Eldor Urazbayev

Soviet film director (1940–2012)

Eldor Magomatovich Urazbayev (Russian: Эльдор Магоматович Уразбаев; 11 October 1940 – 21 February 2012) was a Soviet, Kazakhstani, and Russian film director, screenwriter and film producer.^[1] He was honored with the title, Honored Worker of Culture of the Russian Federation in 1998.^[2]

Biography

Urazbayev born 11 October 1940, Tashkent, Uzbek SSR. He graduated from the Physics and Mathematics MSU 1963 High Courses for Scriptwriters and Film Directors in Moscow, the studio Alov and Naumov in 1972.

Worked as an assistant director in the Shaken Aymanov at the studio Kazakhfilm. After the tragic death Aymanova withdrew continuation of the acclaimed film Shaken End of Ataman, Trans-Siberian Express by script of Adabashyan, Mikhalkov and Konchalovsky. For a successful movie everybody got the Kazakh SSR State Prize in 1978.

In 1982 he entered into a second marriage to actress Natalya Arinbasarova, which was shot in Trans-Siberian Express.^[3]

Since 1982 as well the head of the First Creative Association Gorky Film Studio, the 1987 a art director of creative association TVK (TeleVideoKino) of the same studio. Since 1995 a board member of Gorky Film Studio.

Awards and recognition

Winner of State Prize Kazakh SSR (1978)
Honored Worker of Culture of the Russian Federation (1998)

Filmography

Director

1978 – Trans-Siberian Express
1979 – Tailcoat for Scapegrace
1981 – Look Both!
1982 – Traffic Inspector
1986 – One Second for a Feat
1987 – Visit to Minotaur
1993 – Tram hullabaloo or Buhtybarahty
1994 – Hagi-Tragger
2001 – Master of the Empire
2002 – Female Logic
2002 – Female Logic 2
2003 – Children of own
2004 – Wealth
2006 – Varenka
2009 – Bottlenose Jump

Actor

1983 – Love. Waiting. Lena as geologist
1995 – The Crusader as Ergen
2001 – Boss Lady as Timur Khakimovich Kenzhitaev

Writer

1990 – Hamlet of Suzaku, or Mamaia Caro
1992 – Ariel

References

^ Ряд российских деятелей науки, культуры и спорта удостоены юбилейной медали «10 лет Астане» Archived 2016-03-05 at the Wayback Machine
^ Awarded Russian presidential decree number 80 of 26 January 1998 Archived 26 December 2010 at the Wayback Machine
^ Дочки-матери: 17 родственных союзов Archived 2016-04-20 at the Wayback Machine