Amir Karakulov

Personal Info

Know For

Directing

Gender

Male

Birthday

1965-09-11 (60 years old)

Place of Birth

Alma-Ata, USSR (Almaty, Kazakhstan)

Amir Karakulov

Biography

Amir Bulatovich Karakulov (Kazakh: Амир Булатович Каракулов; 11 September 1965; Alma Ata) is a Soviet and Kazakh director and screenwriter. He is the only Kazakh director who has received Tiger Award (won the 26th Rotterdam Film Festival) for film "Last Holiday" (1996). He studied at the University of Kazakhstan, worked there for two years in the journalism department and then studied for three years at the Moscow film academy VGIK. His feature debut "Woman Between Two Brothers" was given the Fipresci Prize at the Moscow Film Festival.

Production

1987

1986

The Stray White and the Speckled

as Assistant Director Trainee

1996

Last Holiday

as Screenplay

1996

Last Holiday

as Producer

2012

Unreal Love

as Screenplay

1994

2002

Don't Cry

as Producer

1996

Last Holiday

as Editor

2002

Don't Cry

as Screenplay

1989

Leaves

as Director

2022

1994

1996

Last Holiday

as Director

2012

Unreal Love

as Director

2002

Don't Cry

as Director

1989

Leaves

as Screenplay

2025

Red trousers

as Director

2025

Red trousers

as Writer

2025

Red trousers

as Producer

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