Shaken Aimanov

Born: 1914-10-16

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 began his acting career at the Kazakh Theater of Drama in Alma-Ata in 1933. Vivid social and psychological characteristics are inherent in his art. His best roles include Akhan Seri in Akhan Seri and Aktokty by Gabit Musirepov, Isatai in Isatai and Makhambet by Akhinzhanov, Kobylandy Batyr in Kobylandy by Mukhtar Auezov, Kodar in Kozy Korpesh and Bayan Sulu by Gabit Musirepov, Petruchio in The Taming of the Shrew by William Shakespeare, and Tikhon in The Storm by Alexander Ostrovsky. He also worked as a director and from 1947 to 1951 was chief director at the Kazakh Theater of Drama. Working in films since 1940, as both an actor and a director, Aimanov played Zhambyl in the film of the same name and directed the 1958 film Our Dear Doctor, among others. He was a deputy of the fourth and seventh convocations of the Supreme Soviet of the Kazakh SSR. In 1963 he was a member of the jury at the 3rd Moscow International Film Festival.[5] In 1952, he received the Stalin Prize for his work in the theater, and in 1968 he received the State Prize of the Kazakh SSR. He has been awarded the Order of Lenin and the Order of the Red Banner of Labour. The Kazakhfilm, where Aimanov worked as a film director, was named after him in 1984. The Shaken's Stars International Film Festival was held in 2013 to support and help young artists and filmmakers.


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Rajchan

as Sarsen
Released: 1940-01-01

About the emancipation of Kazakh women under Soviet rule.

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Beardless Deceiver

as Aldar-Kose
Released: 1965-12-17

Aldar Kose is not a name, but a nickname. Aldar means deceiver, Kos - beardless. And what was...

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Zhambyl

as Dzhambul
Released: 1953-05-25

The film tells about the life and work of the famous singer of the Kazakh people akyn Dzhambul...

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Songs of Abai

as Sharip
Released: 1946-06-07

The screen adaptation of the novel "Abai" by Mukhtar Auezov recreates the story of prominent...

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Golden Horn

as Jaken Dosanov
Released: 1948-08-01

High in the mountains of the Trans-Ili Alatau there is an experimental station of the Kazakh...

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In One Area

as Sabyr Bayanov
Released: 1961-07-29

About the secretary of the district committee of the party, Sabyr Bayanov, who at the beginning...

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Our Kind Doctor

as dramatic actor
Released: 1958-06-12

Doctor Lavrov is a head physician at one of the health resorts in Kazakhstan. He is known for...

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Here We Live

as Beisov
Released: 1956-08-01

1954. The first detachment of young virgin lands arrives in the remote Kazakh steppe. The old...

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White Rose

as Jakpan
Released: 1943-08-01

The granddaughter of the old man Jagpara Sabira is beautiful, spoiled, cunning. Several young...

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At the Foot of Naizatas

as Baysembay
Released: 1969-08-01

The prototypes of the heroes of this TV movie were the residents of the state farm named after...

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Aksak Kulan

as Narrator (voice)
Released: 1968-01-01

This film is based on a Kazakh legend which tells about the story of dombra

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