Dimitar Koklin(1938-2014)
- Make-Up Department
Dimitar Koklin was born on September 3, 1938 in Sofia in the family of Alexander Koklin. His father was an emigrant from Russia's "White Army" during the Civil War in Russia (1917-1922). The father went to settle in Bulgaria in 1920. His family is of noble ancestry. Dimitar Koklin finished the School of Crafts in Sofia. In Boyana Film Studios he recorded on course for beauticians. After completion of the training, she won the competition and began working as an assistant makeup artist. Koklin worked in Film Studios since 1959. He realized their concepts as a makeup artist in over 40 Bulgarian movies. The first film in which he was makeup artist was "We Were Young", directed by Binka Zhelyazkova. He has his work in dozens of films As a specialist in makeup and special effects. He worked with many Bulgarian film directors such as Lybomir Sharlandzhiev, Zahari Zhandov, Grisha Ostrovski, Metodi Andonov, Borislav Sharaliev, Georgi Djulgerov, Gueorgui Stoyanov, Zako Heskiya, Ludmil Staikov, Vulo Radev, Plamen Maslarov, Hristo Piskov and Irina Aktasheva, Svetoslav Ovtcharov, Ivaylo Hristov. Koklin was wanted for numerous foreign film productions. Dimitar Koklin worked at the largest theaters in the country - at the National, Youth and Satire Theater and for their work in the Theatre "Bulgarian Army" in 2000 was awarded the "Golden hammer". More than a decade Dimitar Koklin worked with the actors in TV performances " Canaletto ", " Outcasts " and " Slavi's Show ". He defined his work as an alloy of pedantry and fantasy. Already established master of makeup Dimitar Koklin transmit the secrets of the craft to their students. He died on November 3, 2014 in Sofia, Bulgaria.