Shaken Aimanov
Personal Info
Know For
Directing
Gender
Male
Birthday
1914-10-16 (56 years old)
Deathday
1970-12-23
Place of Birth
Bayanaul, Bayanaul district, Pavlodar region, Kazakhstan
Also known As
Shaken Ajmanov
Шакен Кенжетаевич Айманов
Шәкен Кенжетайұлы Айманов
Шаке́н Кенжета́евич Айма́нов
Шаке́н (Шахкерим) Кенжета́евич Айма́нов
Шәкен (Шаһкерім) Кенжетайұлы Айманов
Shaken Kenzhetaevich Aimanov
Ш. Айманов
Shaken Aimanov
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 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...
Acting
1940
as Sarsen
1948
as Jaken Dosanov
1943
as Jakpan
1956
as Beisov
1958
as dramatic actor
1969
as Baysembay
1968
as Narrator (voice)
1946
as Sharip
1953
as Dzhambul
1961
as Sabyr Bayanov
1965
as Aldar-Kose
1966
Production
1961
as Director
1961
as Writer
1963
as Director
1965
as Director
1965
as Writer
1954
as Director
1956
as Director
1961
as Screenplay
1961
as Director
1969
as Screenplay
1968
as Producer
1966
as Producer
1959
as Producer
1966
as Director
1970
as Director
1954
as Director
1969
as Director
1969
as Writer
1958
as Director
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