- Demir Yanev
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Demir Yanev 
Born Demir Yanev Demirev
9 August 1972
Damascus, SyriaCitizenship Bulgaria Occupation Film director Influenced Oliver Stone, Orson Welles, Rangel Valchanov, Michael Mann Website http://www.newlevel.co Demir Yanev was born in Damascus, Syria and is a Bulgarian film producer and director.
Biography
Yanev is the son of the Bulgarian diplomat (Yancho Demirev 1960-1990) and grandson of the Bulgarian politician and communist bearing the same name, He He lived in various places in the middle east with his parents, and was educated in different cities, including Khartoum and Amman. He then completed four years of Arabian Studies at Sofia University, and acquired an associate degree in Banking management from the University of Veliko Tarnovo in 1997.
After several years in business enterprises in Sofia, Dubai and Istanbul, Yanev embarked on filmmaking, inspired by personal acquaintance in Dubai with the late Afghan leader Abdul Haq (Afghan leader) in Dubai. He established his own film production company, "New level productions" in 2005 after several years collaboration with the theatrical anthropological group THEATREDREAMS on a documentary on the origins of the ancient Bulgars in present day Afghanistan and Pakistan (Bactria). He has worked on several film projects as an assistant director, researcher, photographer, editor and completed several independent expeditions to Afghanistan and Pakistan.
He began work on his first films. the documentaries "Six Inches" and "Hollywood Haq" in 2005. Hollywood Haq was shot on location in several countries including Afghanistan, Jordan, Greece and Bulgaria, and was selected at San Sebastian in 2007 (European Films crossing borders).
In 2008 following the murder of Georgi Stoev, Demir Yanev began another difficult mission with Once Upon a Time in the East. The film was completed in 2010 and was selected at Al Jazeera Film Festival during April, 2011. The film's theatrical premiere in Sofia was in October, 2011.
He was also the producer for Life is Black and White a film directed by Vlad Petri.[1]
References
External links
- Official website Once upon a time in the East, Documentary based on the books by Georgi Stoev
- Hollywood Haq Documentary Film about the life and death of Abdul Haq
- www.newlevel.co new level productions - Sofia, Bulgaria
Categories:- Pashtun people
- People from Damascus
- Bulgarian film producers
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