Alexander Stanishev is a Bulgarian cinematographer and a member of the European Film Academy, the Bulgarian Association of Cinematographers, and The Syndicate 7. His work has screened at Camerimage, Sundance, Berlinale, SXSW, Sarajevo, Karlovy Vary and Slamdance.
He is best known for the feature Touched with Fire (dir. Paul Dalio; executive producer Spike Lee; starring Katie Holmes and Luke Kirby), the documentary The Magic Life of V (dir. Tonislav Hristov), and the feature documentary In Hell with Ivo, which won a Jury Special Mention at the Sarajevo Film Festival and eleven further international awards. He has received the Kodak Vision Award for Best Cinematography at Slamdance and the Bulgarian Film Academy Award for Best Cinematography for Faith, Love and Whiskey (dir. Kristina Nikolova).
His credits include eight feature films, nine feature documentaries, eleven prime-time television series, numerous shorts and music videos, and more than 200 commercials. He has shot across Europe, the United States and the Caribbean.
His most recent feature is Black Money for White Nights, directed by Petar Valchanov and Kristina Grozeva. He is currently in post-production on two feature documentaries, one by Tonislav Hristov and one by Pavel Vesnakov, and in production on a documentary by Kristina Nikolova connected to Project CETI.
