Bakhtyar Khudojnazarov
Bachtijar Chudojnasarow (Russian Бахтияр Худойназаров; * May 29, 1965 in Dushanbe, Tajik SSR, Soviet Union ) is a Tajik- Russian film director and film producer. Sometimes his name is specified in the spellings Bakhtyar Khudojnazarov or Bakhtiar Khudojnazarov.
Life
Bachtijar Chudojnasarow was then part of the Soviet Union was born in 1965 in Dushanbe. He worked for his education as a television and radio journalist, but at the same time also began to work as a assistant director at the famous film studio Tadschikfilm. Fascinated by the medium of film, he applied to study at the State Institute of Cinematography in Moscow with Igor Talankin and graduated in 1989 from. The Institute was created in 1986 and his first own film, the short film Schutniki. He had initial success finally in 1991 with his film Brothers, which was awarded to the former Torino Film Festival for Best Feature Film. Appeared in 1993 with New game, new luck, another film of Chudojnasarow.
For the first time gained ground even in western audience thought that was published in 1999 Luna Papa, with Moritz Bleibtreu, Chulpan Khamatova and Ato Muchamedschanow in the lead roles. In published 2001 film My Sweet Home of the German - Greek director Filippos Tsitos he was also the first time acting actively in a brief supporting role. Also in 2001 he won the Russian Film Award Nika for his directing in Luna Papa.
As early as 1993 drew Chudojnasarow to Berlin, where he lives alternately with Moscow until today. He is also active as a film producer today.