Yermek Shinarbayev (also translated as Ermek Shinarbaev; kk, Ermek Bektasuly Shynarbaev) is a Soviet

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 ...

. Born in 1953 in

Alma-Ata Almaty (; kk, Алматы; ), formerly known as Alma-Ata ( kk, Алма-Ата), is the largest city in Kazakhstan, with a population of about 2 million. It was the capital of Kazakhstan from 1929 to 1936 as an autonomous republic as part of t ...

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(now

Almaty Almaty (; kk, Алматы; ), formerly known as Alma-Ata ( kk, Алма-Ата), is the List of most populous cities in Kazakhstan, largest city in Kazakhstan, with a population of about 2 million. It was the capital of Kazakhstan from 1929 to ...

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), Shinarbaev is sometimes categorized as a member of the Kazakh New Wave. He is especially well known for his collaboration with the Korean-Russian writer, Anatoli Kim, resulting to three films. The last of Shinarbaev-Kim film ''

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'' (Revenge), was screened in the

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section at the

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and won the grand prize at Sochi Open Russian Film Festival in 1990.

Filmography

* '' Sestra moya, Lyusya'' (My Sister Lucy) (1985) (script by Anatoli Kim) * '' Vyyti iz lesa na polyanu'' (''Out of the Forest, into the Glade)'' (1987) (script by Anatoli Kim) * ''

'' (Revenge) (1989) (script by Anatoli Kim) * '' Azghyin ushtykzyn'azaby'' (1993) * '' Alciz Shurek'' (1994)

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* 1953 births Living people Soviet film directors Kazakhstani film directors {{Kazakhstan-film-director-stub