Born in Sofia to a Bulgarian mother and Colombian father, Krum spent his early childhood between Bulgaria, Cuba and Mozambique. He studied photography at the French Academy of Image in Bogota (Colombia) and later cinematography at the National Academy of Film and Theatre Arts (NATFA) in Sofia.

Started to work professionally in commercials in 2002 as a camera assistant and focus puller and then in 2005 got his first assignment as a DOP. Since then he has shot 11 feature films and hundreds of TV spots for a variety of international and local brands such as Mitel/A1, Nestle, Jacobs, Raiffeisen Bank, Tropicana, Head & Shoulders and many others.

His films have earned some prestigious awards amongst them “Golden Tadpole” at Camerimage(2005), The New Visions Award at the 32nd ICFF “Manaki Brothers”(2011), 3 times winner for Best Cinematography at the “Golden Rose” Film Festival (Varna). 

Member of the Bulgarian Association of Cinematographers since 2012.