Yermek Shinarbayev

Yermek Shinarbayev
Born1953
Alma-Ata, Soviet Union (now Almaty, Kazakhstan)
Other namesErmek Shinarbaev
OccupationFilm director
Years active1977-1994

Yermek Shinarbayev (also translated as Ermek Shinarbaev; Kazakh: Ermek Bektasūly Şynarbaev, Ермек Бектасұлы Шынарбаев) is a Soviet film director.[1] Born in 1953 in Alma-Ata, Soviet Union (now Almaty, Kazakhstan), 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.[2] The last of Shinarbaev-Kim film Mest (Revenge), was screened in the Un Certain Regard section at the 1991 Cannes Film Festival[3] and won the grand prize at Sochi Open Russian Film Festival in 1990.[4]

  1. ^ Peter Rollberg (2016). Historical Dictionary of Russian and Soviet Cinema. US: Rowman & Littlefield. pp. 669–670. ISBN 978-1442268425.
  2. ^ "Revenge: The Long Road Home". The Criterion Collection. Retrieved 18 May 2018.
  3. ^ "Festival de Cannes: The Reed Flute". festival-cannes.com. Retrieved 11 August 2009.
  4. ^ "Sochi Open Russian Film Festival (1990)". IMDb. Retrieved 18 May 2018.