Amir Karakulov
Known for
Directing
Born
September 11, 1965 (age 61)
Birthplace
Alma-Ata, USSR (Almaty, Kazakhstan)
Biography
Amir Bulatovich Karakulov (Kazakh: Амир Булатович Каракулов; 11 September 1965; Alma Ata) is a Soviet and Kazakh director and screenwriter. He is the only Kazakh director who has received Tiger Award (won the 26th Rotterdam Film Festival) for film "Last Holiday" (1996).
He studied at the University of Kazakhstan, worked there for two years in the journalism department and then studied for three years at the Moscow film academy VGIK. His feature debut "Woman Between Two Brothers" was given the Fipresci Prize at the Moscow Film Festival.
Best known work
The Stray White and the Speckled
1986
The Dove's Bell-ringer
1994
Last Holiday
1996
Woman Between Two Brothers
1991
And We Will Save the Love
1987
Don't Cry
2002
Unreal Love
2012Leaves
1989
Due to Insignificance
2022
Red trousers
2025Filmography
2025
Red trousersDirector, Writer, Producer
2022
Due to InsignificanceDirector
2012
Unreal LoveScreenplay, Director
2002
Don't CryScreenplay, Producer, Director
1996
Last HolidayScreenplay, Producer, Editor, Director
1994
The Dove's Bell-ringerScreenplay, Editor, Director
1991
Woman Between Two BrothersScreenplay, Director
1989
LeavesDirector, Screenplay
1987
And We Will Save the LoveScreenplay
1986
The Stray White and the SpeckledAssistant Director Trainee