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Filmmaker · Kazakhstan

Ardak Amirkulov

Died in 2026

Ardak Amirkulov was born on 10 December 1955 in the Talas district, Jambyl region. A graduate in 1988 of the Moscow film school, in the workshop of Sergei Solovyov, he then headed the Kazakhfilm studio and taught at the Almaty theatre and film institute, training several generations of filmmakers. He also directed Abai and Farewell, Gulsary, and received the State Prize of Kazakhstan and the Order of Kurmet. He died in August 2026, aged seventy.

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