Director,
Writer,
Producer
Born in 1961, USSR (Kazakhstan)
 
 
Timur BEKMAMBETOV
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Тимур БЕКМАМБЕТОВ
Timour BEKMAMBETOV
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Director
2021 - Devyatayev / Devyataev (Девятаев / ФАУ-2. Побег из ада) [fiction, 118 mn]
2018 - Profile (Профиль / Профайл) [fiction, 105 mn]
2018 - Yolki posledniye (Елки Последние) [fiction, 96 mn]
2016 - Yolki 5 (Елки 5) [fiction, 88 mn]
2016 - Ben-Hur (Бен-Гур) [fiction, 123 mn]
2014 - Yolki 1914 (Елки 1914) [fiction, 106 mn]
2011 - Abraham Lincoln : Okhotnik na vampirov (Абраам Линкольн : Охотник на вампиров) [fiction]
2010 - Yolki (Елки) [fiction, 90 mn]
2008 - Osobo opasen (Особо опасен) [fiction, 110 mn]
2007 - Ironya sudby. Prodolzhenie (Ирония судьбы. Продолжение) [fiction, 125 mn]
2005 - Dnevnoy dozor (Дневной дозор) [fiction, 140 mn]
2004 - Nochnoy dozor (Ночной дозор) [fiction, 115 mn]
2002 - Pobeg iz Afganistana (Побег из Афганистана) [fiction, 90 mn]
2002 - Gaz - russkie mashiny (Газ - русские машины) [documentary, 52 mn]
2001 - Gladiatriks (Гладиатрикс) [fiction, 96 mn]
1994 - Peshavarskiy vals (Пешаварский вальс) [fiction, 89 mn]
 
Writer
2018 - Profile (Профиль / Профайл) from Timur BEKMAMBETOV [fiction, 105 mn]
2011 - Elki 2 (Елки 2) from Aleksandr BARANOV , Levan GABRIADZE , Dmitry KISELEV , Aleksandr KOTT [fiction, 106 mn]
2010 - Yolki (Елки) from Timur BEKMAMBETOV [fiction, 90 mn]
2007 - Ironya sudby. Prodolzhenie (Ирония судьбы. Продолжение) from Timur BEKMAMBETOV [fiction, 125 mn]
2005 - Dnevnoy dozor (Дневной дозор) from Timur BEKMAMBETOV [fiction, 140 mn]
2004 - Nochnoy dozor (Ночной дозор) from Timur BEKMAMBETOV [fiction, 115 mn]
1994 - Peshavarskiy vals (Пешаварский вальс) from Timur BEKMAMBETOV , Gennadi KAYOUMOV [fiction, 89 mn]
 
Producer
2022 - Zemlya bol'shikh vozmozhnostey (Земля больших возможностей) from Andrey ANANIN [documentary, 99 mn]
2021 - Devyatayev / Devyataev (Девятаев / ФАУ-2. Побег из ада) from Timur BEKMAMBETOV , Sergey TROFIMOV [fiction, 118 mn]
2021 - Ya idu igrat (Я иду играть) from Anna ZAYTSEVA [fiction, 93 mn]
2019 - Alisa (Алиса) from Vasilisa KUZMINA [fiction, 15 mn]
2019 - Podvig (Подвиг) from Ivan PETUKHOV [fiction, 16 mn]
2018 - Profile (Профиль / Профайл) from Timur BEKMAMBETOV [fiction, 105 mn]
2018 - Yolki posledniye (Елки Последние) from Egor BARANOV , Timur BEKMAMBETOV , Anna PARMAS [fiction, 96 mn]
2018 - Dniukha! (Днюха!) from Roman KARIMOV [fiction, 80 mn]
2018 - Сhik-Chirik (Чик-Чирик) from Zhanna BEKMAMBETOVA [animation, 11 mn]
2017 - Vremia pervyh (Время первых) from Dmitry KISELEV [fiction, 140 mn]
2017 - Yolki novyie (Елки новые) from Aleksandr KARPILOVSKY , Dmitry KISELEV , Zhora KRYZHOVNIKOV [fiction, 85 mn]
2017 - Znaesh, mama, gde ya byl? (Знаешь, мама, где я был?) from Levan GABRIADZE [animation, 63 mn]
2016 - Hardcore (Хардкор) from Ilya NAISHULLER [fiction, 90 mn]
2016 - Yolki 5 (Елки 5) from Timur BEKMAMBETOV , Vadim PERELMAN [fiction, 88 mn]
2015 - Samyi luchyi den (Самый лучший день) from Zhora KRYZHOVNIKOV [fiction, 112 mn]
2015 - On - drakon (Он – дракон) from Indar DZHENDUBAEV [fiction, 107 mn]
2014 - Yolki 1914 (Елки 1914) from Timur BEKMAMBETOV , Olga KHARINA , Zaur ZASEEV [fiction, 106 mn]
2014 - Gorko! 2 (Горько! 2) from Zhora KRYZHOVNIKOV [fiction, 96 mn]
2014 - Den duraka (День дурака) from Aleksandr BARANOV [fiction, 90 mn]
2014 - Snezhnaya koroleva 2: Perezamorozka (Снежная королева 2: Перезаморозка) from Aleksey TSITSILIN [animation, 80 mn]
2012 - Gentlemen, udachi! (Джентльмены, удачи!) from Aleksandr BARANOV , Dmitry KISELEV [fiction, full length film]
2011 - Abraham Lincoln : Okhotnik na vampirov (Абраам Линкольн : Охотник на вампиров) from Timur BEKMAMBETOV [fiction]
2011 - Elki 2 (Елки 2) from Aleksandr BARANOV , Levan GABRIADZE , Dmitry KISELEV , Aleksandr KOTT [fiction, 106 mn]
2010 - Yolki (Елки) from Timur BEKMAMBETOV [fiction, 90 mn]
2010 - Vykrutacy (Выкрутасы) from Levan GABRIADZE [fiction, 97 mn]
2009 - Chornaya molniya (Черная молния) from Dmitry KISELEV , Aleksandr VOYTINSKIY [fiction, 107 mn]
2008 - Deviat (Девять) from Shane ACKER [animation, 80 mn]
2007 - Ironya sudby. Prodolzhenie (Ирония судьбы. Продолжение) from Timur BEKMAMBETOV [fiction, 125 mn]
2002 - Gaz - russkie mashiny (Газ - русские машины) from Timur BEKMAMBETOV , Bakhyt KILIBAEV [documentary, 52 mn]
1994 - Peshavarskiy vals (Пешаварский вальс) from Timur BEKMAMBETOV , Gennadi KAYOUMOV [fiction, 89 mn]
 
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Awards :
Best producer, Film Festival of CIS countries, Latvia, Lithuania, Estonia "Kinoshock", Russia, 2012
Peshavarskiy vals :
FIPRESCI Prize, Open Russian Film Festival Kinotavr, Sochi (Russia), 1994
Nochnoy dozor :
2ème prix au Festival international du film fantastique de Bruxelles, 2005

Biography
Born in Guryev, Kazakhstan on 25.6.1961, he studied in Moscow from 1978-80. In 1987 he completed his studies as a stage and film set designer at the Ostrovsky Academy in Tashkent, where he also worked for Uzbekfilm Studio. Since 1989 he has largely directed commercials. After his first feature film PESHAWAR WALTZ in 1992, he made THE ARENA, a gladiator film coproduced by Roger Corman, in 2000. He enjoyed international theatrical success with NOCHNOI DOZOR (NIGHT WATCH) which was shown in a Berlinale Special screening in 2005.
Source : www.berlinale.de
 

commentaries
- Dix films russes qui ont fait un carton au box-office international Anna NEKHAÏEVA, 2023, RUSSIA BEYOND
- Le réalisateur Timur Bekmambetov lance un projet sur l’IA Damien BANCAL, 2023, zataz.com
- Cinq films de Timour Bekmambetov à voir absolument Valeria PAÏKOVA, 2022, RUSSIA BEYOND
- Cinq raisons de regarder Wanted: Choisis ton destin de Timour Bekmambetov sur Netflix Maria TOKMATCHEVA, 2022, RUSSIA BEYOND
- Разбираем 12 фильмов о войне, снятых в РФ и Украине после 2014 года [Films tournés en Russie et Ukraine après 2014] , Anton DOLIN, 2022, Radio Dolin
- RUSSIA BEYOND: Cinq raisons de regarder V-2. Échapper de l'enfer, le nouveau blockbuster russe sur la WWII Igor ROZIN, 2021, RUSSIA BEYOND
- Timur Bekmambetov: Devyataev (Russia 2021) Nina SPUTNITSKAYA, 2021, Kinokultura
- War Thunder vole à la rescousse d'un film mis en difficulté par le coronavirus [V2. Echapper de l'enfer] ZOG, 2021, histogames.com
- Night Watch (2004) [de Timour BEKMAMBETOV] Julien MORVAN, 2020, Perestroikino
- Wanted Director propose une approche radicalement différente pour Wanted 2 2020, urban-fusions.fr
- Andreï Kontchalovski, Timour Bekmambetov, Galia Fatkhoutdinova : le cinéma russe relève le défi du confinement 2020, francetvinfo.fr
- Фильм Бекмамбетова о герое ВОВ Девятаеве будет в вертикальном формате 2020, РОССИЙСКАЯ ГАЗЕТА
- Le Russe Timur Bekmambetov tourne à distance grâce à Microsoft Teams Luka LEMORENTIN, 2020, avcesar.com
- Timur Bekmambetov (Searching) va réaliser le premier blockbuster en format vertical Aubin BOUILLE, 2020, cineserie.com
- Copycat cinema: 5 Hollywood films the Russians did first Josh NADEAU, 2017, calvertjournal.com
- Метаморфозы русского духа На каждом кинофестивале – свои сюжеты , Viktor MATIZEN, 2012, teatral-online
- Timur Bekmambetov : Six Degrees of Celebration (Elki, 2010) , Beach GRAY, 2011, kinokultura.com
- Timur Bekmambetov : The Irony of Fate. The Continuation (Ironiia sud'by. Prodolzhenie, 2007) , Arlene FORMAN, 2008, kinokultura.com
- Two Decades of Post-Soviet Cinema : Taking Stock of Our Stocktaking , Seth GRAHAM, 2008, kinokultura.com
- C Константином Эрнстом беседует редакция «Сеанса» , Group of authors, 2006, seance.ru
- Вальс-дозор , Dmitry BYKOV, 2006, seance.ru
- Timur Bekmambetov : Day Watch (Dnevnoi dozor, 2006) , Viktor MATIZEN, 2006, kinokultura.com
- Night Watch : Moscou réinvente Star Wars , Joël CHAPRON, 2005, Cinelive-Octobre 2005
- Blockbuster à la russe [au sujet de Night watch de Timur Bekmambetov] , Joël CHAPRON, 2005, Cahiers du cinéma N° 605
- Le succès de Night Watch [de Timur Bekmambetov] dynamise le cinéma commercial russe , Joël CHAPRON, 2005, Le Monde
- Timur Bekmambetov: Night Watch (Nochnoi dozor) (2004) , David MACFADYEN, 2004, kinokultura.com