Amanzhol Aituarov

Personal Info

Known For Director

Gender Male

Birthday 1957-06-13 (67 years old)

Place of Birth Alma-Ata, USSR (Almaty, Kazakhstan)

Also Known As Аманжол Айтуаров, Amanzhol Tolybayevich Aituarov, Аманжол Толыбаевич Айтуаров

Amanzhol Aituarov

Biography

Amanzhol Tolybayevich Aituarov (Kazakh: Аманжол Толыбаевич Айтуаров; born in 13 June 1957; Alma-Ata) is a Soviet and Kazakh film director and screenwriter. He is considered one of the pioneers of the Kazakh New Wave. Graduated from the directing department of VGIK (master of Yu. I. Ozerov, 1986). In 1989, he shot the first full-length feature film "Touch". Since 2000 - Head of the workshops of Film and TV directors of the T. Zhurgenov National Academy of Arts.

Known For

Director

2014
2011
Return

as Director

2005
Steppe Express

as Director

1992
1989
The Touch

as Director

Writer

2011
Return

as Screenplay

2005
Steppe Express

as Screenplay

1992
A Journey to Nowhere

as Screenplay

1989
The Touch

as Writer

Actor

2010
Burst

as Kanat's dad