Liza Boeva (Bulgarian: ) is a Bulgarian film director and screenwriter. She lectures on the history of arts and co-founded the educational platform Filizi 33. Boeva is also a member of the European Film Academy. Her documentary William Shakespeare: The Most Famous Person Who Never Existed was noted by the Shakespeare Authorship Coalition in connection with the Shakespeare authorship question. The Shakespeare Authorship Coalition. Liza Boeva’s film William Shakespeare: The Most Famous Person Who Never Existed In 2026, she was selected as a Golden Globes Voter for the Golden Globe Awards. Bulgarian News Agency
Early life and education
Elizaveta (Liza) Boeva (born 22 August 1978 in Sofia, Bulgaria) completed her secondary education at the Italian Lyceum in Sofia in 1997. She earned a master's degree in Journalism and Public Relations in 2001 and another in History of Arts in 2003 at the Saint Petersburg State University in Russia. She received a master's degree in Film and TV Directing in 2006 from the National Academy for Theatre and Film Arts in Sofia, Bulgaria.
Since 2006, Liza Boeva has lectured on the history of arts in Europe and the United States, with a focus on the Italian and Northern Renaissance. She has been a lecturer at the New Bulgarian University since 2011.New Bulgarian University. Information about Elizaveta (Liza) Boeva, PhD In the same year, she received her PhD with a dissertation on the Beat Generation. In 2016, Boeva was promoted to associate professor.Варненски свободен университет. Лекция на доц. д-р Лиза Боева She has also been a guest lecturer at institutions such as Varna Free University Chernorizets Hrabar, as well as at cultural centers, museums, and art galleriesЛекция на Лиза Боева за Данте Алигиери
Career
Film career
She is a screenwriter and director of documentaries and feature films, recognized with international awards.XXI Golden Vityaz International Film Festival - award for Liza Boeva Among them: The Summer of Mona Lisa (the movie was bought for broadcasting by the Bulgarian National Television. I was Jack Kerouac, William Shakespeare: The Most Famous Person Who Never Existed.International Book to Film Festival CineLibri 2024. William Shakespeare: The Most Famous Person Who Never Existed, dir. Liza Boeva. The movie was bought for broadcasting by the Bulgarian National Television.
Educational work In 2017 she created (alongside the actor Izko Finzi) the educational platform on History of Arts Filizi 33. Some of the recent courses are on: Italian and Northern Renaissance, Hieronymus Bosch, Pieter Brueghel The Elder, Franz Kafka, Oscar Wilde.
Liza Boeva is the author and lecturer of The Artists, a regular arts feature broadcast on Bulgarian National Television (BNT 1) as part of the programme The Day Begins with Culture.
She is the creator and host of the original radio programme Italy Through the Ages: An Anniversary Series Dedicated to the Italian Artists Who Shaped Europe's Cultural Identity, a joint production of the educational platform Filizi 33 and Bulgarian National Radio's Hristo Botev Programme.
Liza Boeva is the author and host of Italy on Screen: An Anniversary Series Dedicated to Great Film Directors, a joint project of the educational platform Filizi 33 and the Union of Bulgarian Filmmakers.
Publications
Boeva is also the author of articles and critical reviews on the history of arts.
Filmography (selected)
Work title Year References The Garden of Earthly Delights. Eden 2023 Филмът "Градина на земните удоволствия. Рай" в Уикипедия William Shakespeare: The Most Famous Person Who never Existed 2018 William Shakespeare. Fragments of plays 2016 Donkey's Tail 2014 I was Jack Kerouac 2014 Българска национална телевизия. Премиера на филма "Аз бях Джак Керуак", реж. Лиза Боева The Summer of Mona Lisa 2013 Cosmos 2013 Vera 2012
Director of Theatrical Performances (selected)
Title Date / Venue References Who's Like Me! — starring Izko Finzi 7 June 2025, National Palace of Culture Национален дворец на културата. Спектакъл на Ицко Финци "Кой като мен!" From my point of view — starring Izko Finzi 21 December 2024, National Palace of Culture Национален дворец на културата. Спектакъл на Ицко Финци "От моя гледна точка"Представяне на спектакъла на Ицко Финци "От моя гледна точка", реж. Лиза Боева Jubilee of Izko Finzi — starring Izko Fintzi 25 April 2023, National Palace of Culture Master and Margarita. Bulgakov and the Authority — lecture-spectacle (starring Izko Finzi) 20 November 2022, The Little City Theatre 'Off The Channel' The Black Square of Malevich — lecture-spectacle (starring Izko Finzi) 28 November 2021, The Little City Theatre 'Off The Channel' Относно лекцията-спектакъл на доц. д-р Лиза Боева и актьора Ицко Финци, посветена на картината на Малевич "Черният квадрат"Лекция-спектакъл в Малък Градски театър Зад канала All the worlds' a stage — spectacle (starring Izko Finzi, Georgi Mihaylov, conductor Nayden Todorov with Sofia Philharmonic) 11 October 2018, Bulgaria Concert Hall Българска национална телевизия. "Светът е сцена" - юбилеен спектакъл на Ицко Финци с участието на Софийска филхармония Who killed Romeo and Juliet? — lecture-spectacle (starring Izko Finzi) 14 October 2018, City Art Marc Center
Bibliography (selected)
The Beat Generation and Hippies. America, 1947–1972. Sofia, 2011. Published by: Avangard Prima. The William Shakespeare Project. Sofia, 2019. Published by: Filizi 33Интервю относно книгата "Проектът Уилям Шекспир"Българска национална телевизия. Представяне на книга и филм, посветени на Уилям Шекспир Franz Kafka. 'Metamorphosis'. A directors' analysis. Sofia, 2024. Published by: Filizi 33. Нов български университет. Представяне на книгата на доц. д-р Боева за Кафка
Family Elizaveta (Liza) Boeva was born August 22nd 1978 in Sofia in the family of the engineers Liubov and Plamen Boev. She has a younger brother Boris Boev, PhD on History, awarded with the First Prize "St. Paisiy Hilendarski" state award from the Union of Scientists in Bulgaria (2020) and with the Third Prize "Young Scientist of the Year" (2022)
In 2011 she married the actor Izko Finzi. Their daughter Matilda was born in 2017.
See also Izko Finzi History of art Beat Generation European Film Academy Shakespeare authorship question National Academy for Theatre and Film Arts
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