Ali Hamroyev
Ali Hamroyev (sometimes spelled Ali Khamrayev in English) (Ali Hamroyev, Али Ҳамроев) (born May 19, 1937) is an Uzbek actor, film director, screenwriter, and film producer. He is best known in the former Soviet Union for his works in the 1960s and 1970s. Since 1988 he has been living in Italy.
Ali Hamroyev
- Name
- Ali Hamroyev Али Хамроев
- Birth Name
- Ali Ergashevich Hamroyev
- Born
- 19 May 1937
- Birthplace
- Tashkent, Uzbek SSR, USSR
- Occupation
- actor, film director, screenwriter, and film producer
- Awards
- * Meritorious Artist of the Uzbek SSR (1969)
- Nationality
- Soviet Union
- Education
- Gerasimov Institute of Cinematography
- Honours
- Order of Friendship of Peoples · State Prize of the Uzbek SSR Named After Hamza
- Languages
- Russian
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Ali Hamroyev (sometimes spelled Ali Khamrayev in English) (Ali Hamroyev, Али Ҳамроев) (born May 19, 1937) is an Uzbek actor, film director, screenwriter, and film producer. He is best known in the former Soviet Union for his works in the 1960s and 1970s. Since 1988 he has been living in Italy.
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Biography
Biography
To date, Hamroyev has made over 30 documentary and over 20 feature films. His most famous films include Yor-yor (1964), The Seventh Bullet (1972), The Bodyguard (1979), and Vuodillik kelin (1984). Hamroyev has received many honorary titles and awards, including the title Meritorious Artist of Uzbekistan (1969).
Key facts
Key facts
• Name — Ali Hamroyev Али Хамроев • Birth Name — Ali Ergashevich Hamroyev • Born — 19 May 1937 • Birthplace — Tashkent, Uzbek SSR, USSR • Occupation — actor, film director, screenwriter, and film producer • Awards — * Meritorious Artist of the Uzbek SSR (1969) • State Hamza Prize (1971)
Life and work
Life and work
Ali Hamroyev was born on May 19, 1937, in Tashkent, then the Uzbek SSR. He graduated from the Gerasimov Institute of Cinematography (VGIK) in 1961. That same year he started working at Uzbekfilm. Hamroyev is best known in the former Soviet Union for his works in the 1960s and 1970s. He has made over 30 documentary and over 20 feature films throughout his career. Hamroyev is still working today. In 2010, he announced that Jack Nicholson had agreed to portray Timur in his new movie.
As director
As director
• Bolalar haqida kichik hikoyalar (Russian: Маленькие истории о детях, которые...) (Short Stories about Children) (1961) • Любит — не любит? (Does He/She Love or Not?) (1964) • Yor-yor (Russian: Где ты, моя Зульфия?) (Yor-Yor) (1964) • Laylak keldi, yoz boʻldi (Russian: Белые, белые аисты) (The White Storks) (1966) • Dilorom (1967) • Qizil qum (Russian: Красные пески) (The Red Sands) (1968) • Favqulodda komissar (Russian: Чрезвычайный комиссар) (The Extraordinary Commissar) (1970) • Без страха (Fearless) (1971) • Yettinchi oʻq (Russian: Седьмая пуля) (The Seventh Bullet) (1972) • Muxlis (Russian: Поклонник) (The Fan) (1973) • Inson qushlar ortidan boradi (Russian: Человек уходит за птицами) (The Man is after Birds) (1975) • Триптих (Triptych) (1978) • Телохранитель (The Bodyguard) (1979) • Жаркое лето в Кабуле (A Hot Summer in Kabul) (1983) • Vuodillik kelin (Russian: Невеста из Вуадиля) (A Bride from Vuodil) (1984) • Я тебя помню (I Remember You) (1985) • Сад желаний (The Garden of Desires) (1988) • Kim jinni? (Russian: Кто сумасшедший?) (Who is Insane?) (1992) • Bo Ba Bu (1998) • Место под солнцем (A Place under the Sun) (2004) • Артисты (The Artists) (2007) • Аромат дыни в Самарканде (The Scent of Melon in Samarkand) (2021)
As actor
As actor
• Место под солнцем (A Place under the Sun) (2004)
Identity
Identity
Ali Hamroyev is recorded as having received Order of Friendship of Peoples and State Prize of the Uzbek SSR Named After Hamza.
As screenwriter
• Laylak keldi, yoz boʻldi (Russian: Белые, белые аисты) (The White Storks) (1966) • Dilorom (1967) • Favqulodda komissar (Russian: Чрезвычайный комиссар) (The Extraordinary Commissar) (1970) • Без страха (Fearless) (1971) • Эшмат — добрый ангел (Eshmat — A Kind Angel) (1979) (short film) • Телохранитель (The Bodyguard) (1979) • Стрелять сгоряча не стоит (Shooting Rashly is not Worth It) (1983) • Vuodillik kelin (Russian: Невеста из Вуадиля) (A Bride from Vuodil) (1984) • Я тебя помню (I Remember You) (1985) • Kim jinni? (Russian: Кто сумасшедший?) (Who is Insane?) (1992) • Bo Ba Bu (1998) • Аромат дыни в Самарканде (The Scent of Melon in Samarkand) (2021)
Awards
Hamroyev has received many honorary titles and awards throughout his career, including the title Honored Artist of the Uzbek SSR (1969). In 1971, he received the State Hamza Prize. In 2021 won an award at the 5th FELIX Film Festival in Milan with "The Scent of Melon in Samarkand"
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