Stefan-Zvezdan  Tenev

The director and scriptwriter of more than 50 films and TV programmes, Stefan Tenev began his career in the film industry when he was sixteen years old. He worked as a gaffer, later he became an editor, and for ten years hе was an assistant cameraman and cameraman for music videos and TV ads. In 1996 he co-produced the film Talking to Birds. Stefan started directing short films in 2000: among others, Romeo and Juliet was selected for the festival in Lodz, Poland and Nestinarka was included in the selection to the sun of the festival ‘Golden Vitiaz’ in Moscow. In 2000 he started developing and directing the TV programme about extreme sports Bx3m, as well as the music TV show Lakritz. Stefan directed The last night of the Mormons (2001), Panta rei (TV documentary, 2003) and was the executive producer of the films Citizen X, Balkan Error (both released in 2002). In 2006/2007 he directed numerous films, commissioned by the Bulgarian National Television: The love of the tenors, Voice of a lark, Stefan Elenkov, the documentaries When April comes…, Plovdiv reads, and The music of the victory.
In 2008 Stefan directed Brothers Gelevi, The songs of Thrace (both for the Bulgarian National Television) and edited the film Hushove.
Currently, Stefan works as a freelance director for the Bulgarian National Television and the media company “SIA advertising”.
His most recent projects are the short films Casta Diva (2009) – an exploration of the pleasure and pain in the training process of a female gymnast, and "On Air", starring principal dancers of the Bulgarian National Ballet. In 2012, Stefan Tenev served as director of televised film "Morning news" featuring Todor Kolev; documentary " Plovdiv read 2012" and served as executive producer for the Swiss film "The Pursuit To The Sun", which tells the story of the first voyage ship with solar energy