Akan Satayev | |
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Ақан Қарғамбайұлы Сатаев | |
Born |
Karaganda,
Kazakh SSR, Soviet Union | December 23, 1971
Occupation(s) |
film director film producer actor |
Children | 5 |
Awards |
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Akan Satayev ( Kazakh: Сатаев, Ақан Қарғамбайұлы, born December 23, 1971) is a Kazakhstani film director, actor, screenwriter and producer. Honored Worker of Kazakhstan [1] and laureate of State Award of the Republic of Kazakhstan. [2]
Akan was born to a family of actors, both his parents were recognized as People's Artistes of the Kazakh SSR and performed leading roles at Karaganda Drama Theater where he spent a lot of time. That theater became his first drama school, and in 1994 Akan graduated from Kazakh National Academy of Arts, Dept of Cinema and Television. [3]
While at the university, he played student Azat, the main character in Allazhar, a movie by Kaldybay Abenov about tragic events in Alma-Ata in December 1986. After graduation, Akan took part in various feature films and went into directing and producing advertising clips. Sataifilm, the company he founded in 2003, presented Racketeer, a crime drama and his debut movie, in 2007. [4]
In 2016 Akan founded Astana Film Fund to support young Kazakhstani directors and low-budget indie productions en masse[. [5] In the same year he shot 2 feature-length movies - “Districts”, [6] a teenage crime drama set in the USSR and The Road to Mother, a period drama about Collectivization in the Soviet Union, Eastern Front (World War II) and post-war years in Kazakhstan. [7] Mr. Satayev led Kazakhfilm, the largest movie studio in Kazakhstan between 2020 and 2022. [8] [9]
Year | Title | Original title | |||||
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Director | Producer | Screenwriter | Actor | Notes | |||
2008 | Allazhar | Аллажар | ![]() |
Student Azat (main role) [10] | |||
2007 | Racketeer | Рэкетир | ![]() |
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Referee [11] | |
2009 | Strayed | Адасқан | ![]() |
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[12] | ||
Brothers (TV series) | Ағайынды | ![]() |
[13] | ||||
2011 | Liquidator | Ликвидатор | ![]() |
[ citation needed] | |||
My Darling (series) | Айналайын | ![]() |
[14] | ||||
2012 | Myn Bala | Жаужүрек мың бала | ![]() |
[15] | |||
2013 | Bauyrzhan Momyshuly (TV series) | Бауыржан Момышұлы | ![]() |
[16] | |||
2015 | Racketeer 2 | Рэкетир 2 | ![]() |
[17] | |||
Hacker | Хакер | ![]() |
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[18] [19] | |||
2016 | The Road to Mother | Анаға апарар жол | ![]() |
[20] | |||
Districts | Районы | ![]() |
[21] | ||||
2018 | Businessmen | Бизнесменыдер | ![]() |
[22] | |||
2019 | Tomiris | Томирис | ![]() |
[23] | |||
2021 | Boxer | Боксер | ![]() |
[24] | |||
2022 | Dawn of the great steppe | Ұлы Дала Таңы | ![]() |
[25] |
Akan Satayev | |
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Ақан Қарғамбайұлы Сатаев | |
Born |
Karaganda,
Kazakh SSR, Soviet Union | December 23, 1971
Occupation(s) |
film director film producer actor |
Children | 5 |
Awards |
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Akan Satayev ( Kazakh: Сатаев, Ақан Қарғамбайұлы, born December 23, 1971) is a Kazakhstani film director, actor, screenwriter and producer. Honored Worker of Kazakhstan [1] and laureate of State Award of the Republic of Kazakhstan. [2]
Akan was born to a family of actors, both his parents were recognized as People's Artistes of the Kazakh SSR and performed leading roles at Karaganda Drama Theater where he spent a lot of time. That theater became his first drama school, and in 1994 Akan graduated from Kazakh National Academy of Arts, Dept of Cinema and Television. [3]
While at the university, he played student Azat, the main character in Allazhar, a movie by Kaldybay Abenov about tragic events in Alma-Ata in December 1986. After graduation, Akan took part in various feature films and went into directing and producing advertising clips. Sataifilm, the company he founded in 2003, presented Racketeer, a crime drama and his debut movie, in 2007. [4]
In 2016 Akan founded Astana Film Fund to support young Kazakhstani directors and low-budget indie productions en masse[. [5] In the same year he shot 2 feature-length movies - “Districts”, [6] a teenage crime drama set in the USSR and The Road to Mother, a period drama about Collectivization in the Soviet Union, Eastern Front (World War II) and post-war years in Kazakhstan. [7] Mr. Satayev led Kazakhfilm, the largest movie studio in Kazakhstan between 2020 and 2022. [8] [9]
Year | Title | Original title | |||||
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Director | Producer | Screenwriter | Actor | Notes | |||
2008 | Allazhar | Аллажар | ![]() |
Student Azat (main role) [10] | |||
2007 | Racketeer | Рэкетир | ![]() |
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Referee [11] | |
2009 | Strayed | Адасқан | ![]() |
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[12] | ||
Brothers (TV series) | Ағайынды | ![]() |
[13] | ||||
2011 | Liquidator | Ликвидатор | ![]() |
[ citation needed] | |||
My Darling (series) | Айналайын | ![]() |
[14] | ||||
2012 | Myn Bala | Жаужүрек мың бала | ![]() |
[15] | |||
2013 | Bauyrzhan Momyshuly (TV series) | Бауыржан Момышұлы | ![]() |
[16] | |||
2015 | Racketeer 2 | Рэкетир 2 | ![]() |
[17] | |||
Hacker | Хакер | ![]() |
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[18] [19] | |||
2016 | The Road to Mother | Анаға апарар жол | ![]() |
[20] | |||
Districts | Районы | ![]() |
[21] | ||||
2018 | Businessmen | Бизнесменыдер | ![]() |
[22] | |||
2019 | Tomiris | Томирис | ![]() |
[23] | |||
2021 | Boxer | Боксер | ![]() |
[24] | |||
2022 | Dawn of the great steppe | Ұлы Дала Таңы | ![]() |
[25] |