Angel Niki Iliev
A director's job is not just about telling actors what to do, but also about inspiring them to bring their best to the role.
Nikolay Boikov Iliev, known as Niki Iliev, is a Bulgarian film actor and director.
Biography
He was born in 1981 in Sofia, Bulgaria. In 2011 he received a Master’s degree in film directing and acting (with the feature film “Say Hello to Daddy” 80min.) from New Bulgarian University.
He appears as an actor in several American, Italian, Russian, German, French, and Bulgarian movies and TV series. He made his professional debut as a director with his movie “The Foreigner” in 2012. It became the most-watched and highest-grossing Bulgarian film for 2012 and 2013 in cinemas, TV, and VOD. In 2013 he directed 12 episodes of the sitcom “House Arrest” on bTV(a TV station owned by Time Warner). His second feature film, “Living Legends” was released in February 2014 and instantly took first place at the Bulgarian box office. “Living Legends” became the most-watched and highest-grossing Bulgarian film for 2014 and 2015 in cinemas, TV, and VOD. It was voted N 11 of the favorite Bulgarian movies of all time, by the viewers of The Bulgarian National Television, the highest-raked film made after 1989.
Since 2015 he has been teaching film directing at New Bulgarian University.
In 2016/2017 he directs 25 episodes of Bulgarian TV drama series “Dear Heirs” for primetime bTV.
In 2017/2018 he directs 10 episodes for the primetime comedy series “Policemen Out of Town” for Nova TV.
In 2018 he directed the first and the second season of the mystery drama web series “The Closet”. He also plays the part of Damyan.
“All She Wrote”, 2018 is his third feature film as a director/writer/producer. The movie wins awards at film festivals in Paris, New York, and Rome.
In 2019 he directed and acted in the third season of “The Closet”. “Reunion” is his fourth feature film and was the highest-grossing Bulgarian film for 2019.
In 2020 he directed 20 episodes of the crime drama “Brothers” for NOVA TV.
