Emir Baighazin
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).
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Emir Baighazin
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- Name
- Emir Baigazin
- Born
- 19 July 1984
- Birthplace
- Tamdy village, Alga District, Kazakhstan
- Nationality
- Kazakhstan
- Occupation
- screenwriter · cinematographer · film editor · actor · director
- Education
- Kazakh National Academy of Arts
- Honours
- Silver Bear for Outstanding Artistic Contribution
- Languages
- Kazakh
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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).
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Emir Baighazin (born 1984) is an actor, cinematographer and director, among other activities and a national of Kazakhstan. The actor was born in Tamdi. Emir Baighazin studied at Kazakh National Academy of Arts.
Languages used include Kazakh. The actor received Silver Bear for Outstanding Artistic Contribution.
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In February 2008, he was a member of the Berlin camp of young talent at the 58th Berlin International Film Festival in Germany.
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• Name — Emir Baigazin • Born — 19 July 1984 • Birthplace — Tamdy village, Alga District, Kazakhstan
Acting
Acting
• 2005 - Day Watch (Дневной Дозор) — young Tamerlan.
Short films
Short films
• 2006 - Cheerful and Offended — screenwriter, director and cameraman. • 2007 - Steppe — screenwriter, director and cameraman. • 2007 - Virgins — screenwriter and director. • 2007 - Silhouettes of Almaty — producer. • 2008 - Весогонщик — screenwriter and director.
Feature films
Feature films
• 2013 - Harmony Lessons. It won the World Cinema Fund prize at the Berlin International Film Festival, and was shown at the Tribeca Film Festival. Baigazin was nominated for the Asia Pacific Screen Award for Achievement in Directing. • 2016 - The Wounded Angel, premiered at the 66th Berlinale (Panorama Special). • 2018 - The River (Ozen), premiered at the Horizons sections of the 2018 Venice Film Festival. • 2022 - Life
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- 1.Рисковый Эмир 2008. Не Кустурица, но тоже Эмир – Байгазин.
- 2.Variety. Film Review: ‘The Wounded Angel’.
- 3.The Hollywood Reporter. 'The Wounded Angel' ('Ranenyy Angel'): Berlin Review.
- 4.Screen International. Emir Baigazin planning new trilogy.
- 5.Channel 1 Казахстанский фильм с актерами-непрофессионалами произвел фурор на «Берлинале» 15.02.2013 16:54
- 6.Kazakhstan's Emir Baygazin movie got Berlinale World Cinema Fund prize. Embassy of the Republic of Kazakhstan. 18 January 2013.
- 7.Tribecafilm.com. Harmony Lessons; 2013 Tribeca Film Festival.
- 8.Winners & Nominees 2013. asiapacificscreenacademy.com.
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