Darezhan Omirbaev ( kk, Дарежан Омiрбаев, ''Darejan Omırbaev''; born 15 March 1958) is a Kazakh
film director and
screenwriter.
Work
Omirbaev has directed nine films since 1982; six features, one medium length digital film, and three shorts. His second short, ''Shilde,'' shot in black and white, is autobiographical, as are his first two features ''Kairat'' (also shot in black and white) and ''
Cardiogram'', which premiered at the
52nd edition of the
Venice Film Festival
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, winning the CICT/UNESCO Prize.
''
Tueur à gages'', a crime story inspired by Tolstoy's "The Forged Coupon", screened in the
Un Certain Regard
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section at the
1998 Cannes Film Festival
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, where it won the
Prize Un Certain Regard.
''
Jol'', Omirbaev's subsequent film, was a return to autobiography, a poetic story of a filmmaker in the vein of ''8 1/2'', starring Tajik filmmaker
Djamshed Usmonov. ''About Love'', based on a story by Chekhov but also a kind of sequel to ''Kairat,'' was Omirbaev's contribution to the Jeonju Film Festival's annual collection of short digital pieces commissioned from filmmakers around the world.
''Shuga'' and ''Student'' were departures for Omirbaev, both based on literary works - respectively, Tolstoy's ''Anna Karenina'' and Dostoyevsky's ''Crime and Punishment.'' ''
Student'' competed in the Un Certain Regard section at the
2012 Cannes Film Festival.
Filmography
* ''
Zhizn'' (short) (1982)
* ''
July
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'' (short) (1988)
* ''
Kairat'' (1992)
* ''
Cardiogram'' (1995)
* ''
Killer
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Killer may also refer to:
Arts, entertainment, and media Fictional characters
* Killer (''Home and Away''), a character from ''Home and Away''
* Killer Kane, ...
'' (1998)
* ''
The Road
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'' (2001)
* ''
About Love'' (medium-length film included in ''Digital Sam in Sam Saek 2006: Talk to Her)'' (2006)
* ''
Shuga'' (2007)
* ''
Student'' (2012)
* ''
Reverence'' (Documentary short, co-directed by Olga Korotko) (2013)
* ''
Poet
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'' (2021)
* ''
Last Screening'' (short) (2022)
References
External links
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1958 births
Living people
Kazakhstani film directors
Kazakhstani screenwriters