Itzhak Fintzi

Itzhak Fintzi
Born	(1933-04-25) 25 April 1933 Sofia, Bulgaria
Occupation	Actor
Years active	1955–present
Spouse	Liza Boeva
Children	2
Website	www.filizi33.com

Itzhak Fintzi (Izko Fintzi, Ицко Финци) is a Bulgarian actor known for his work on stage and on screen.

Biography

Born in Sofia, Bulgaria in 1933.

He graduated at the National Academy for Theater and Film Arts "Krastyo Sarafov" in 1955 and in the same year began his career at the Municipal Theatre "Apostol Karamitev" - Dimitrovgrad (1955-1957). After that he performed at the Drama Theater "Adriana Budevska" - Burgas (1957 - 1960). Then he moved to Sofia.

In the period 1960 - 1966, he was part of the theatrical troupe of the Satiritical Theater "Aleko Konstantinov".

In the period 1967 - 1988 he performed at "Theater Sofia". The following two years he worked at the National Theater for youth "Lyudmila Zhivkova" (1988 - 1990). In 1990 he stared in the theatrical troupe of the Little City Theatre "Off The Channel".

He performed on the stage of Theatre 199 "Valentin Stoychev". His footprints are placed on the Wall of fame there.

Aside from his stage work, Itzko Fintzi has starred in numerous Bulgarian films like "The Hare Census", "Villa Zone", "Belated Full Moon", "A Cricket in the Ear", "William Shakespeare: The Most Famous Person Who Never Existed".

In 2017, alongside the film director Liza Boeva, he created the educational platform for courses and lectures on Arts for children and adults - "Filizi 33". Among their recent courses are: "Italian and Northern Renaissance", "Hieronymus Bosch", "Pieter Brueghel The Elder", "Franz Kafka", "Oscar Wilde", and others.

Itzko performs in various theatrical lecture-spectacles like "Who killed Romeo and Juliet?" (2018, director: Liza Boeva, City Art Mark Center, Sofia, Bulgaria), "The Black Square" (2021, director: Liza Boeva, Little City Theatre "Off The Channel"), "The Master and Margarita". Bulgakov and the authority" (2022, director: Liza Boeva, Little City Theatre "Off The Channel").

Awards

• "II prize", "for a male role" for the role of (the old man) from the play "When the Roses Dance" (1962)
• "II Prize" for the film "The Hare Census" (Varna, 1973)
• Critic's Award for the film "The hare Census" (Varna, 1973)
• Honored Artist (1979)
• "Award of the CS of the SBP" "for acting achievement" for the role of Shiyaka in the film "Elegy" (Varna, 1982)
• The award "for a male role" for the role of Dimitar Lukov in the film "The Great Love of D. Lukov" (1983)
• The prize "for a male role" for the role of Hrily in the play "Puk" at the International Festival of Puppet Theaters (Varna, 1984)
• SBFD Best Actor Award for role in Belated Full Moon (1997)
• Askeer Lifetime Achievement Award (1991)
• Best Actor Award: at the International Television Film Festival - Prague
• "Best Actor" Award: at the "Golden Rose" International Film Festival - Varna
• "Best Actor" Award: at the Festival of Small Theater Forms - Vratsa
• Best Actor Award: Sofia Film Fest. Order "Stara Planina" - 1st degree (2004)

Theater Roles

• "Talks with Karel Čapek"
• "Sisyphus and Death" (Robert Merle) - Death
• "The Threepenny Opera" (Bertolt Brecht)
• "Molière" (Mikhail Bulgakov) - Moliere
• "The Birthday Party" (Harold Pinter) - Stanley
• "Can't Pay? Won't Pay!" (Dario Fo)
• "The Light Is Lost At The Fifth Lamp"
• "Bedbug" (Vladimir Mayakovsky), 1960
• "The End of the Beginning" (Sean O'Casey), director: Metodi Andonov, 1965

Filmography

Year	Film			Role	Notes
	English title	Bulgarian title	Transliteration
1959	Stars	Звезди	Zvezdi		directed by Konrad Wolf
1971	The End of the Song	Краят на песента	Krayat na pesenta	Deli Mehmed
1973	Indian Summer	Сиромашко лято	Siromashko lyato	Tsvetarski	written by Mormarevi Brothers
	The Hare Census	Преброяване на дивите зайци	Prebroyavane na divite zaytsi	Asenov	directed by Eduard Zahariev
1975	Villa Zone	Вилна зона	Vilna zona	Yonko	directed by Eduard Zahariev
1976	A Cricket in the Ear	Щурец в ухото	Shturets v uhoto	Gosho
1980	Csontváry			Tivadar Csontváry Kosztka	directed by Zoltán Huszárik
1982	Elegy	Елегия	Elegiya	Ivan Shiyaka	directed by Eduard Zahariev
1983	King for a Day	Господин за един ден	Gospodin za edin den	tax-collector
1996	Belated Full Moon	Закъсняло пълнолуние	Zakasnyalo palnolunie	the old man	directed by Eduard Zahariev
1999	Operation Delta Force 4: Deep Fault			General Kisimir Nabizha
2006	13 Short Opuses for the Big Screen	13 кратки опуса за голям екран	13 Kratki opusa za golyam ekran		directed by Liza Boeva
2012	Vera	Вера	Vera		directed by Liza Boeva
2013	Cosmos	Космос	Kosmos		directed by Liza Boeva
2013	The Summer of Mona Lisa	Лятото на Мона Лиза	Lyatoto na Mona Liza		directed by Liza Boeva
2014	I Was Jack Kerouac	Аз бях Джек Керуак	Az byah Jack Kerouac		directed by Liza Boeva
2016	William Shakespeare	Уилям Шекспир. Откъси от пиеси	William Shakespeare		directed by Liza Boeva

Books

• "Five plays told by an actor" ("Пет пиеси, разказани от актьор"). Sofia, 2024. Publisher: "Filizi 33". ISBN 978-619-92797-0-0

External links

• Itzhak Fintzi at IMDb