Lyudmil Hristov

Professor Lyudmil Hristov was born on April 5, 1952 in Sofia, Bulgaria. He is Chair of the Department of Cinema, Advertising and Show Business at New Bulgarian University. In 1984, he received an MA in Film and TV Cinematography from the National Academy for Theatre and Film Art, Sofia, Bulgaria. He became an Associate Professor of Film and Television Cinematography at New Bulgarian University in 1999. In 2007 he received an academic rank Professor. Professor Hristov is also a freelance film and television cameraman. He has shot documentaries, commercials, popular science and feature films, as well as serials and TV programs. Professor Lyudmil Hristov has been teaching at New Bulgarian University since 1991 and has been a member of the Academic Council since its establishment. In 1993 he founded the Department of Cinema and Video which, in 1994, became the Department of Cinema, Advertising and Show Business. He was Chair of the Department of Cinema, Advertising and Show Business in 1994-2000 and he is since 2006 to date. He is the author of the one-year Advertising Agent and Sales Traveler Program (1994) and the author of Cinema and Television Program (1993). He headed the team that prepared the joined program in Visual Arts (2007). Professor Hristov organizes and participates in conferences in the sphere of higher education, film and television arts and advertising communications. He was the chair of the Council of Directors of Sofia Film between 1997 and 2002. He has been frequently a member of juries and casting committees at cinema and television festivals. His films have been awarded national and international prizes. Professor Hristov is a member of the Union of Film Producers, the Union of Bulgarian Journalists, the permanent Committee for Liberal Arts at the National Evaluation and Accreditation Agency, the chair of the council board of "Film-author" and a co-founder of the Association of Academically Ranked lecturers in the field of cinema "Academica 21" (2003). His scientific interests are in the sphere of higher education, cinema and television, photography and arts.