Andrey Slabakov was born in 1960 in Sofia. He graduated in Film and TV Directing from National Academy for Theatre and Film Art, Sofia in 1984. In the period 1991-1995 he worked for RAI. Filmography: Train to the Sea (documentary) - 1990, The Jews in Bulgaria (documentary) - 1995, Wagner - 1998, The Wolves (TV) - 1999, Ali Mehmet - the Lonely Poet and the Meaning of Life (documentary) - 2000, Improvisation (documentary) - co-direction with Rumiana Petkova - 2001, Perlovetz - the River of Life (documentary) - 2001, My Father (documentary) - 2003, Hindemith - 2007.