Asen Šopov (1961), born in Sofia, Bulgaria. 1978-80 - Secondary School of Photography, Sofia. 1984-89 - FAMU, Prague - Film and TV Cinematography under the guidance of Prof. J. Kališ, diploma work thesis: Stylistics of Images in films by A. Tarkovsky, with Prof. J. Macháň. He is a member of the Association of Czech Cinematographers (ACC). Together with Diviš Marek ACC leads a seminar at the FAMU Department of Cinematography. Besides the film projects, he is also a visual designer - author of many advertising spots and video-clips. He lives in Prague with his family.
Filmography: Ošklivka Katka (TV series, dir. Petr Nikolaev, Jiří Chlumský, Petr Slavík, 2008), Wanted (full length film, camera of second unit, dir. Timur Bekmambetov, 2007), O kominickém učni a dceři cukráře (TV film, dir. Pavel Jandourek 2007), Jazzus (full-length film, dir. T. Krnáč, 2006), Maharal-Tajemství talismanu (full-length film, dir. P. Jandourek, 2006), The Omen (full-length film, second camera operator, dir. J. Moore, 2005), Želary (full-length film, dir. O. Trojan, 2002-2003) and other...