Niki Iliev

Nikolay Boikov Iliev /Niki Iliev/ was born in 1981 in Sofia, Bulgaria. In 2011 received a Master degree in film directing and acting(with the feature film "Say hello to daddy" 80min.) from the New Bulgarian University. He appears as an actor several American, Italien, Russian, German, French and Bulgarian movies and TV series. He makes his proffesional debut as a director with the movie "The Foreigner" in 2012. It becomes the most watched and highest grossing bulgarian film for 2012 and 2013 in cinemas, TV and VOD. In 2013 he directs 12 episodes of the sitcom "House arrest" on bTV(TV station owned by Time Warner). His second feature film, "Living legends" was released in February 2014 and instantly took the 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. Highest raked film made after 1989. Since 2015 he teaches film directing in The 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 directs the first and the second seasons 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 directs and acts in the third season of "The Closet". "Reunion" is his fourth feature film and it was the highest grossing Bulgarian film for 2019. In 2020 he directs 20 episodes of the crime drama "Brothers" for NOVA TV