Hristo Ganev
Writing·August 2, 1924·† September 25, 2021 — 97 years old·Pavel banya, Kazanlak, Bulgaria
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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Filmography · 16
2024A white shoulder for a black manWriter2017All So Much HogwashWriter2015Love with Occasional ShowersWriter2010ZachesWriter1998The Tenth CircleWriter1988On the Roofs at NightWriter1987The Merry ManWriter1980The Big Night BatheWriter1977The Swimming PoolWriter1969The Devil in the ChurchWriter1966Jesse James vs. Lokum Shekerov1963A Celebration of HopeDirector · Writer1961We Were YoungWriter1957Life Flows Slowly By...Director · Writer1956Two VictoriesWriter1954Song of ManWriter