About
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.
Filmography
Fake-овый арман2025 · Director
Kazakh Khanate: The Golden Throne2019 · Director, Screenplay
Kazakh Khanate: Diamond Sword2017 · Director, Screenplay
Breaking The Vicious Circle2014 · Screenplay, Director
Iron Mountain2013 · Screenplay, Director
Fiery River2013 · Screenplay, Director
Astana, I Love You2012 · Director
The Sky of My Childhood2011 · Screenplay, Director
The Gift to Stalin2008 · Director
Patchwork Quilt2007 · Director
Rebirth Island2005 · Screenplay, Director
The Biography of a Young Accordian Player1994 · Production Design
The Dove's Bell-ringer1994 · Production Design
The Wild East1993 · Production Design
Lovers of December1992 · Decorator
The Fall of Otrar1991 · Assistant Production Design
The Running Target1991 · Production Design