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Dimitar Kotzev - Shosho (Bulgarian: Димитър Коцев – Шошо; also credited as Dimitar "Shosho" Kotzev; born 3 January 1971, in Sofia) is a Bulgarian film and theatre director, screenwriter, producer, novelist, and translator.
Education
[edit]Dimitar Kotzev - Shosho holds a Masters degree in English Philology and Literature from Sofia University "St. Kliment Ohridski" (1996) and a Masters degree in Film and Television Directing from the National Academy for Theatre and Film Arts "Krastyo Sarafov" (NATFA), where he studied under Professor Vladislav Ikonomov (1998).[1]
Career
[edit]Literary translation and writing
[edit]Between 1990 and 1996, Kotzev-Shosho worked as a freelance literary translator, translating into Bulgarian works by American authors including Still Life with Woodpecker by Tom Robbins, The Sheltering Sky by Paul Bowles, and Other Voices, Other Rooms by Truman Capote. He received the Bulgarian Translators' Union award for best translation from English and the Open Society Foundation's award for Best Young Translator (1996).
He is the author of the novels Lora from Morning till Evening and Shrimp. His short fiction has appeared in Literaturen Vestnik, the magazine Ah, Maria (where he also served as an editor), Pulse, the anthologies Fathers Don't Leave and Stories from the '90s, and in a publication of Columbia University's East Central European Center. He has also contributed to the magazine L'Europeo. Between 1998 and 1999 he was co-publisher and editor-in-chief of the culture magazine Kamikaze Gazette.[1]
Film and television
[edit]Dimitar Kotzev - Shosho has worked as a freelance director since 1994, directing concerts, live events, television programmes, and documentaries. His debut short film Reflection (1994), which he co-wrote and co-directed, won the Debut Award at the Golden Rose National Film Festival in Varna in 1995.
He was a director at MM Television between 2002 and 2005, and wrote and directed the channel's annual Music Awards between 2002 and 2008.
He has produced, written, and directed the feature films Lora from Morning till Evening (2011) and Monkey (2016; Audience Award, Sofia International Film Festival), The Answer to All Questions (2024; the film's editing was recognised with an award from the Union of Bulgarian Film Makers), and the documentary Man Under Surveillance (2022; Jury Award, Golden Rhyton Festival).[2] He directed the documentary The 16th Republic (2023). He also directed the television series Fourth Estate (2013; Bulgarian Film Academy awards for Best Screenplay and Best TV Series) and Alpha (2024), as well as the documentary television series The Other Bulgaria (bTV)[citation needed] and Open Dossiers (Bulgarian National Television).[3]
Selected filmography:
- Reflection (short, 1994) – co-writer, co-director
- Shopping (short, 2010) – producer, writer, director
- Lora from Morning till Evening (feature, 2011) – producer, writer, director
- Fourth Estate (TV series, 2013) – associate producer, writer, director
- Monkey (feature, 2016) – producer, writer, director
- Man Under Surveillance (documentary, 2022) – producer, writer, director
- Open Dossiers (documentary series) – director, episodes across all seasons; season 4 (2022) – with Pavel G. Vesnakov and Alexander Smolyanov[3]
- The 16th Republic (documentary, 2023) – director
- Alpha (TV series, 2024) – associate producer, writer, director
- The Answer to All Questions (feature, 2024) – producer, writer, director
- The Last Camp Inmates of Belene (documentary, 2026) – director
- For You (feature, 2027) – producer, writer, director
Theatre
[edit]Kotzev-Shosho has directed and produced numerous stage productions, including Live (Askeer Award for solo performance) and A Place Called Elsewhere, a play recognised with the Askeer and Ikar awards for dramatic text. He has led a number of performing-arts and audiovisual projects supported by the Ministry of Culture, the National Culture Fund, the National Film Center, Sofia Municipality, and the Lachezar Tsotsorkov Foundation.
Selected stage productions:
- Live (2021, Salza i Smyah Theatre) – producer and director
- A Place Called Elsewhere (2022, Youth Theatre) – producer and director
- With Your Back to the Sunset (2022, Salza i Smyah Theatre) – producer and director
- For Love (2022, touring production) – producer and director
- The Night Knights (2022, touring production) – producer and director
- Live and Beyond That (2023, Satirical Theatre) – director
- If You Scream at Night with All Your Might (2024, Salza i Smyah Theatre) – producer and director
- My Evening, Your Night (2024, Youth Theatre) – producer and director
- In the Realm of the Heart (2025, Teatro) – producer and director
- Napoletano (2025, Teatro) – producer and director
- I, Who Love You (2025, Teatro) – producer and director (nominated for the 2026 Askeer Award, Solo Performance category)[4]
Awards
[edit]- 1995 – Debut Award, Golden Rose National Film Festival, Varna – for Reflection
- 1996 – Bulgarian Translators' Union award for best translation from English
- 1996 – Best Young Translator award, Open Society Foundation
- 2013 – Bulgarian Film Academy awards for Best Screenplay and Best TV Series – for Fourth Estate
- 2016 – Audience Award, Sofia International Film Festival – for Monkey
- 2018 – Supporting Actor Award, Golden Rose Bulgarian Film Festival – for his role in Living Chimneys
- Askeer Award for solo performance – for Live
- Jury Award, Golden Rhyton Festival – for Man Under Surveillance
- 2026 – Nomination, Askeer Award, Solo Performance category – for I, Who Love You[4]
References
[edit]- 1 2 "Димитър Коцев - Шошо – български режисьор биография". ePortal.BG (in Bulgarian). Retrieved 2026-09-07.
- ↑ ""Следеният човек". Димитър Коцев-Шошо и неговият поглед към "миналото, което не отминава"". Свободна Европа (Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty, Bulgarian Service) (in Bulgarian). Retrieved 2026-09-07.
- 1 2 "Отворени досиета 4". Bulgarian National Television (BNT) (in Bulgarian). Retrieved 2026-09-07.
- 1 2 "Пълен списък с номинациите за наградите "Аскеер" за 2026 г." Площад Славейков (in Bulgarian). Retrieved 2026-09-07.
- Dimitar Kotzev-Shosho biography, ePortal.BG (in Bulgarian)
- Interview with Dimitar Kotzev-Shosho, 24 Chasa (in Bulgarian)
- Feature interview, bTV Novinite (in Bulgarian)
- "Man Under Surveillance": Dimitar Kotzev-Shosho and his look at "a past that does not pass", Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty (Bulgarian Service) (in Bulgarian)
- Interview, Detebg.org (in Bulgarian)
- Interview, Mila.bg (in Bulgarian)
- "Open Dossiers 4", Bulgarian National Television (BNT) (in Bulgarian)
External links
[edit]- Author profile at Ciela Publishing House (in Bulgarian)
Category:1971 births Category:Living people Category:Bulgarian film directors Category:Bulgarian screenwriters Category:Bulgarian novelists Category:Bulgarian translators Category:Sofia University alumni
