MAKING MOVESyouoften goDoto the cinema?What kind of films do you like?On 25 June 1961. a baby boy was born in the Kazakh city of Guryev.His parents called him Timur. Timur Bekmambetov became one of themost famous Kazakhs in the film industry.When Timur was young, he was always interested in art and thecinema. He moved to Tashkent in Uzbekistan in 1982 and studiedart, theatre and film. He started his career directing TV commercials.Then he wrote and directed his first film in 1994. This wasPesharvarskiy Vals, a film about the Soviet war in Afghanistan.The Russian Film Academy named him best young director in 1997.He moved to Hollywood to make films in 2005.Timur still lives in the USA and he makes very interesting films.​