Abay Karpykov

Personal Info

Known For Director

Gender Male

Birthday 1955-02-06 (69 years old)

Place of Birth Taldykorgan, Kazakh SSR, USSR

Also Known As Абай Карпыков, Абай Садвокасович Карпыков, Abai Karpykov

Abay Karpykov

Biography

Abay Sadvokasovich Karpykov (Kazakh: Абай Садвокасович Карпыков; born February 6, 1955, Taldy-Kurgan) is a Soviet, Kazakh and Russian film director, screenwriter and producer. He graduated from the Moscow Historical and Archival Institute and the Directing Faculty of the All-Union State Institute of Cinematography (workshop of Sergei Solovyov). Specialty — director and producer. He produced the first Kazakh "soap operas" — "Crossroads" and "Locust". Of the full-length films, one of the first films was the film "The One who is more Tender" (1996), later he made the film "Farah" (1998). Both films starred the colorful actor Farhat Abdraimov — winner of two Russian film festivals in 1999 for these films.

Known For

Director

2007
2005
Red Deer Hunting

as Director

1999
Headlight

as Director

1997
1996
All That is Tender

as Director

1991
Blown Kiss

as Director

1989

Writer

2017
1996
All That is Tender

as Screenplay

1991
Blown Kiss

as Screenplay

1989
Little Fish in Love

as Screenplay

1987

Producer

2017
1996
Crossroad

as Producer