Amir Karakulov

Amir Karakulov

Director · Producer · Writer

Alma-Ata, USSR (Almaty, Kazakhstan)
September 11, 1965

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.

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Amir Karakulov 1

Representative Works

Unreal Love
Unreal Love
1.0
/ Russian
Leaves
Leaves
No Rating Yet
/ Russian
Don't Cry
Don't Cry
9.0
/ Kazakh
Last Holiday
Last Holiday
5.5
/ Kazakh
Red trousers
Red trousers
No Rating Yet
/ Kazakh
Due to Insignificance
Due to Insignificance
No Rating Yet
/ Kazakh

Awards and Honors

Critical Favorites

Unreal Love
2012Nominee

Best Writing

Unreal Love

The Stray White and the Speckled
1986Nominee

Best Director

The Stray White and the Speckled

Don't Cry
2002Winner

Best Writing

Don't Cry

Career Highlights

The Dove's Bell-ringer
1994Highlight

Best Writing

The Dove's Bell-ringer

Last Holiday
1996Highlight

Best Writing

Last Holiday