Shaken Aimanov
Directing
October 16, 1914
Died December 23, 1970 (56 years old)
Bayanaul, Bayanaul district, Pavlodar region, Kazakhstan
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Acting Credits
11
Directed
Biography
Shaken Kenzhetaevich Aimanov (Kazakh: Шәкен Кенжетайұлы Айманов; born 15 October 1914 – 23 December 1970; Bayanaul) was a Soviet (Kazakh) film director, screenwriter, actor. He is considered to be the father of Kazakh cinematography, as well as an iconic film director and actor. He directed eleven films between 1954 and 1970. Aimanov was born in Bayanaul, Russian Empire (now Kazakhstan) in 1914. He studied at the Kazakh Institute of Education in Semipalatinsk (now Semey) from 1931 to 1933. He b...
Known For
Filmography
Once and for a Lifetime
1977
At the Foot of Naizatas
1969
as Baysembay
Aksak Kulan
1968
as Narrator (voice)
Wings of Song
1966
Beardless Deceiver
1965
as Aldar-Kose
7.5
In One District
1961
as Sabyr Bayanov
8
Our Kind Doctor
1958
as dramatic actor
7
Here We Live
1956
as Beisov
8
Zhambyl
1953
as Dzhambul
8
Golden Horn
1948
as Jaken Dosanov
Songs of Abai
1946
as Sharip
6.5
White Rose
1943
as Jakpan
8
Rajchan
1940
as Sarsen
7