Hristo Ganev
Hristo Ganev is a Bulgarian writer and film director. He was a member of the partisan unit "Chavdar" and took active participation in the antifascist resistance during WWII. He wrote the scripts for The Swimming Pool (1977), The Big Night Bathe (1980), and On the Roofs at Night (1988), directed by his wife Binka Zhelyazkova; as well as the scripts for a lot of short animated films. He directed a documentary on the Algerian independence titled Holiday for Hope(1963) and co-directed Life Quietly Moves On...(1957) with his wife.
- Known for
- Writing
- Born
- 1924-08-02 · Pavel banya, Kazanlak, Bulgaria
- Died
- 2021-09-25
Known for
- We Were Young (1961) — Writer
- The Swimming Pool (1977) — Writer
- Jesse James vs. Lokum Shekerov (1966)
- Life Flows Slowly By... (1957) — Director
- Two Victories (1956) — Writer
- Song of Man (1954) — Writer
- The Devil in the Church (1969) — Writer
- The Big Night Bathe (1980) — Writer
- On the Roofs at Night (1988) — Writer
- A Celebration of Hope (1963) — Director
- The Merry Man (1987) — Writer
- The Tenth Circle (1998) — Writer
- Love with Occasional Showers (2015) — Writer
- Zaches (2010) — Writer
- All So Much Hogwash (2017) — Writer
- A white shoulder for a black man (2024) — Writer