Timur Bekmambetov
Timur Bekmambetov
☼ Né le 25 avril 1961, à Guryev, Kazakh SSR, USSR [now Atyrau, Kazakhstan]
Biographie
Timur Bekmambetov is a Kazakh-Russian film director known for vampire
franchise Night Watch (2004)
and
Day Watch (2006)
. He was born Timur Nuruakhitovich Bekmambetov on June 25, 1961, in
Guryev, Soviet Union (now Atyrau, Kazakhstan). His father, Nuruakhit
Bekmambetov, is a manager at Guryev Energy company; his mother, Mira
Bogoslavskaya, was a journalist. Young Bekmambetov was raised along the
Ural river in Kazakhstan, Soviet Union. In 1978, aged 17, he moved to Moscow. There from 1978 to 1980 he
attended the Moscow Energy Institute, but he was more interested in art
and movies. Eventually, he dropped out of college, and joined the
cultural milieu around such artists as Anatoli Zverev and Oskar Rabin.
Then, from 1982 to 1987 he studied painting at Tashkent Theatrical Art
Institute, graduating in 1987 as artist of theatre and film. From 1987
to 1988 he served in the Red Army stationed at artillery division near
Ashkhabad, Turkmenistan. Then he worked as set designer at "Ilkhom"
Drama Theatre in Tashkent, and at Uzbek Film Studio. Since 1989 he has been directing commercials. In 1992 Bekmambetov made
his directorial and writing debut with
Peshawar Waltz (1994)
, a
film about the Soviet war in Afghanistan which received awards at
several festivals in Europe. From 1992 to 1997 he made 18 commercials
for the Russian bank "Imperial" and was named best young director of
1997 by Russian Film Academy. In 1999 he started his own film company,
Bazelevs Production. His big break came with the success of the vampire franchise
Night Watch (2004)
and
Day Watch (2006)
, which he
directed during 2003 - 2005. Both films became international
blockbusters, and received several awards and nominations. The third
installment,
Twilight Watch (2009), is slated
for release in 2009. Since 2005, Bekmambetov has been working in Hollywood, writing,
directing and producing several flicks, such as
Wanted (2008)
,
9 (2009)
, and
The Red Star
. Back in
Russia, he made another success directing
The Irony of Fate 2 (2007)
,
a romantic comedy based on the Soviet era characters and capitalizing
on nostalgia among some of the post-Soviet audiences. Timur Bekmambetov established himself as a master of dense narrative.
His films often surprise the viewers with eerie details, hectic pace
and unusual twists and turns, and remain a challenge even for
experienced audiences.
Dans le rôle de réalisateur
Wanted (19/08/2008)
Ou : Lorsque qu’un faiseur de vampires russes s’essaie à l’univers des comics Timur Bekmambetov avait déjà réalisé Nochnoy dozor (aka Nightwatch). Puis Dnevnoy dozor (aka Daywatch). Il aime les histoires fantastiques, et il le fait savoir au monde entier. La Russie a beau être nostalgique de son glorieux passé impérialiste et s’y réessayer, si […]