# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/zahari-zhandov
# Generated: 2026-08-15T03:51:33.392Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/zahari-zhandov"
name: "Zahari Zhandov"
slug: "zahari-zhandov"
description: "Zahari Zhandov was a Bulgarian film director, script writer and cinematographer. He was born on 1 June 1911 in the city of Rousse. At first he studied mathematics and then administrative sciences at Free University of Political and Economic Sciences, today UNWE in Sofia. His debut in film-making was with the a short documentary One Day in Sofia. Later he came to direct films like Shibil (1968), Birds Come Flying to Us and The Master of Boyana. Zhandov got a Golden palm nomination at the Cannes Film Festival in 1957 for the film Earth (Zemya). In 1969 he was a member of the jury at the 6th Moscow International Film Festival."
tagline: "Bulgarian film director (1911–1998)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Zahari-Jandov.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Directors"
  slug: "directors"
profileType:
  name: "Movie Director"
  slug: "director"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q33999"
birthDate: "1911-10-01"
deathDate: "1998-02-02"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           39.08
  momentum:             16.14754098360656
  historical:           8.135781333333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     59.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  65
  trendDirection:       "BREAKOUT"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0955329/"
    handle:    "nm0955329"
sources:
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%96%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%B4%D0%BE%D0%B2%2C_%D0%97%D0%B0%D1%85%D0%B0%D1%80%D0%B8"
    title: "Жандов, Захари"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B2%D8%A7%D9%87%D8%A7%D8%B1%D9%89_%D8%B2%D9%87%D8%A7%D9%86%D8%AF%D9%88%DA%A4"
    title: "زاهارى زهاندوڤ"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://bg.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%97%D0%B0%D1%85%D0%B0%D1%80%D0%B8_%D0%96%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%B4%D0%BE%D0%B2"
    title: "Захари Жандов"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zahari_%C5%BDandov"
    title: "Zahari Žandov"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sachari_Schandow"
    title: "Sachari Schandow"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zahari_Zhandov"
    title: "Zahari Zhandov"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ka.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E1%83%96%E1%83%90%E1%83%AE%E1%83%90%E1%83%A0%E1%83%98%E1%83%90_%E1%83%9F%E1%83%90%E1%83%9C%E1%83%93%E1%83%9D%E1%83%95%E1%83%98"
    title: "ზახარია ჟანდოვი"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zachari_%C5%BBandow"
    title: "Zachari Żandow"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ro.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zahari_Jandov"
    title: "Zahari Jandov"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3652159"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1332573"
    title: "Zahari Zhandov"
    type:  "DATABASE"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump