Emil Christov was born in Sofia in 1956. He completed his secondary education at the College of Photography, and went on to study Cinematography at the National Academy for Theatre and Film Arts in Sofia. From 1982 till 1990 he was head of cinematographers’ unit at Vreme Film Studio. He has more than 50 documentary and 20 feature films, one hundred TV commercials and more than 20 music videos to his credit as cinematographer. He has been the director of photography of the following award-winning films: I, the Countess, prized for Best Cinematography at the 1989 Troya Fest, Portugal; Full Moon Late, prized for Best Cinematography at the 1996 Golden Rose Festival in Varna, Bulgaria; Tuvalu (1999), winner of the 2000 KODAK Award for Cinematography; Touched by God, winner of the Best Cinematography Award at the 2002 Golden Rose Festival in Varna; Under the Same Sky, winner of the KODAK Award for Best Cinematography at the 2003 Sofia International Film Festival. The Color of the Chameleon is his directorial debut.
CINEMATOGRAPHER
Love Off
o 2023
Phi 1.618
o 2022
Vernal Еquinox
o 2022
The Art of Falling
o 2022
Before The End
o 2020
Fear
o 2020
Piano Miniature
o 2018
The Omnipresent
o 2017
Miracle
o 2017
Cambridge
o 2015
Losers
o 2015
I am You
o 2012
Love.net
o 2011
Footseps In The Sand
o 2010
If Someone Loves You
o 2010
The Glass River
o 2010
The Holy Family (Nina and Marian)
o 2010
Positive Emotions
o 2008
Zift
o 2008
The World is Big And Salvation is Lurking Everywhere
o 2008
Seamstresses
o 2007
Nikolay Maistorov: Suffocating Cry
o Short
o 2007
Night And Day
o 2006
My Friends Call Me Uncle
o TV Movie
o 2006
Voices
o 2005
The Meaning Of Life
o 2005
Dancing Bear Park
o 2005
Bullet: Ek Dhamaka
o 2005
Cremation
o 2004
Mama Rossi’s Dreams
o Short
o 2003
Under One Sky
o 2003
Rage
o 2002
Rocks and Chocolate
o Short
o 2002
The Devil’s Mirror
o 2001
Diagnosis
o Short
o 2001
And The Lord Came Dawn to See Us
o 2001
Green Card
o Short
o 2001
Born With The Century
o 2000
Life in The Ghetto
o Short
o 2000
Glass Balls
o 1999
Tuvalu
o 1999
Who Are You
o 1999
The Eternal Lover
o Short
o 1999
For Humans And Bears
o 1996
Late Full Moon
o 1996
Diary of a Madman
o 1996
Biography
o Short
o 1994
Fatal Tendeness
o 1993
Possible Distances
o 1992
Neon Tales
o Short
o 1992
Plontek
o 1991
The Restless Lovebird
o 1990
House Number 8
o 1989
To Find The Bike
o Short
o 1989
Divorces, Divorces…
o segment 6 “Razvodi, Razvodi
o 1989
I, The Countess
o 1989
A Lucky Chance
o 1989
Until Tomorrow… Four Portraits And a Memory
o 1988
Not For Adults
Portrait1987
Only You, Heart
o 1987
Snow Zoo
o Short
o 1986
Elegy For a Tree
o Short
o 1986
Comy, The People
o Short
o 1985
Difficult Choice
o 1983
DIRECTOR
The Color of The Chameleon
o 2012
ACTOR
Mayor, Mayor
o Drugaryat Hristov
o 1990
Unnecessary intermission
o Disertantat
o 1987
Deat Can Wait
o 1985
