Kalykbek Salykov
Kalykbek Sadykovich Salykov (Kazakh: Калыкбек Садыкович Салыков; born in 26 August 1954; Alma-Ata) is a Soviet and Kazakh film director. He is considered one of the pioneers of the Kazakh New Wave. Graduated from the directing department of the Alma-Ata State Theater Art Institute (1980), Alma-Ata Conservatory (1980). He worked at the Shymkent Regional Drama Theater (1980-1981). In cinema since 1981. He worked as an assistant director, a second director on a number of films ("Melon", "Legendary Chokan", "Chokan Valikhanov"), as a director he trained at Mosfilm and the Gorky Studio on the films "Red Bells" by Sergei Bondarchuk and "Faith, Hope, Love" by Vladimir Grammatikov. In 1984, he made his first independent production, shooting a short feature film "Thor" according to his own script, and a year later another short film "Golden Mekre", awarded a Special prize at the film festival "Youth-85" in Kiev. Before his "starry" "Balcony", which became the most iconic film of the 80s, and after it, he successfully worked in the first Kazakh satirical magazine "Kamcha". The mini-stories he shot for this magazine have always had the highest ratings and have been repeatedly recognized as the best stories of the year. Tragically died in a car accident in 1995.
- Popularität : 0.001
- Bekannt für : Directing
- Geburtstag : 1954-08-26
- Geburtsort : Alma-Ata, USSR (Almaty, Kazakhstan)
