Maria Sotirova(I)
- Costume Designer
Maria Sotirova was born on July 7, 1925 in Karnobat, Bulgaria. She graduated set design in the class of Professor Ivan Penkov from the National Academy of Art, Sofia. She is married, the name of her husband is Sotir, and the name of her son is Vasil. Since 1951 she is a costume designer in Boyana Film Studios. Among her movies are: "Our Land," "Song of Man", "Restless Time," "Steep path", "Captured Squadron," "Michael Strogov", "Iconostasis", "Days of Rage", "Bitter", "Anvil or Hammer "," Dragon "," Warning "," Illusion "," Swap "," Family Karastoyanovi, "" Measure according to Measure "," Dreamers "and others. She has awarded with the Order "Cyril and Methodius". She received the Award of Union of Bulgarian Filmmakers for the movie "Measure according to Measure", 1981. She won Best Costume Prix in National Film Festival, Varna, 1982 and the Prize of the Union of Bulgarian Artist for the costumes of the movie "Measure according to Measure", directed by Georgi Djulgerov. Union of Bulgarian Filmmakers gave her the Award for Lifetime Achievement.