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Timur Bekmambetov

Film Director / Film Producer / Screenwriter / Writer / Music Video Director / Theatrical Producer / Impresario | * 06/25/1961 (62) | Guryev, Kazakh SSR, USSR [now Atyrau, Kazakhstan]
Timur Nuruakhitovich Bekmambetov (Russian: Тимур Нуруахитович Бекмамбетов, pronounced [tʲɪˈmur nʊrʊɐˈxʲitəvʲɪt͡ɕ bʲɪkmɐmˈbʲetəf]; Kazakh: Темір Нұрбақытұлы Бекмамбетoв, romanized: Temır Nūrbaqytūly Bekmambetov; born 25 June 1961) is a Russian-Kazakh film director, producer, screenwriter, and tech entrepreneur. He is best known for the fantasy epic Night Watch (2004) and the action thriller Wanted (2008), as well as for the pioneering screenlife films Unfriended (2015), Searching (2018) and Profile (2018). He founded Baselevs, a production company that earned a spot among the 2021 World's 10 Most Innovative Companies in Video, according to Fast Company. ()
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Most frequent genres for this person: Comedies | Thriller | Drama

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Awards & Nominations for Timur Bekmambetov

Order of Friendship European Film Award - People's Choice Award for Best Director
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TV Shows/Series with Timur Bekmambetov as Actor(3)

as himself2017 vDud
as himself2012 Evening Urgant

Movies with Timur Bekmambetov as Crew(77)

Writing/Screenplay2024 Khodzha Nasreddin
Directing/Director2024 Khodzha Nasreddin
Directing/Director2023 Petersburg Carousel
Production/Executive Producer2023 Missing
Production/Producer2023 War of the Worlds
Production/Producer2023 Liked
Production/Producer2023 Resurrected
Production/Producer2022 #FBF
Production/Producer2021 #Blue_Whale
Directing/Director2021 V2. Escape from Hell
Production/Producer2021 V2. Escape from Hell
Production/Producer2021 R#J
Production/Executive Producer2020 Current Sea
Production/Producer2020 Persian Lessons
Production/Producer2018 Alice AI
Production/Producer2018 The Last Six Degrees of Celebration
Production/Producer2018 The Current War
Production/Producer2018 Searching
Production/Producer2018 Unfriended: Dark Web
Production/Producer2018 Rezo
Production/Producer2018 Tweet-Tweet
Production/Producer2018 Unfollowed
Production/Production Director2018 B-Day!
Directing/Director2018 Profile
Production/Producer2018 Profile
Writing/Writer2018 Profile
Production/General Manager2017 Six Degrees of Celebration 6
Production/Producer2017 The Spacewalker
Production/Executive Producer2016 Before Love
Directing/Director2016 Ben-Hur
Directing/Director2016 Six Degrees of Celebration 5
Production/Producer2016 Six Degrees of Celebration 5
Production/Producer2016 To Crack Bloggers
Production/Producer2015 I Am Dragon
Production/Producer2015 The Best Day Ever
Production/Producer2015 Hardcore Henry
Production/Producer2015 Double Trouble
Production/Producer2014 Fool's Day
Production/Producer2014 Bitterly! 2
Directing/Director2014 Six Degrees of Celebration 1914
Production/Producer2014 Six Degrees of Celebration 1914
Production/General Manager2014 Paws, Bones & Rock'n'roll
Production/Producer2014 Squirrels
Production/Producer2014 Unfriended
Production/Producer2013 The Game of Truth
Production/Producer2013 Six Degrees of Celebration 3
Production/Producer2013 Bitterly!
Production/Producer2012 Gentlemen, Good Luck!‎
Directing/Director2012 Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter
Production/Producer2012 Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter
Production/Producer2012 The Snow Queen
Production/Producer2011 Kikoriki: Team Invincible
Production/Producer2011 Six Degrees of Celebration 2
Writing/Writer2011 Six Degrees of Celebration 2
Production/Producer2011 The Darkest Hour
Production/Producer2011 Apollo 18
Production/Producer2011 Lucky Trouble
Production/Executive Producer2010 Happy People: A Year in the Taiga
Directing/Director2010 Six Degrees of Celebration
Production/Producer2010 Six Degrees of Celebration
Production/Producer2009 9
Production/Producer2009 Black Lightning
Directing/Director2008 Wanted
Directing/Director2007 The Irony of Fate. The Sequel
Production/Producer2007 The Irony of Fate. The Sequel
Directing/Director2006 Day Watch
Writing/Writer2006 Day Watch
Directing/Director2005 Night Bazaar
Directing/Director2004 Night Watch
Writing/Writer2004 Night Watch
Directing/Director2002 Escape from Afghanistan
Writing/Writer2002 Escape from Afghanistan
Directing/Director2001 The Arena
Directing/Director1994 Peshavarskiy vals
Writing/Writer1994 Peshavarskiy vals

TV Shows/Series with Timur Bekmambetov as Crew(1)

Production/Producer2006 The Gromovs

Citizenships: Soviet Union (former country), Russia, Kazakhstan
Born: Sunday, 06/25 1961 (June) in Guryev, Kazakh SSR, USSR [now Atyrau, Kazakhstan] (current age: 62 years + 278 days)
Zodiac sign: Cancer (Chinese zodiac sign: Ox)
Languages: Russian (RU)
Educated at: Moscow Power Engineering Institute, Top Courses for Scriptwriters and Film Directors
Other names for Timur Bekmambetov (nicknames, foreign languages etc.):
"Timur Bekmambetow"
"Тимур Бекмамбетов"
"Timur Nuruakhitovich Bekmambetov"
"Тимур Нұрбақытұлы Бекмамбетов"
"Timur Nuruachitowitsch Bekmambetow"
Timur Bekmambetov frequently works together with these people:
Sergey Trofimov (15x, Crew)
Dmitry Kiselev (14x, Crew)
Yury Poteenko (12x, Crew)
Gosha Kutsenko (11x, Actor)
Varvara Avdyushko (11x, Crew)
Zhora Kryzhovnikov (11x, Crew)
Viktor Verzhbitskiy (11x, Actor)
Sergey Svetlakov (11x, Actor)
Adam Sidman (10x, Crew)
Yury Dud (4x, Actor)
WatchPlayStream ID: PEOPLE:9392, Added: 05/06/2018, Last updated: 03/26/2024