Stefan Ivanov

Stefan Ivanov began his career in his native Bulgaria where he worked on a variety of film and television projects. Ivanov has directed photography for such films as Vercingetorix (aka The Druids) for director Jacques Dorfman, Quelque Chose dans L'Air, directed by Peter Popzlatev and winner of the audience award at the 6th annual Rencontre Cinematographique de Cannes '93, Les Amours estivales d'un doux Reveur, directed by Ludmil Tororov and winner of the Grand Prix at the 1991 Turin Film Festival, and Les Amis d'Emilia, also directed by Tororov and nominated by the Cinematographic Society of Bulgaria. In 1996, he moved to Montreal, Quebec while continuing to work in Europe, as well as in Canada. Ivanov caught the attention of acclaimed director Raoul Ruiz, who brought him on as director of photography for Genealogie d'un Crime (starring Catherine Deneuve, Michelle Piccoli and Melville Poupaud). The film was awarded a "Silver Bear" at the 1997 Berlin Film Festival.

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