FILM DIRECTOR

Timur Bekmambetov

1961 - Today

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Timur Nuruakhitovich Bekmambetov (Russian: Тимур Нуруахитович Бекмамбетов, pronounced [tʲɪˈmur nʊrʊɐˈxʲitəvʲɪt͡ɕ bʲɪkmɐmˈbʲetəf]; Kazakh: Темір Нұрбақытұлы Бекмамбетов, romanized: Temır Nūrbaqytūly Bekmambetov; born 25 June 1961) is a Kazakh-born Russian film director, producer, screenwriter, and tech entrepreneur. He is best known for the fantasy epic Night Watch (2004) and the action thriller Wanted (2008), as well as for the pioneering screenlife films Unfriended (2015), Searching (2018) and Profile (2018). He founded Baselevs, a production company that earned a spot among the 2021 World's 10 Most Innovative Companies in Video, according to Fast Company. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Timur Bekmambetov is the 1,071st most popular film director (down from 693rd in 2019), the 58th most popular biography from Kazakhstan (down from 45th in 2019) and the most popular Kazakhstani Film Director.

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Among FILM DIRECTORS

Among film directors, Timur Bekmambetov ranks 1,071 out of 2,041. Before him are Yasuzo Masumura, Irwin Winkler, Fran Walsh, Pyotr Todorovsky, Mario Van Peebles, and Aaron Norris. After him are John Lee Hancock, Ivan Ivanov-Vano, Chuck Russell, Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck, Ritwik Ghatak, and Mikhail Kozakov.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1961, Timur Bekmambetov ranks 267. Before him are Laurel Clark, Marc-André Hamelin, Manuel Merino, Yang Mi-kyung, Tom Byron, and George Wassouf. After him are Ronald J. Garan Jr., Claude Puel, Eric van de Poele, Eric Chu, Greg Egan, and Birol Ünel.

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In Kazakhstan

Among people born in Kazakhstan, Timur Bekmambetov ranks 58 out of 193. Before him are Alexander Volkov (1891), Veniamin Soldatenko (1939), Nurlan Balgimbayev (1947), Vladimir Smirnov (1964), Alzhan Zharmukhamedov (1944), and Daniyal Akhmetov (1954). After him are Alexander Kazantsev (1906), Ruslan Aushev (1954), Lev Rokhlin (1947), Vladimir Burtsev (1862), Karim Massimov (1965), and Ken Alibek (1950).

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Among FILM DIRECTORS In Kazakhstan

Among film directors born in Kazakhstan, Timur Bekmambetov ranks 1. 

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