Kiril Cenevski

• Name — Kiril Cenevski • Born — 28 January 1943 • Birthplace — Kriva Palanka, Kingdom of Bulgaria (present-day North Macedonia) • Died — 17 June 2019 • Years Active — 1970–1985

Cenevski studied at the Faculty of Architecture and Civil Engineering in Skopje. He completed a graduate program in Motion Pictures and Television at the School of Cinema and Television, University of Southern California, USA. He began his career as an assistant director on television productions and documentaries in the late '60s. Cenevski made his feature-film debut as a director with 'Crno Seme'(Black Seed) in 1971. Though his subsequent filmography is sparse, Cenevski was active in theater and television. At one time, Cenevski chaired the Union of Macedonian Film Workers. One of the highpoints of his career was his "Golden Lens" award in 2013, which the Cinematheque of Macedonia awarded for outstanding contribution to Macedonian cinematography.

His most notable feature film was Black Seed (Crno seme, 1971) for which he won the Golden Arena for Best Director at the 1971 Pula Film Festival. The film was also entered into the 7th Moscow International Film Festival. Cenevski's filmography consisted of the following: • 1970: The cost of the city (Assistant Director) • 1971: Black Seed (Director, Screenplay) • 1975: Yad (Director, Screenplay) 1975: Leopold Sedar Senghor (Direction) • 1976: Fazil Hysni Daglardzha (Direction) • 1976: Eugenio Montale (Director, Screenplay) • 1978: Dzhafra (Direction) • 1979: Rafael Alberti (Direction) • 1979: Eugene Gilvik (Direction) • 1980: Lead Brigade (Director, Screenplay) • 1982: Bridges - Struga Poetry Evenings (Director) • 1984: Huaskaran - Andy '82 (Director, Screenplay) • 1985: Node (Direction)