Ivo Trajkov
Ivo Trajkov works as a director, film editor, screenwriter and story editor. He was born in Macedonia and graduated from FAMU in Prague. He has written/directed 8 feature-length films in several countries for which he received numerous awards. His last film “The Ballad of Piargy” win 123 international awards. Three of his feature films were Macedonia's nominee for the best foreign-language film for Academy Awards. As a producer and story editor Ivo Trajkov was involved in more than 120 episodes of a critically acclaimed documentary series “Unexplained Deaths”. He wrote or co-wrote several scripts for various directors, including Iranian actor/director Ali Mosaffa. He works as story editor and editing supervisor for more than 30 films every year. Two resent works are “D J Ahmet”, 2025, as representative of European arthouse cinema (2 awards and 1 nominee in Sundance Film Festival). From other side of the spectrum is USA production of “Locked”, 2025, starring Bill Skarsgård and Antony Hopkins.
Ivo Trajkov is the guarantor of the editing program of FAMU.

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