Stiliyan Ivanov

Stiliyan Ivanov
Stiliyan Ivanov
Стилиян Боянов Иванов
	Ivanov in October 2025
Born	Стилиян Боянов Иванов [Stiliyan Boyanov Ivanov]; 29 August 1968; Sandanski, Bulgaria
Education	Krastyo Sarafov National Academy for Theatre and Film Arts
Occupations	Film director; writer; teacher;
Years active	Since - 1992
Works	List Vanga (1996) Documentary Movie; The truth about Orpheus (2007) Documentary Movie; "Bolshoi Theatre" (2011) Documentary Movie; Dervishes - Mystics Of The East (2012) Documentary Movie; The Centaurs (2025) Documentary Movie;
Awards	List "Director of the Year" – 1997, video clip; "Director of the Year" – 1999, video clip; "I am a person", Orenburg - 2007; Second International Film Festival "Vernoe serdce", Moscow - 2007; 10th Anniversary Eurasian Television and Film Festival – 2007; Union of Russian Journalists – “For High Professional Achievements” – 2013; Movie Award from International Film Festival Zaječar – 2018;
Website	aseman.eu

Stiliyan Ivanov (Bulgarian: Стилиян Боянов Иванов; Stiliyan Boyanov Ivanov) is a Bulgarian film director, writer, and astrologer. He has directed over 63 documentaries and written eight books about history, culture, and philosophy.

He has directed films about global cultural sites and traditions around the world, including the Bolshoi Theatre in Moscow, the traditions of Shamans in Canada (A Tale about Faith), the Sufi traditions in Iran (Worshipers of the Light), the ancient world in Mesopotamia (The traces of the Sand), and the history of Anatolia, Turkey (the Anatolia trilogy).

His work has been recognized with international awards and is kept in Bulgarian national libraries as educational material.

He is a member of the Union of Bulgarian Journalists. He co-owns the production company DodoFilm, where he teaches documentary filmmaking and internet television. He has also led journalism masterclasses at the Moscow State University branch in Sevastopol and Bulgarian school in Istanbul.

In 2009, he founded Tv Art, a television and web platform focused to culture, tourism and the arts.