Ali Hamroyev (sometimes spelled Ali Khamrayev in English) (; ) (born May 19, 1937) is an Uzbek actor, film director, screenwriter, and film producer. He is best known in the former

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for his works in the 1960s and 1970s. To date, Hamroyev has made over 30

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and over 20

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s. 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).

Life and work

Ali Hamroyev was born on May 19, 1937, in

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, then the

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. He graduated from the

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(VGIK) in 1961. That same year he started working at

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. Hamroyev is best known in the former

for his works in the 1960s and 1970s. He has made over 30

and over 20

s throughout his career. Hamroyev is still working today. In 2010, he announced that

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had agreed to portray

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in his new movie.

Filmography

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

* ''Место под солнцем'' (''A Place under the Sun'') (2004)

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

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with "The Scent of Melon in Samarkand"

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Hamroyev, Ali 1937 births Uzbeks Living people Mass media people from Tashkent Ostern films Soviet film directors Soviet screenwriters Soviet male screenwriters Male screenwriters Uzbekistani screenwriters Uzbekistani film directors Uzbekistani film producers Uzbekistani male film actors 21st-century Uzbekistani male actors Academicians of the National Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences of Russia Gerasimov Institute of Cinematography alumni Recipients of the State Hamza Prize