| Yuliya Kancheva | |
| Native Name: | Юлия Кънчева |
| Birth Date: | 1956 7, df=y |
| Birth Place: | Sofia, Bulgaria |
| Death Place: | Sofia, Bulgaria |
| Known For: | A Bulgarian film producer, director and actress |
Yuliya Kancheva (7 July 1956 – 11 June 2019) was a Bulgarian actress, television producer and film director.[1]
Kancheva was born on 1 July 1956 in Sofia, Bulgaria. She graduated from the Krastyo Sarafov National Academy for Theatre and Film Arts in Sofia in 1980 with a specialty in film directing, studying under professor Yanko Yankov.[2]
Kancheva was an author and director of 17 documentary movies, two TV series, one feature-length short story, a TV feature film, and several TV shows made for the Bulgarian National Television (BNT).[3]
Kancheva was a member of the International Documentary Association (IDA), as well as the National Union of Bulgarian Film Makers, and the National Bulgarian Union of Journalists.[4]
The New Bulgarian University named her "Teacher of the Year" in 2008.[5]
In 1989, Yuliya Kancheva received the "Silver Dragon" award from the Film Festival in Krakow, Poland, for the movie "Zhivotat e pred nas", (1988).[6]