Rashid Nugmanov
Known for
Directing
Born
March 19, 1954 (age 72)
Birthplace
Alma-Ata, USSR (Almaty, Kazakhstan)
Biography
Rashid Nugmanov (Russian: Рашид Мусаевич Нугманов; born March 19, 1954; Alma-Ata) is a Soviet and Kazakh film director, dissident, political activist and founder of the Kazakh New Wave cinema movement.
Rashid Nugmanov was born into a Muslim Kazakh family on March 19, 1954. After graduating in 1977 from the Architectural Institute in Alma-Ata, Nugmanov enrolled at the prestigious Moscow State Film Institute (VGIK), the world's first institute of cinematography in 1984.
His directorial debut, The Needle, premiered in September 1988 at the "Golden Duke" Festival in Odesa, where it won the Un Certain Regard prize. Starring popular Soviet rock musician Viktor Tsoi, it was one of the first films...
Best known work
The Needle
1989
The Needle Remix
2010
The Stray White and the Speckled
1986
Yahha
1986
The Wild East
1993
And We Will Save the Love
1987The Snow Band
1971Zgga
1977
BATU: Historical Detective
Balapan
1975Filmography
TBA
BATU: Historical DetectiveDirector, Writer, Producer
2020
Antarctica Double CrossingDirector, Writer, Producer
2017
Memento VivereProducer, Editor
2015
2010
The Needle RemixProducer, Editor, Camera Operator, Director, Writer
2010
Виктор Цой. Легенда о последнем героеas Рашид Нугманов
1993
The Wild Eastas The Godfather (Masked), Writer, Producer, Production Design, Director
1989
The NeedleDirector, Production Design
1987
And We Will Save the LoveDirector, Screenplay
1986
The Stray White and the SpeckledAssistant Director Trainee
1986
YahhaProducer, Production Design, Director, Writer
1977
ZggaDirector, Screenplay, Producer, Production Design, Editor
1975
BalapanMusic Consultant
1971
The Snow BandDirector, Screenplay, Producer, Production Design, Editor