Ermek Tursunov

Personal Info

Known For Director

Gender Male

Birthday 1961-07-20 (63 years old)

Place of Birth Narynkol, Almaty region, Kazakh SSR, USSR (now Kazakstan)

Also Known As Ermek Tursynov , Ермек Турсунов, Ермек Каримжанович Турсунов, Ермек Кәрімжанұлы Тұрсынов, Ermek Karimzhanovich Tursunov, Ермек Турсынов

Ermek Tursunov

Biography

Ermek Karimzhanovich Tursunov (Kazakh: Ермек Кәрімжанұлы Тұрсынов; born 20 July 1961; Narynkol) is a Kazakh film director and screenwriter, one of the best Asian Film director according to Asia Pacific Screen Awards, master of sport, international class in futsal. Ermek Tursunov was born in the settlement of Narynkol, Almaty Region, on 20 July 1961. He joined a sports school at the age of 5. Ermek continued his sports career at university playing professional futsal. As a member of Kazakhstan's national futsal team, Ermek took part in the 2000 World Cup in Guatemala. He is a graduate Al-Farabi Kazakh National University (Dept. Of Journalism, 1984) and All-Russian State Institute of Cinematography (Screenwriting and Film Studies Dept., 1990). In 1991, Ermek participated in Nevada-Semey movement Anti-nuclear movement in Kazakhstan, and as an NGO member spent 4 years studying in the USA. Later he worked as the CEO of the national broadcasting corporation Qazaqstan and Executive Producer of Channel 31 TV and radio broadcasting company. Kelin was Ermek's debut as a director in 2008. This work was shortlisted for Oscar as the Best Foreign Language Film. 2012 saw his movie The Old Man (Shal), inspired by Hemingway's The Old Man and the Sea. It collected numerous rewards, including Kulager, Kazakhstani national movie award, as the best movie of the year (2012); it was nominated for the Nika Award for the Best CIS and Baltic Movie in 2014. Stranger (Zhat) became another major movie in Tursunov's career as a screen director. Kazakhstan nominated it for an Oscar and Asia Pacific Screen Awards (Achievement in Directing); it received NETPAC award in the 19th Black Nights Festival in Tallinn. Ermek Tursunov was elected Chairman of the Kazakhstani Union of Filmmakers in 2018.

Known For

Director

2022
Beshmoynak

as Director

2018
2015
Stranger

as Director

2015
Junior

as Director

2014
The Old Woman

as Director

2012
The Old Man

as Director

2011
Seven Days in May

as Director

2009
Kelin

as Director

Writer

2018
Guardian of the Light

as Screenplay

2015
Stranger

as Screenplay

2015
Junior

as Screenplay

2014
The Old Woman

as Screenplay

2012
The Old Man

as Screenplay

2011
Seven Days in May

as Screenplay

2010
Late Love

as Screenplay

2010
Wolf Trail

as Writer

2009
Kelin

as Screenplay

2009
Who Are You Mr. K?

as Screenplay

2008
Native Dancer

as Screenplay

2008
The Gift to Stalin

as Screenplay

2008
Mustafa Shokai

as Screenplay

2007
The Ultimate Fighter

as Screenplay

2007
Patchwork Quilt

as Screenplay

1997
Tax collector

as Screenplay

1993
Abulkhair-Khan

as Screenplay