About

Known credits:
32
Birthday:
1958-03-15
Place of birth:
Alekseevka, Kazazh ASSR, USSR (now Akkol, Kazakhstan)
Website:
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Darezhan Omirbayev

Overview

Darezhan Omirbaev (Kazakh: Дарежан Омiрбаев; born 15 March 1958; Alekseevka) is a Soviet and Kazakh film director and screenwriter. His film "Killer" (1998) won Un Certain Regard at the 51st Cannes Film Festival.

In 1980 he graduated from the Faculty of Applied Mathematics of the Kazakh State University. He worked as a teacher and programmer, editor at the Kazakhfilm film studio. He studied at the directing faculty of VGIK. In 1987 he graduated from the Film studies Faculty of VGIK (workshop of A. Plakhov). Since 1988 — director of the Kazakhfilm film studio. Author of a number of articles on the theory of cinema, published in magazines: "New Film", "Blue Phantom" and others. In 2004-2006, he was the editor-in-chief of Kinoman magazine.

His first two features "Kairat" (also shot in black and white) and "Cardiogram", which premiered at the 52nd edition of the Venice Film Festival, winning the CICT/UNESCO Prize. "Killer", a crime story inspired by Tolstoy's "The Forged Coupon", screened in the Un Certain Regard section at the 1998 Cannes Film Festival, where it won the Prize Un Certain Regard. "Jol", Omirbaev's subsequent film, was a return to autobiography, a poetic story of a filmmaker in the vein of 8 1/2, starring Tajik filmmaker Djamshed Usmonov. "Shuga" and "Student" were departures for Omirbaev, both based on literary works - respectively, Tolstoy's Anna Karenina and Dostoyevsky's Crime and Punishment. "Student" competed in the Un Certain Regard section at the 2012 Cannes Film Festival.

Known for

Acting
2015 The Story of Kazakh Cinema – Underground of Kazakhfilm Actor Self N/A
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2012 Student Actor 59
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1993 The Boy's Shadow Actor N/A
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1993 Stranger Actor 58
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Directing
2022 Last Screening Directing Director N/A
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2021 Poet Directing Director 59
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2013 Reverence Directing Director 59
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2012 Student Directing Director 59
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2007 Chouga Directing Director 59
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2006 About Love Directing Director 59
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2006 Digital Sam in Sam Saek 2006: Talk to Her Directing Director 59
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2001 The Road Directing Director 59
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1998 Killer Directing Director 58
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1995 Cardiogram Directing Director 59
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1993 Profession — Controller Directing Director N/A
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1992 Kairat Directing Director 59
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1988 July Directing Director 58
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1986 The Stray White and the Speckled Directing Assistant Director Trainee 58
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1982 Live Directing Director N/A
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순간 그리고 순간: 디지털 삼인삼색2006 Directing Director N/A
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Writing
2022 Last Screening Writing Screenplay N/A
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2021 Poet Writing Writer 59
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2013 Reverence Writing Writer 59
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2012 Student Writing Writer 59
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2006 About Love Writing Writer 59
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2006 Digital Sam in Sam Saek 2006: Talk to Her Writing Writer 59
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2001 The Road Writing Writer 59
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1998 Killer Writing Writer 58
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1995 Cardiogram Writing Writer 59
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1992 Kairat Writing Writer 59
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1988 July Writing Writer 58
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1987 And We Will Save the Love Writing Screenplay N/A
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