Andrey Koulev is a producer, film director, screen writer and artist. Born in Sofia, he graduated from the National Academy of Theatre and Film Arts with a M.A. in film directing. A member of the selection committee in ‘The International Animation Festival Hiroshima 2012’. Illustrator and designer of various books and magazines. Member of Union of Bulgarian Fine Artists and the Union of Bulgarian Film Makers. Since 2011 he is a program director of the World Festival of Animated Film, Varna.
Animated films
| 2021 | ‘Moon Fish’ (in production) |
| 2021 | ‘Santiago’ |
| 2017 | ‘Fishes, Swimmers, Boats’ (co-dir. Dmitry Geller) |
| 2016 | ‘Love with Occasional Showers’ (co-dir. Assia Kovanova) |
| 2012 | ‘The Piano Player’ (co-dir. Assia Kovanova) |
| 2009 | ‘Line’ |
| 2008 | ‘The River’ (series for children) |
| 2003 | ‘Poet and Pegasus’ |
| 1997 | ‘The Fool Moon’ (for MTV ‘Minute cinema’) |
| 1996 | ‘Reflection’ (co-directed with Dimitar Kotsev) |
Live action shorts
Documentaries
| 2021 | ‘The Celestial Mechanics of Kites’ (in production) |
| 2021 | ‘The Man with the Pipe’ |
TV
| 2008 | ‘The River’ - season 2 (7 series x 4 min), BNT; Attract Film; Koulev Film Production |
| 2007 | “The River” - season 1 (7 series x 4 min), BNT;Attract Film; Koulev Film Production |
| Since 2001 | A series of animation TV spots and advertisings |
Screenplays
| 2020 | ‘The Celestial Mechanics of Kites’ |
| 2020 | ‘Moon Fish’ |
| 2019 | ‘The Man with the Pipe’ |
| 2017 | ‘Santiago’ |
| 2016 | ‘Fishes, Swimmers, Boats’ |
| 2011 | ‘Pilot Mon Amour’ |
| 2011 | ‘The Bearman from the Deep’ |
| 2011 | ‘Polar Explorers’ |
| 2008 | ‘Suddenly Upside Down’ |
| 2008 | ‘The Piano Player’ (co-written with Assia Kovanova) |
| 2006 | ‘Tick-tack’ |
| 2004 | ‘Autumn’ |
| ‘Time’ | |
| ‘Compass’ | |
| 1997 | ‘Full Moon’ |
| 1996 | ‘Reflection’ (co-written with Dimitar Kotsev) |
Actor
| 1977 | ‘The Swimming Pool’ (script Hristo Ganev, director Binka Zhelyazkova) |
Activities
| 2016 | Guest Professor at JAI in Changchun, China |
| 2012 | Selection committee in ‘Hiroshima International Animation Festival 2012’, Japan |
| 2008 | Master class in animation, ‘Golden Fish’ International Children's Film Festival, Yaroslavl, Russia |
| 2002/3/5/6/8 | Jury at the ‘Golden Fish’ International Children's Film Festival, Moscow, Russia |
| 2006 | Master class at animation, Cakovica, Croatia |
| 2006 | Perspectives for Animated Films 2006, Dresden, Germany |
| 2005 | Participation at Berlinale Talent Campus, Berlin, Germany |
Stages
| 2005 | Directior of the stage ‘The night of Helver’ by Ingmar Wilkist at the National Theatre ‘Ivan Vazov’, Sofia, Bulgaria. |
Exhibitions
| 2021 | ‘THE NORTHERN SLOPE OF THE PENINSULA VARVARA – CHINA’ – Solo exhibition in art gallery RAKURSI, Sofia |
| 2017 | ‘THE SOUTHERN SLOPE OF THE PENINSULA VARVARA – CHINA’ – Solo exhibition in art gallery CHUDO, Varvara |
| 2017 | ‘THE SOUTHERN SLOPE OF THE PENINSULA VARVARA – CHINA’ – Solo exhibition in art gallery URBAN SPACE 2.0, Sofia |
| 2016 | ‘Black on White’ in Art Depot ‘Red Point Gallery’, Sofia |
| 2015-16 | ‘Authors, Artists’ in Grafit Gallery, Varna and theNational Palace of Culture, Sofia |
| Since 1990 | Participation in caricature exhibitions in: Bulgaria, Turkey, Norway, Canada, Italy, Japan, etc… |
Illustrations
| Since 1990 | ‘Tao Te Ching’ by Lao Dzi |
| ‘Shrimp’ by Dimitar Kotzev Shosho | |
| ’Cuckoo’ by Elin Rahnev | |
| ‘Edwarda’ by B. Lambovsky | |
| ‘Selected Epitaphs From The Decline Of The Roman Empire’ by K. Merdjansky | |
| ‘The Stories Of Olga D.’ by A. Paunov | |
| ‘Huiku’ by Lyuben Dilov | |
| Since 1990 | A designer of the posters for the stage play ‘Black Hole’ by G. Stefanovsky and the films ‘The Return Of Don Quixote’, ‘Conversation With Birds’ |
| Since 1989 | An illustrator of the‘Ah, Maria’ literary magazine, “Power and Wine” the magazine |
| Since 1985 | Articles and cartoons for the following newspapers: |
| Starshel, Pulse, Continent, 1000 days, Disputes, Culture and many others… |