Born in Krivina, Bulgaria, in 1928 and dying in 2013, Rangel Vulchanov (Valchanov) graduated in theatre directing in Sofia in 1953, began as an assistant director, and became a leading figure of Bulgarian cinema in the 1960s. His early films, On the Small Island (1958), First Lesson (1960) and The Sun and the Shadow (1962), were poetic, humane stories that helped open Bulgarian film to the world. He worked in Czechoslovakia from 1970 to 1972. Where Are You Going? (1986) was shown in Un Certain Regard at Cannes. He was voted the best Bulgarian film director of the 20th century.
Filmography
- First Lesson (1960)
- The Sun and the Shadow (1962)
- Where Are You Going? (1986)