Directing

Todor Dinov

Place of birth

Alexandroúpoli, Greece

Known for

Directing

Credits

28 titles

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 Mark…

Known for

Behind the camera

The Dragon poster
7.0

There is a dragon, which threatens the life of the shacked village. The attempts of lumberjacks, shepherds and hunters to get rid of the menace are without success. Their battle with the imaginary mythical monster makes them realize that their real enemies are the master Kolota and his servants. The dragon is beaten not physically but spiritually.

The Dragon

1974

Jealousy poster
10.0

A composer writes music at the piano. The notes come alive. One of them turns into a cowboy. He is courting a beautiful lady. As a result, the horns grow on the portrait of her husband. On the pentolinium sheet, the deceived spouse organizes the persecution. They pass through a forest of black signs. They descend into the abyss by the stairs from the "sharp" signs. In the final, a duel takes place. But the bullet does not hit the opponent, but the lady's heart…

Jealousy

1963

No artwork available
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Nadkhitrenata lisitsa

1958

Duo poster
NR

Two singers quarrel over a not-so-agitated scene that the film they are in gets stuck and later breaks. To fix it, they need to get in harmony again.

Duo

1961

Duo poster
NR

Two singers quarrel over a not-so-agitated scene that the film they are in gets stuck and later breaks. To fix it, they need to get in harmony again.

Duo

1961

The Apple poster
10.0

A short story about 4 brothers, a zmei, and an apple.

The Apple

1963

The Apple poster
10.0

A short story about 4 brothers, a zmei, and an apple.

The Apple

1963

The Lighting Rod poster
8.0

A lightning rod is guarding the house roof, but when the lightnings strike, it appears the rod if afraid of them.

The Lighting Rod

1962

Prometheus XX poster
NR

Bulgarian animation film

Prometheus XX

1970

Prometheus XX poster
NR

Bulgarian animation film

Prometheus XX

1970

The Rain of Paris poster
NR

A street artist draws pictures on the pavement in Paris, begging for money. After a rain all his paintings are erased so he starts all over.

The Rain of Paris

1980

The Rain of Paris poster
NR

A street artist draws pictures on the pavement in Paris, begging for money. After a rain all his paintings are erased so he starts all over.

The Rain of Paris

1980

Banished from Eden poster
9.0

In a concert, one of the musicians suddenly rushed to the sky. There he waits at St. Peter's Gate to be received. Inside, pathetic music is played. A musician plays jazz. The angels begin to tremble in rhythm

Banished from Eden

1967

Banished from Eden poster
9.0

In a concert, one of the musicians suddenly rushed to the sky. There he waits at St. Peter's Gate to be received. Inside, pathetic music is played. A musician plays jazz. The angels begin to tremble in rhythm

Banished from Eden

1967

The Daisy poster
9.0

Neither scissors nor saw will help the gardener to get rid of a daisy that has had the audacity to grow in the wrong place, but she herself cannot resist the gaze of a little girl.

The Daisy

1965

No artwork available
8.0

The police trucks and the piled up dead partisans in the village square shatter the peace of the village. The people manage to not only bear these extreme conditions, but also manage to take part in history. An army blocks off the village. Arrests and interrogation are common. The partisans are hiding in the forest. One of the soldiers manages to run off to them. The pot maker is among their aids and is killed while completing a mission.

Gunpowder

1977

No artwork available
8.0

The police trucks and the piled up dead partisans in the village square shatter the peace of the village. The people manage to not only bear these extreme conditions, but also manage to take part in history. An army blocks off the village. Arrests and interrogation are common. The partisans are hiding in the forest. One of the soldiers manages to run off to them. The pot maker is among their aids and is killed while completing a mission.

Gunpowder

1977

The Icon Stand poster
7.8

In late 19th century, a carver-cutter arrives in a little town to make the iconostasis of the newly built church. He is being accommodated in the house of a respected family. He is working slowly because of his love for the daughter of his hosts. They resist in every possible way and pay a high price: Their daughter dies. Though in despair, the master completes the iconostasis: a masterpiece the locals perceive as a heresy. And he leaves once again without any destination.

The Icon Stand

1969

No artwork available
6.0

Bulgarian animation film

Chain Reaction

1971

No artwork available
NR

Bulgarian fairytale animation

The Secret of the Golden Shoes

1959

No artwork available
10.0

Several short stories, showing what would happen if Prometheus tried to bring the gift of fire to the mankind in 20th century?

Prometheus

1959

No artwork available
NR

Bulgarian animation

In the Land of Cannibals

1958

The Attentive Little Angel poster
NR

An animated short film.

The Attentive Little Angel

1956

The Attentive Little Angel poster
NR

An animated short film.

The Attentive Little Angel

1956

No artwork available
10.0

It is only the child who is able to view the world with a pure heart and to laugh at it lovingly and to justify it through laughter. Anna mocks stupidity, injustice, ugliness in human behavior. At times, she also exposes herself to ridicule in her impulse to gain knowledge of the world. She makes us laugh but she also evokes love.

Little Anna

1958

No artwork available
NR

Bulgarian animation film

Perpetuum Mobile

1975

The Kettle-Drum poster
9.0

An artist's hand tries to draw a drummer with various tools and techniques, but he cannot do it for some reason. Finally he pinches his index finger and draws the drummer with his red blood. The drummer starts hitting the drum and the artist tries to erase it with no success. At the end the artist's hand remains white and motionless while the blood-drawn drummer keeps drumming.

The Kettle-Drum

1973

The Kettle-Drum poster
9.0

An artist's hand tries to draw a drummer with various tools and techniques, but he cannot do it for some reason. Finally he pinches his index finger and draws the drummer with his red blood. The drummer starts hitting the drum and the artist tries to erase it with no success. At the end the artist's hand remains white and motionless while the blood-drawn drummer keeps drumming.

The Kettle-Drum

1973