Todor Dinov

Todor Dinov

Todor Dinov (24 July 1919 – 17 June 2004) was a Bulgarian animator informally known as the Father of Bulgarian animation. During his lifetime, he wrote and directed more than 40 short animated films and several live-action feature films, and was also a popular illustrator, children's book illustrator, painter, graphic artist, comics artist and caricaturist. Dinov was born to a Bulgarian family in Dedeagach in Western Thrace (today Alexandroupoli, Greece) and finished school in Plovdiv, Bulgaria. He studied at the Gerasimov Institute of Cinematography in Moscow under the tutelage of distinguished Soviet animators such as Ivan Ivanov-Vano. Dinov created his own first animated film, Yunak Marko (English: Marko the Hero), in 1955. Perhaps his best-known animated film in the West is the five-minute short Margaritka (English: The Daisy), produced in 1965. The film features a square-shaped little man trying to cut down a daisy and failing, then becoming more and more enraged as he tries increasingly brutal methods against the flower; in the end, the daisy only responds to the love of a child. Oddly, Margaritka won a prize for best children's film even though it was meant for adults. In 1967 he was a member of the jury of the 5th Moscow International Film Festival.[1] He founded the first animation studio in Bulgaria, setting the highest quality professional standards for producing animation in his country. Later, he created the Animation Department (now a separate major) and taught animation classes at the Theatre and Film Arts Institute. Dinov was also a member of the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences. In 1999, Dinov was awarded the highest-rank Bulgarian medal — the Stara Planina order (First Degree). In 2003 he received the Crystal Pyramide Award of the Bulgarian Filmmaker Union for lifetime achievement to the art of Bulgarian animation. He died in Sofia at the age of 84.

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  • Place of Birth : Alexandroúpoli, Greece
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Todor Dinov Movies

  • 1962
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    The Lighting Rod

    The Lighting Rod

    1 1962 HD

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  • 1980
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    The Rain of Paris

    The Rain of Paris

    1 1980 HD

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  • 1980
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    The Rain of Paris

    The Rain of Paris

    1 1980 HD

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  • 1967
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    Banished from Eden

    Banished from Eden

    1 1967 HD

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  • 1967
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    Banished from Eden

    Banished from Eden

    1 1967 HD

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  • 1967
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    Banished from Eden

    Banished from Eden

    1 1967 HD

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  • 1969
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    The Icon Stand

    The Icon Stand

    7 1969 HD

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  • 1963
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    The Apple

    The Apple

    1 1963 HD

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  • 1963
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    The Apple

    The Apple

    1 1963 HD

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  • 1988
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    Libido

    Libido

    5 1988 HD

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  • 1983
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    Cuckoo

    Cuckoo

    5 1983 HD

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  • 1987
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    Bustle

    Bustle

    1 1987 HD

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  • 1963
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    Jealousy

    Jealousy

    1 1963 HD

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  • 1962
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    The Lighting Rod

    The Lighting Rod

    1 1962 HD

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  • 1959
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    Prometheus

    Prometheus

    1 1959 HD

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  • 1973
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    The Kettle-Drum

    The Kettle-Drum

    1 1973 HD

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  • 1958
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    Little Anna

    Little Anna

    1 1958 HD

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  • 1970
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    Prometheus XX

    Prometheus XX

    1 1970 HD

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  • 1975
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    Perpetuum Mobile

    Perpetuum Mobile

    1 1975 HD

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  • 1973
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    The Kettle-Drum

    The Kettle-Drum

    1 1973 HD

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  • 1971
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    Chain Reaction

    Chain Reaction

    6 1971 HD

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  • 1959
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    The Secret of the Golden Shoes

    The Secret of the Golden Shoes

    1 1959 HD

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  • 1961
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    Duo

    Duo

    1 1961 HD

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  • 1961
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    Duo

    Duo

    1 1961 HD

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  • 1965
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    The Daisy

    The Daisy

    1 1965 HD

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  • 1965
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    The Daisy

    The Daisy

    1 1965 HD

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  • 1958
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    In the Land of Cannibals

    In the Land of Cannibals

    1 1958 HD

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  • 1977
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    Gunpowder

    Gunpowder

    1 1977 HD

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  • 1977
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    Gunpowder

    Gunpowder

    1 1977 HD

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  • 1974
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    The Dragon

    The Dragon

    7 1974 HD

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  • 1958
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    Nadkhitrenata lisitsa

    Nadkhitrenata lisitsa

    1 1958 HD

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  • 1958
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    Nadkhitrenata lisitsa

    Nadkhitrenata lisitsa

    1 1958 HD

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  • 1970
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    Prometheus XX

    Prometheus XX

    1 1970 HD

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  • 1970
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    Prometheus XX

    Prometheus XX

    1 1970 HD

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  • 1963
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    The Apple

    The Apple

    1 1963 HD

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