Zahari Zhandov

Bulgarian film director (1911–1998)

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Lived 1911–1998, aged 87

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1911–1998
Aged 87
Known for
The Boyana Master
1981

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Updated 2026-06-17

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.