Darezhan Omirbaev ( kk, Дарежан Омiрбаев, ''Darejan Omırbaev''; born 15 March 1958) is a Kazakh

film director A film director controls a film's artistic and dramatic aspects and visualizes the screenplay (or script) while guiding the film crew and actors in the fulfilment of that vision. The director has a key role in choosing the cast members, p ...

and

screenwriter A screenplay writer (also called screenwriter, scriptwriter, scribe or scenarist) is a writer who practices the craft of screenwriting, writing screenplays on which mass media, such as films, television programs and video games, are based. ...

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, winning the CICT/UNESCO Prize. '' Tueur à gages'', a crime story inspired by Tolstoy's "The Forged Coupon", screened in the Un Certain Regard section at the

1998 Cannes Film Festival The 51st Cannes Film Festival was held from 13 to 24 May 1998. American director, producer, screenwriter, and film historian Martin Scorsese was the Jury President. The Palme d'Or went to the Greek film '' Mia aioniotita kai mia mera'' by Theo A ...

, 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 Jamshed Usmonov ( tg, Ҷамшед Усмонов, fa, جمشید عثمانف; born 13 January 1965), also credited as Djamshed Usmonov, is a Tajik film director, producer, scriptwriter and one of the most notable figures of contemporary Persian ...

. ''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 A student is a person enrolled in a school or other educational institution. In the United Kingdom and most commonwealth countries, a "student" attends a secondary school or higher (e.g., college or university); those in primary or elementar ...

'' competed in the Un Certain Regard section at the

2012 Cannes Film Festival The 65th Cannes Film Festival was held from 16 to 27 May 2012. Italian film director Nanni Moretti was the President of the Jury for the main competition and British actor Tim Roth was the President of the Jury for the Un Certain Regard section. ...

Filmography

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Zhizn ''Zhizn'' ( rus, Жизнь, p=ˈʐɨzʲnʲ, a=Ru-жизнь.ogg, ''"Life"'') was a Russian magazine published first in Saint Petersburg (1897-1901), then in London and Geneva (1902). ''Zhizn'' began its existence as a general purpose magazine in ...

'' (short) (1982) * '' July'' (short) (1988) * '' Kairat'' (1992) * '' Cardiogram'' (1995) * '' Killer'' (1998) * '' The Road'' (2001) * ''

About Love ''About Love'' may refer to: * "About Love" (short story), 1898 Russian short story by Anton Chekhov * ''About Love'' (album), 2009 album by the Plastiscines * "About Love" (song), a 2020 song by Marina *About Love (1970 film) ''About Love'' (russ ...

'' (medium-length film included in ''Digital Sam in Sam Saek 2006: Talk to Her)'' (2006) * '' Shuga'' (2007) * ''

'' (2012) * '' Reverence'' (Documentary short, co-directed by Olga Korotko) (2013) * '' Poet'' (2021) * ''

Last Screening ''Last Screening'' (french: Dernière séance) is a 2011 French horror film by Laurent Achard. The film is about Sylvain (Pascal Cervo) who is devoted to the theater, which is about to go out of business. He lives in the basement of the cinema and ...

'' (short) (2022)

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Omirbaev, Darezhan 1958 births Living people Kazakhstani film directors Kazakhstani screenwriters