Shukhrat Abbasov

Shukhrat Abbasov was born on 16 January 1931 in Kokand. Trained in directing at the Tashkent Institute of Theatre Arts, then at the advanced courses of Mosfilm, he led a theatre company before joining the Uzbekistan studio in 1958, which he headed from 1982 to 1986. A professor at the Tashkent institute, he later held the chair of dramatic art and cinema there, and is regarded as one of the founders of Uzbek cinema. People's Artist of the Soviet Union in 1981, he died in Tashkent on 25 April 2018, aged eighty-seven.

In the catalogue 1

• CinemaTashkent, City of BreadTashkent, gorod khlebnyyShukhrat Abbasov · 1968Cinema