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Personal Info

Gender

Male

Birthday

1970-02-10 (55 years old)

Place of Birth

Alma-Ata, Kazakh SSR, USSR, (now Almaty, Kazakhstan)

Rustem Abdrashov

Biography:

Rustem Zharaskanovich Abdrashov (Kazakh: Рүстем Жарасқанұлы Әбдірашев; 2 February 1970; Alma-Ata) is a Kazakh film director, screenwriter, art director and actor.

He was born in 1970 in Alma-Ata in the family of the famous Kazakh poet Zharaskan Abdrashev. Mother, Nazigul Nurgalievna Mergenbayeva is a philologist, teacher, teacher of the Kazakh language. In 2004, the year "Rebirth Island" was released, the director's first full—length feature film based on the poetry of Zharaskan Abdrashev, which received international recognition and was awarded various prizes at film festivals around the world.

Known For

Directing

2025

2013

Iron Mountain as Director
Fiery River as Director

2012

Astana, I Love You as Director

2011

2008

The Gift to Stalin as Director

2007

Patchwork Quilt as Director

2005

Rebirth Island as Director

Writing

2014

2013

Iron Mountain as Screenplay
Fiery River as Screenplay

2011

2005

Rebirth Island as Screenplay

Art

1994

The Dove's Bell-ringer as Production Design

1993

The Wild East as Production Design

1992

Lovers of December as Decorator

1991

The Fall of Otrar as Assistant Production Design
The Running Target as Production Design