Rustem Abdrashov

Director, Writer, Actor

February 10, 1970 (56 years)
Rustem Zharaskanovich Abdrashov (Kazakh: Рүстем Жарасқанұлы Әбдірашев; 2 February 1970; Alma-Ata) is a Kazakh film director, screenwriter, art director and actor.

He was born in 1970 in Alma-Ata in the family of the famous Kazakh poet Zharaskan Abdrashev. Mother, Nazigul Nurgalievna Mergenbayeva is a philologist, teacher, teacher of the Kazakh language. In 2004, the year "Rebirth Island" was released, the director's first full—length feature film based on the poetry of Zharaskan Abdrashev, which received international recognition and was awarded various prizes at film festivals around the world.

Known For

  • Kazakh Khanate: Diamond Sword
    Kazakh Khanate: Diamond Sword2017
  • The Gift to Stalin
    The Gift to Stalin2008
  • Kazakh Khanate: The Golden Throne
    Kazakh Khanate: The Golden Throne2019
  • The Sky of My Childhood
    The Sky of My Childhood2011
  • Fiery River
    Fiery River2013
  • Breaking The Vicious Circle
    Breaking The Vicious Circle2014

Filmography

2019
2016
2014
Tyghyryqtan zhol tapqan · as Screenplay
2013
Käshbasshy zholy · as Screenplay
2013
Iron Mountain · as Screenplay
2011
The Sky of My Childhood · as Screenplay

1994
The Story of a Young Accordionist · as Production Design
1994
The Dove's Bell-Ringer · as Production Design
1993
Dikiy vostok · as Production Design
1991
Begushchaya mishen · as Production Design
1990
The Fall of Otrar · as Assistant Production Design