Sevda Shishmanova is a Bulgarian producer, director and journalist. In 2002 she won John Hopkins University SAIS - Novartis International Journalism Award for year 2001 and her documentary The Unfinished War had been nominated in top 10 for international journalism achievements. Her 2002 documentary, Pakistan - the shadow of the war was selected for the main competition of FIPA, Biarritz film festival, France. In 2009, she was awarded the Special prize for outstanding contribution of Bulgarian Book Association. She was awarded the prize of Bulgarian Union of Film Makers for Best Producer for the TV Series Undercover in 2012 and the prize of Bulgarian Union of Film Makers for Best Producer for the TV Series The Fourth Estate in 2013.