Timur Bekmambetov

Production

Born: 1961-06-25
From: Guryev, Kazakh SSR, USSR [now Atyrau, Kazakhstan]
Gender: Male
Popularity: 0.7

Also Known As

Timur BekmambetovTimur BekmambetowТимур БекмамбетовTimur Nuruakhitovich Bekmambetov

Biography

Timur Bekmambetov is a Kazakh-Russian filmmaker, producer, and screenwriter best known for directing Night Watch and Wanted, as well as pioneering the modern screenlife format. Through films including Unfriended, Searching, Profile, and Missing, Bekmambetov helped establish screenlife storytelling as a major evolution of found footage and digital-era horror. His work popularized films told entirely through computer screens, video calls, and mobile devices, influencing a new generation of internet-native thriller and horror filmmaking.

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Awards & Nominations1 won · 1 nominated

🏆 Won

Order of Friendship

2011
Nominated

European Film Award - People's Choice Award for Best Director

Night Watch

2005

Acting7 titles

Directing17 titles

Writing7 titles

Production59 titles

Art1 title