentary Film Competition, came top at the IDFA festival in 2004 in the short documentary category.

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Filmography - As a Director:
1. Qnuari (2021) Two men and a bird, trapped in a snowstorm in the middle of nowhe... [more]
2. Momcheto, koeto beshe car (2011) Explores the strange history of Simeon Saxe-Coburg-Gotha who beca... [more]
3. Problemyt s komarite i drugi istorii (2007) The word “zanzar” in Bulgarian means a type of giant mosquito whi... [more]
4. Georgi i peperudite (2004) Georgi and the Butterflies tells the story of a man and his dream... [more]
5. Liusi cyk cyk (2000) 67 slates telling the life and times of Lucy and her 30 years in ... [more]

Filmography - As a Writer:
1. Qnuari (2021) Two men and a bird, trapped in a snowstorm in the middle of nowhe... [more]
2. Problemyt s komarite i drugi istorii (2007) The word “zanzar” in Bulgarian means a type of giant mosquito whi... [more]