Known For
Directing
Born
Feb 06, 1955
Place of Birth
Taldykorgan, Kazakh SSR, USSR
Credits
12 titles
Abay Karpykov
Biography
Abay Sadvokasovich Karpykov (Kazakh: Абай Садвокасович Карпыков; born February 6, 1955, Taldy-Kurgan) is a Soviet, Kazakh and Russian film director, screenwriter and producer. He graduated from the Moscow Historical and Archival Institute and the Directing Faculty of the All-Union State Institute of Cinematography (workshop of Sergei Solovyov). Specialty — director and producer. He produced the first Kazakh "soap operas" — "Crossroads" and "Locust". Of the full-length films, one of the first films was the film "The One who is more Tender" (1996), later he made the film "Farah" (1998). Both films starred the colorful actor Farhat Abdraimov — winner of two Russian film festivals in 1999 for these films.
Known For
Filmography
100 Minutes About Love
Screenplay
On the Way to the Heart
Director
Red Deer Hunting
Director
Fara
Director
Road, Dear, Dear...
Director
All That is Tender
Director
Crossroad
Producer
Blown Kiss
Screenplay
Little Fish in Love
And We Will Save the Love
Screenplay
Tactical War Game on Rough Terrain
Art Direction
Clairvoyant Mazhiken
Director