Shaken Aimanov

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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 psycholo…

Also known as

Shaken Ajmanov · Шакен Кенжетаевич Айманов · Шәкен Кенжетайұлы Айманов · Шаке́н Кенжета́евич Айма́нов · Шаке́н (Шахкерим) Кенжета́евич Айма́нов · Шәкен (Шаһкерім) Кенжетайұлы Айманов