Timur Bekmambetov

AKA:
Timour Bekmambetov
Nationality:
Russian-Kazakh
Birthdate:
06/25/1961
Birthplace:
Guryev, Soviet Union (now known as Atyrau, Kazakhstan)
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biography
With his horror film “Night Watch,” director Timur Bekmambetov had in mind a dual objective – to evoke a classically scary movie, but to set his chilling tale in a realistic version of his homeland, showing both the good and bad of everyday life in Russia. His efforts paid off. Upon release, “Night Watch” broke Russian box office records, making it one of the highest-grossing films in that country’s history.

Born June 25, 1961 in the small town of Guryev, Soviet Union – now Atyrau, Kazakhstan – Bekmambetov spent his childhood devouring all kinds of films, as well as priding himself on being the Continued

Credits
Director
2008
Director
2007
Screenplay
2007
Writer
2006
Director
2006
Screenplay
2006
Producer
Director
milestones
Year
Milestone
 
Worked as a set designer for the Ilkhom Theater and the Uzbekfilm Studio
1992 
Co-directed the popular World History advertisements for the Bank Imperial
1994 
Made directing and screenwriting debut with “The Peshwar Waltz”
1994 
Helmed “Escape from Afghanistan,” a soldier's perpective of war
1999 
Produced (also directed) the eight-part miniseries “Our 90s”
Continued