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Tchavdar Georgiev

Editing

Biography

Tchavdar Georgiev is an Emmy-nominated filmmaker and a member of ACE (American Cinema Editors). He edited the two times Emmy-nominated “Valentine Road” (HBO) as well as “Finders Keepers,” both of which premiered at Sundance. He wrote, co-produced and edited “Off The Rails” (Hot Docs, Full Frame, Sundance Channel) that won many awards including DOC NYC FF. He directed and edited together with Dana Berry for Nat Geo “Finding the Next Earth” and edited the Emmy-nominated “Alien Earths.” He also edited on “The American Meme” (Tribeca FF, Hot Docs, Netflix Original). He has also written, produced, directed or edited for BBC, History Channel, USA Network, STARZ and Amazon Studios.

Known For

The Desert of Forbidden Art
4.7

How does art survive in a time of oppression? During the Soviet rule artists who stay true to their vision are executed, sent to mental hospitals or Gulags. Their plight inspires young Igor Savitsky. He pretends to buy state-approved art but instead daringly rescues 40,000 forbidden fellow artist's works and creates a museum in the desert of Uzbekistan, far from the watchful eyes of the KGB. Though a penniless artist himself, he cajoles the cash to pay for the art from the same authorities who are banning it. Savitsky amasses an eclectic mix of Russian Avant-Garde art. But his greatest discovery is an unknown school of artists who settle in Uzbekistan after the Russian revolution of 1917, encountering a unique Islamic culture, as exotic to them as Tahiti was for Gauguin. They develop a startlingly original style, fusing European modernism with centuries-old Eastern traditions.

The Desert of Forbidden Art

2011Movie
Belly of the Beast
7.2

When a courageous young woman and a radical lawyer discover a pattern of illegal involuntary sterilizations in California’s women’s prison system, they take to the courtroom to wage a near-impossible battle against the Department of Corrections. With a growing team of investigators inside prison working with colleagues on the outside, they uncover a series of statewide crimes - from dangerously inadequate health care to sexual assault to coercive sterilizations - primarily targeting women of color. But no one believes them. This shocking legal drama captured over seven years features extraordinary access and intimate accounts from currently and formerly incarcerated women, demanding our attention to a shameful and ongoing legacy of eugenics and reproductive injustice in the United States.

Belly of the Beast

2020Movie