About

Known credits:
46
Birthday:
1954-03-19
Place of birth:
Alma-Ata, USSR (Almaty, Kazakhstan)
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Rashid Nugmanov

Overview

Rashid Nugmanov (Russian: Рашид Мусаевич Нугманов; born March 19, 1954; Alma-Ata) is a Soviet and Kazakh film director, dissident, political activist and founder of the Kazakh New Wave cinema movement.

Rashid Nugmanov was born into a Muslim Kazakh family on March 19, 1954. After graduating in 1977 from the Architectural Institute in Alma-Ata, Nugmanov enrolled at the prestigious Moscow State Film Institute (VGIK), the world's first institute of cinematography in 1984.

His directorial debut, The Needle, premiered in September 1988 at the "Golden Duke" Festival in Odesa, where it won the Un Certain Regard prize. Starring popular Soviet rock musician Viktor Tsoi, it was one of the first films to break the taboo against talking about drug addiction in the Soviet Union. The film was released in the USSR in February 1989 with 1,000 prints in circulation and became a box office hit viewed by over 30 million cinemagoers. The film was also a critical success, winning First Prize at the Nuremberg Film Festival and initiating the "Kazakh New Wave". He declared, in 1990, the motto of the New Wave of Kazakh cinema: "We demand no unified philosophy nor uniform artistic views on art. We are unified, instead, in our freedom and love of art". Nugmanov served as President of the Union of Kazakh Filmmakers from 1989 until 1992, when he wrote, directed and produced The Wild East, a post-apocalyptic punk samurai Ostern which attracted international acclaim at film festivals in Venice, Los Angeles, and Tokyo, and was awarded the Prix Special du Jury in Valenciennes, France. The film marked the end of both the Kazakh New Wave and Nugmanov's active directorial career, although he continued to write screenplays throughout the 1990s.

Nugmanov moved to Paris, France, in 1993 and currently serves as the General Director of the International Freedom Network, a London-based think tank created to foster democracy in the former Soviet Union. A harsh critic of the political regime of Nursultan Nazarbaev, which he has decried as a mafia, Nugmanov has been responsible for the international relations of dissident organisations including the Forum for Democratic Forces of Kazakhstan and Central Asia, Republican People's Party of Kazakhstan, Democratic Choice of Kazakhstan, and For a Just Kazakhstan.

Known for

Acting
2015 The Story of Kazakh Cinema – Underground of Kazakhfilm Actor Self N/A
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2010 The Needle Remix Actor 58
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1993 The Wild East Actor 58
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1987 And We Will Save the Love Actor N/A
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1986 The Stray White and the Speckled Actor 58
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1977 Zgga Actor N/A
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1975 Balapan Actor N/A
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1971 The Snow Band Actor N/A
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BATU: Historical Detective Actor N/A
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Directing
2020 Antarctica Double Crossing Directing Director N/A
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2010 The Needle Remix Directing Director 58
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1993 The Wild East Directing Director 58
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1988 The Needle Directing Director 59
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1987 And We Will Save the Love Directing Director N/A
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1986 The Stray White and the Speckled Directing Assistant Director Trainee 58
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1986 Yahha Directing Director 58
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1977 Zgga Directing Director N/A
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1971 The Snow Band Directing Director N/A
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BATU: Historical Detective Directing Director N/A
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Writing
2020 Antarctica Double Crossing Writing Writer N/A
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2010 The Needle Remix Writing Writer 58
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1993 The Wild East Writing Writer 58
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1987 And We Will Save the Love Writing Screenplay N/A
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1986 Yahha Writing Writer 58
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1977 Zgga Writing Screenplay N/A
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1971 The Snow Band Writing Screenplay N/A
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BATU: Historical Detective Writing Writer N/A
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Production
2020 Antarctica Double Crossing Production Producer N/A
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2017 Memento Vivere Production Producer N/A
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2010 The Needle Remix Production Producer 58
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1993 The Wild East Production Producer 58
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1986 Yahha Production Producer 58
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1977 Zgga Production Producer N/A
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1971 The Snow Band Production Producer N/A
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BATU: Historical Detective Production Producer N/A
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Sound
1975 Balapan Sound Music Consultant N/A
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Art
1993 The Wild East Art Production Design 58
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1988 The Needle Art Production Design 59
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1986 Yahha Art Production Design 58
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1977 Zgga Art Production Design N/A
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1971 The Snow Band Art Production Design N/A
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Camera
2010 The Needle Remix Camera Camera Operator 58
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Editing
2017 Memento Vivere Editing Editor N/A
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2010 The Needle Remix Editing Editor 58
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1977 Zgga Editing Editor N/A
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1971 The Snow Band Editing Editor N/A
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