Borislav Chouchkov

Borislav graduated from the Conservatory in Sofia and then from the National Academy for Theatre and Film Arts. Simultaneously, he established his first production company SIF309 at 19 for film music recording and shooting music videos. To combine knowledge in arts with business, he studied audio-visual management at Media Business School (Spain). In 2003 he established (together with Viktor Chouchkov Jr.) the production company Chouchkov Brothers with the main goal to produce feature films. Now his experience in the audio-visual industry includes: the co-production feature film WHY ME (directed by the multi-awarded Tudor Giurgiu) the feature TILT, which Borislav produced and co-wrote. It was awarded best debut at the Raindance IFF (London, UK), Best editing at Woodstock IFF (USA) and 12 other awards. It was 4 weeks in a row box-office #1 in Bulgaria and the Bulgarian Oscar entry 2011. It was distributed theatrically in Germany and Macedonia and sold to HBO and Cinemax for 14 countries. He co-produced the feature films Crayfish (Moscow 09, Karlovy Vary 09) and Hunting Park, as well as a number of short films and the awarded documentary HOMO LUDENS. He produced prime-time TV shows for the major TV channels in Bulgaria and line-produced (for Bulgaria) - international films from Spain, Italy, Canada and France. Now Borislav is working on slate of feature films including - "18% Gray" based on the book, written by Zahari Karabashliev, "A Picture with Yuki", co-production Bulgaria-Japan-Canada, "Call me Shakespeare", directed by Valeri Yordanov. As well as co-producing several feature films with Canada, Serbia, Macedonia, Germany. The companies he has created and manages produced more than 170 commercials for most major brands in Bulgaria and have carried out as a service more than 650 film music score recordings. He is a member of ACE (Ateliers du Cinéma Européen), European Producers Club and Producers on the Move networks.