Shaken Aimanov

Personal Info

Known For Director

Gender Male

Birthday 1914-10-16

Deathday 1970-12-23 (56 years old)

Place of Birth Bayanaul, Bayanaul district, Pavlodar region, Kazakhstan

Also Known As Shaken Ajmanov, Шакен Кенжетаевич Айманов, Шәкен Кенжетайұлы Айманов, Шаке́н Кенжета́евич Айма́нов, Шаке́н (Шахкерим) Кенжета́евич Айма́нов, Шәкен (Шаһкерім) Кенжетайұлы Айманов, Shaken Kenzhetaevich Aimanov, Ш. Айманов

Shaken Aimanov

Biography

Shaken Kenzhetaevich Aimanov (Kazakh: Шәкен Кенжетайұлы Айманов; born 15 October 1914 – 23 December 1970; Bayanaul) was a Soviet (Kazakh) film director, screenwriter, actor. He is considered to be the father of Kazakh cinematography, as well as an iconic film director and actor. He directed eleven films between 1954 and 1970. Aimanov was born in Bayanaul, Russian Empire (now Kazakhstan) in 1914. He studied at the Kazakh Institute of Education in Semipalatinsk (now Semey) from 1931 to 1933. He began his acting career at the Kazakh Theater of Drama in Alma-Ata in 1933. Vivid social and psychological characteristics are inherent in his art. His best roles include Akhan Seri in Akhan Seri and Aktokty by Gabit Musirepov, Isatai in Isatai and Makhambet by Akhinzhanov, Kobylandy Batyr in Kobylandy by Mukhtar Auezov, Kodar in Kozy Korpesh and Bayan Sulu by Gabit Musirepov, Petruchio in The Taming of the Shrew by William Shakespeare, and Tikhon in The Storm by Alexander Ostrovsky. He also worked as a director and from 1947 to 1951 was chief director at the Kazakh Theater of Drama. Working in films since 1940, as both an actor and a director, Aimanov played Zhambyl in the film of the same name and directed the 1958 film Our Dear Doctor, among others. He was a deputy of the fourth and seventh convocations of the Supreme Soviet of the Kazakh SSR. In 1963 he was a member of the jury at the 3rd Moscow International Film Festival.[5] In 1952, he received the Stalin Prize for his work in the theater, and in 1968 he received the State Prize of the Kazakh SSR. He has been awarded the Order of Lenin and the Order of the Red Banner of Labour. The Kazakhfilm, where Aimanov worked as a film director, was named after him in 1984. The Shaken's Stars International Film Festival was held in 2013 to support and help young artists and filmmakers.

Known For

Director

1970
The End of Ataman

as Director

1969
1966
1965
Beardless Deceiver

as Director

1963
Crossroads

as Director

1961
In One Area

as Director

1961
Song Calls

as Director

1958
Our Kind Doctor

as Director

1956
Here We Live

as Director

1954
1954
A Poem About Love

as Director

Actor

1969
1968
Aksak Kulan

as Narrator (voice)

1965
Beardless Deceiver

as Aldar-Kose

1961
In One Area

as Sabyr Bayanov

1958
Our Kind Doctor

as dramatic actor

1956
Here We Live

as Beisov

1953
Zhambyl

as Dzhambul

1948
Golden Horn

as Jaken Dosanov

1946
Songs of Abai

as Sharip

1943
White Rose

as Jakpan

1940
Rajchan

as Sarsen

Writer

1969
1965
1961
In One Area

as Writer

1961
Song Calls

as Screenplay

Producer

1966
Wings of Song

as Producer

1959
The Road of Life

as Producer