Emir Baigazin
Kazakhstani film director
Emir Kenzhegazyuly Baigazin (Kazakh: Эмир Кенжеғазыұлы Байғазин, Emir Kenjeğazyūly Baiğazin; born 19 July 1984) is a Kazakh actor and film director, active in the genres of auteur cinema and art-house.
Emir Kenzhegazyuly Baigazin was born on 19 July 1984 in Tamdy village, Alga District in the Aktobe Province of Kazakh SSR (USSR).
After graduating from high school in Alga (from 2002 to 2004), he studied at the acting school of the T. Akhtanov Aktobe Drama Theater and in 2004 he entered the Kazakh National Academy of Arts, where he specialised in film direction and cinema.
In September 2007, he participated in the Busan International Film Festival, the Asian Film Academy (AFA). In February 2008, he was a member of the Berlin camp of young talent at the 58th Berlin International Film Festival in Germany.
Filmography
Acting
2005 - Day Watch (Дневной Дозор) — young Tamerlan.
Directing
Short films
2006 - Cheerful and Offended (Russian: Весёлые и обиженные) — screenwriter, director and cameraman.
2007 - Steppe (Russian: Степь) — screenwriter, director and cameraman.
2007 - Virgins (Russian: Девственники) — screenwriter and director.
2007 - Silhouettes of Almaty (Russian: Силуэты Алматы) — producer.
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