Magarditch Halvadjian

He was awarded the “Best TV producer” by Darik radio’s “Man of the year”.

In the summer of 2017 he shot a short comedy - The Elephone Man, which he wrote and directed. The film was selected by several international film festivals in the US and Europe.

In the autumn of 2017, Magarditch Halvadjian produced a TV series “Suburban Cops”, by the original Spanish TV series “Los Hombres de Paco”. From 2019 he has been the producer of the Bulgarian version of the mystery music show "The Masked Singer" and the series "The Road of Honor" on Nova TV.

In the fall of 2016 “Open Frames” produced and shot Welcome to Acapulco. The shooting took place in Acaulco, Mexico and New York, US. The main cast included Michael Madison, William Baldwin and Paul Sorvino.

In the end of 2016 Magarditch Halvadjian received a “Golden Century” badge of honour by the Ministry of Culture for his outstanding contribution to Bulgarian culture and the development of cultural cooperation.

In 2014, he became co-founder and member of the Management board of the Film Committee Association of Bulgaria A year later, in 2015 he was honored with the title “Academic” from the Bulgarian Academy of Science and Art.

In 2012 Magarditch Halvadjian and his associates established the “Open Frames” company, focused on film production. In 2015 the company shot its first movie called “Nightworld”. The main role in the movie was played by the American actor Jason London and his partner was the world famous Robert Englund (Freddy Krueger).

Magarditch Halvadjian was a chairman of the Movie and Television Producers Association from 2009 to 2012.

In August 2008 he took part in the shooting of the new movie of Dolf Lundgren Command Performance. An important scene was given to him, in which during an impressive concert where the Russian President is also present, terrorist invade the place. Magy Halvadjian was chosen to shoot the three musical clips within the film based on his music video experience.

In December 2006 Halvadjian shot a video also for the Hollywood star Hilary Duff. The video was broadcast on MTV and it is a part of the soundtrack of the movie Brand Hauser in which Hilary Duff is one of the famous names along with John Cusack, Ben Kingsley and Marisa Tomei.

In 1996, he established “Max Group - 1”, which produced the TV shows “Crossing Point” and “Fatal Attraction”. During this period he shot most of his music videos. In 2002 he founded the production companies “Global Films” and “Global Frame”, “Open Frames”, lineal heir to “Global Group”.

Magarditch Halvadjian (Bulgarian: Магърдич Халваджиян ; Armenian: Մկրտիչ հալվաճեան ) is a Bulgarian TV and movie producer and director. He has been actively involved in directing since 1992, and is among the most recognized names in the history of the Bulgarian film industry.

Magarditch Halvadjian was born on 18 February 1967 in Pleven, Bulgaria. He is of Armenian descent. He graduated from the New Bulgarian University with a Masters degree in Directing and later taught “Directing and Production in TV Show-business” at the same university. He has been living in Varna, in various Italian cities, and in Moscow, where he studied in the Moscow Circus School from 1981-1986.