Kostadin Bonev

Kostadin Bonev was born on Jan 09, 1951 in Bulgaria. Kostadin Bonev's big-screen debut came with Voenen korespondent directed by Kostadin Bonev in 2008.

Graduated in Theatre Critical Studies from National Academy of Theatre and Film Art, Sofia, Bulgaria in 1980. Postgraduated in film directing in the classes of Georgi Djulgerov. Scriptwriter and director of more than 20 documentaries. He has been awarded a lot of national and international prizes, among them Grand Prix "Centaur" in 1995 for "Letters to the Nether World", Prix Europa Willy Brandt Prize for "The Patience of the Stone", Special Jury Prize in Munich for the same film, The Special Prize of the Film Concern Mosfilm for "A War Correspondent", "Golden Rhyton Grand Prix", Official Best of Fest Award - Seattle'2010, Los Angeles Reel Film Festival Winner, London Documentary Film Festival Audience Award Winner for "Europolis, the Town of the delta" etc. Five of his films won the Award of the film Critics at the festivals of the Bulgarian documentary and feature film "The Golden Rhyton" and "The Golden Rose". Three times awarded with the Prize for the Best film at the annual awarding of the Bulgarian Association of Filmmakers for the documentaries "Under a Cloud", "The Patience of the Stone" and for the TV Feature "War Correspondent".