Javor Gardev
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| Born | February 23, 1972 |
| Occupation | Bulgarian film and stage director |
Javor Gardev (Bulgarian: Явор Гърдев) is a Bulgarian stage and film director. He was born on February 23, 1972 in Sofia, Bulgaria.
Javor Gardev holds an MA degree in Philosophy from Sofia University, and in Theatre Directing from the Bulgarian National Academy of Theatre and Film Arts. He has staged thirty-three performances in his home country and abroad. This includes Williams Shakespeare’s “Hamlet” and “King Lear”, Edward Albee’s “The Goat or Who is Sylvia?” and “The Play about the Baby” (Officially endorsed by Edward Albee), Martin McDonagh’s “A Behanding in Spokane” and “The Pillowman”, Tracy Letts’ “Killer Joe”, Ethan Coen’s “Almost an Evening”, among others. Gardev has directed radio-drama and authored performance art and video art works. His long feature debut film Zift (2008) won nineteen domestic and international awards and special mentions. Javor Gardev won “Silver St. George” for Best Director in Main Competition at the 30th Moscow IFF. “Zift” was part of the selections of fifty four different International Film Festivals including Toronto IFF, 2008 (Official Selection, Discovery). It was Bulgaria’s official entry for foreign language Oscar and part of the Official Selection for the European Film Academy Awards, 2008. Until 2009 when its domestic record was broken, it was the highest grossing Bulgarian feature film since the prior two decades. Since 2009 Javor Gardev is a member of the European Film Academy. In 2011 he founded Compania Ecstatica.
Gardev graduated from the National Lyceum for Ancient Languages and Cultures, Sofia, Bulgaria in 1991. He then pursued a master's degree in Philosophy from the University of Sofia, which he obtained in 1997. The following year he obtained another master's degree, in Stage Directing from the Academy for Theatre and Film Arts, Sofia.
In 2008 Gardev directed his first feature film. It was entitled Zift. The film was produced by Miramar Film (Bulgaria), with the Bulgarian National Film Center and the Bulgarian National Television as co-producers. Gardev is slated to direct his second film, entitled 'Theseus,' which will be a tale of the Greek mythological hero Theseus.
Gardev has also directed several plays. Among his most famous stage directions are Russian People's Post (1999), In the Air (2002), The Pillowman (2004), Caligula (play) (2008), A Behanding in Spokane (2011), and Almost an Evening (2013).
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