SYBILLA KORITAREVA
Born in Bulgaria, 1982 - Sybilla Koritareva is the producer and director of the 24 episodes of the reality game show for comic book artists - COMIX BOX. She is also an artist and the author of the graphic novel RABIES - collaboration with her husband from 20 years - Ivan Koritarev, who is the artist of the comic book.
Sybilla is finishing The National Art School of Fine Arts, where her specialty is Sculpture, followed by eight years in The National Academy for Theatre and Film Arts as Animation director. Originally book worm, writing her own stories from tiny, she really appreciates her drama classes, where she masters the art of screenwriting. A few years later, she is accomplishing 3rd level degree of Managment and Economics.
14 years old, still at high school - she starts her career in the artistic world as an in-betweener, ink artist and background artist at the 2D animation department 'Cadence' of the National Cinema Centre Boyana, Sofia. In the next decade, she keeps studying and developing herself professionally as a hard-working grown-up in seven different Bulgarian animation studios. Apart from her main job, she is freelancing as a political analysis cartoonist and comic artist for the magazines Manager, Playboy, Egoist, INTRO and XFactor, Q-Tech & Rainbow.
5 years in a row, Sybilla is one of the main artists in the newspapers 168 hours & Money Plus. As an illustrator, animator and storyboard artist - she is creating various projects in the marketing agencies SIA, MVM, LOBO, Demner, Merlichek & Bergman, Golden century and etc.
For a few years, Sybilla and her husband Ivan are sharing the same workplace at the game studio Gameloft - as pixel artists & graphic designers - working on various projects, like Rayman, Settlers, Shrek 4 and etc.
She is the illustrator of the book 'Tales from Belegast' by Bogdan Rusev.
In 2008 - after participating in the European Union Cartoon Competition 'European Union and Citizenship' - she is accomplishing FIRST place as the Best Comic Artist in the Bulgarian regional contest, and after - SECOND place at the final round in Brussels, where she is competing with all the winners from the 27 European Union Nations.
In the beginning of 2010, she is registering the Grozen Entertainment company in Bulgaria.
Through the years, GROZEN is becoming a corporation as a cultural organization, comic books publisher, action figure manufacturer, production house, animation studio, marketing agency and educational centre of 2D and 3D arts.
Sybilla's ambition to show the Bulgarian talent all over the world, and her passion for high-quality art turns out as the best business strategy. Her goals are usually the hardest and many people will say - unachievable, but she is finding strength and inspiration in the love and support of her husband Ivan Koritarev.
And everything turns out fantastic! Some of the greatest Bulgarian artbooks and graphic novels are published. And with the financial support of CHAOS GROUP - the first Bulgarian action figure becomes true in 2011!
Since 2014, the Grozen Ent. Digital Art School is giving opportunity for professional realization to over 800 young artists. Half of them are students in the government business programmes for internship ‘School & Student practices’. Sybilla is writing government projects, she is filling applications, dealing in general with all the contracts and all those dox piles, required by 16 art academies and 2 high-schools.
As a marketing agency GROZEN is organising the promotion of all it's creative projects, art festivals, the merchandise production and the popularisation of the comic book industry in Bulgaria.
Always in collaboration with the best Bulgarian artists!
With all those achievements - GROZEN becomes the FIRST place winner in the National contest for the Best Small Businesses BIG MINORS 2015.
In the summer of 2016, Sybilla is becoming the producer and director of COMIX BOX - a reality game show for comic book artists.
Watch the first seven episodes HERE!
And because of it, a year later, she is accomplishing the winning of the award 'Innovational business of the year' in the category 'Producing young talents' in the national contest INNO AWARDS 2017.
