ABOUT

 



Born in Bulgaria, Kristina grew up in a family of cinematographers. She left the country at 18 to study economics at the University of Chicago but ended up getting a BA in Film Theory instead. Kristina shot her first feature film (on film) at age 20 and worked for several years as a cinematographer on B movies in LA before going to NYU's Tisch Graduate Film program where she directed five and shot 14 award-winning shorts (Sundance, Camerimage, Full Frame Doc FF). Kristina’s directorial feature debut, Faith, Love and Whiskey, premiered at Slamdance 2012, and was nominated for Best Debut Feature by the Bulgarian Film Academy. She shot and produced her husband and collaborator Paul's first feature Touched with Fire (starring Katie Holmes and Luke Kirby, produced by Spike Lee), which premiered at SXSW 2015 and was a New York Times Critics’ Pick. Kristina is currently finishing her feature documentary In Hell With Ivo and shooting another feature documentary, Project CETI, about a group of scientists who are attempting to communicate with whales using AI.