Shaken Aimanov
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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 psycholo…
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Shaken Ajmanov · Шакен Кенжетаевич Айманов · Шәкен Кенжетайұлы Айманов · Шаке́н Кенжета́евич Айма́нов · Шаке́н (Шахкерим) Кенжета́евич Айма́нов · Шәкен (Шаһкерім) Кенжетайұлы Айманов
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Known For
Song Calls
1961 · Movie
Crossroads
1963 · Movie
Gunshot at the Mountain Pass
1968 · Movie
The Road of Life
1959 · Movie
The End of the Ataman
1970 · Movie
Zhambyl
1953 · Movie
Angel Wearing Tubeteika
1969 · Movie
Daughter of the Steppes
1954 · Movie
White Rose
1943 · Movie
In One District
1961 · Movie
The Land of Our Fathers
1966 · Movie
Rajchan
1940 · Movie