About

Known credits:
56
Birthday:
1971-12-23
Place of birth:
Karaganda, Kazakh SSR, USSR, (now Kazakhstan)
Website:
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Akan Satayev

Overview

Akan Kargambaevich Satayev (Kazakh: Ақан Қарғамбайұлы Сатаев; born December 23, 1971; Karaganda) is a Kazakh film director, producer, screenwriter and actor. Honored Worker of Kazakhstan and laureate of State Award of the Republic of Kazakhstan.

Akan was born to a family of actors, both his parents were recognized as People's Artistes of the Kazakh SSR and performed leading roles at Karaganda Drama Theater where he spent a lot of time. That theater became his first drama school, and in 1994 Akan graduated from Kazakh National Academy of Arts, Dept of Cinema and Television. While at the university, he played student Azat, the main character in Allazhar, a movie by Kaldybay Abenov about tragic events in Alma-Ata in December 1986. After graduation, Akan took part in various feature films and went into directing and producing advertising clips. Sataifilm, the company he founded in 2003, presented Racketeer, a crime drama and his debut movie, in 2007. In 2016 Akan founded Astana Film Fund to support young Kazakhstani directors and low-budget indie productions. In the same year he shot 2 feature-length movies - “Districts”, a teenage crime drama set in the USSR and The Road to Mother, a period drama about Collectivization in the Soviet Union, Eastern Front (World War II) and post-war years in Kazakhstan. Mr. Satayev led Kazakhfilm, the largest movie studio in Kazakhstan between 2020 and 2022.

Known for

Acting
2023 Teach Me How to Live Actor N/A
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2018 Businessmen Actor 59
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2007 Racketeer Actor 59
Average
2001 Allazhar Actor N/A
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1994 The Biography of a Young Accordian Player Actor N/A
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Directing
2025 Рэкетир 3 Directing Director N/A
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2023 Teach Me How to Live Directing Director N/A
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2022 Dawn of the Great Steppe Directing Director 58
Average
2021 Boxer Directing Director N/A
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2019 The Legend of Tomiris Directing Director 61
Fair
2018 The Leader's Way. Astana Directing Director N/A
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2018 Businessmen Directing Director 59
Average
2017 Alone Directing Director 59
Average
2016 Districts Directing Director 59
Average
2016 Hacker Directing Director 60
Fair
2016 The Road to Mother Directing Director 59
Average
2015 Racketeer 2 Directing Director 59
Average
2013 Bauyrzhan Momyshuly Directing Director N/A
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2012 Myn Bala: Warriors of the Steppe Directing Director 59
Average
2011 The Liquidator Directing Director 58
Average
2009 Strayed Directing Director 58
Average
2009 Brothers Directing Director N/A
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2007 Racketeer Directing Director 59
Average

Writing
2023 Teach Me How to Live Writing Screenplay N/A
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2022 Dawn of the Great Steppe Writing Writer 58
Average
2021 Boxer Writing Screenplay N/A
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2016 Hacker Writing Story 60
Fair

Production
2022 Dawn of the Great Steppe Production Producer 58
Average
2022 The Assault Production Producer 59
Average
2021 Boxer Production Producer N/A
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2019 Holidays Offline 2 Production Producer N/A
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2019 The Legend of Tomiris Production Producer 61
Fair
2019 A Dark, Dark Man Production Executive Producer 59
Average
2019 Dissolve Production Producer 58
Average
2019 Holidays Offline Production Executive Producer N/A
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2018 The Leader's Way. Astana Production Producer N/A
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2018 Businessmen Production Producer 59
Average
2018 The Gentle Indifference of the World Production Executive Producer 58
Average
2017 Alone Production Producer 59
Average
2016 Districts Production Producer 59
Average
2016 Hacker Production Producer 60
Fair
2016 The Road to Mother Production Producer 59
Average
2015 Racketeer 2 Production Producer 59
Average
2014 Kara Shanyrak Production Producer N/A
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2013 Against All Odds Production Producer N/A
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2013 Bauyrzhan Momyshuly Production Producer N/A
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2012 Debt Production Producer N/A
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2012 Live Broadcast Production Producer N/A
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2012 Girlfriends Production Producer N/A
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2012 Myn Bala: Warriors of the Steppe Production Producer 59
Average
2011 Bolashak Production Producer N/A
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2011 The Liquidator Production Producer 58
Average
2010 My Darling Production Producer N/A
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2009 Strayed Production Producer 58
Average
2009 Brothers Production Producer N/A
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2007 Racketeer Production Producer 59
Average