Bakhyt Kilibayev
- Birthday: 5/26/1958
- Place of birth: Alma-Ata, USSR (Almaty, Kazakhstan)
- Fame for: Directing
- Also known as: Bakhyt Kilibayev, Бахыт Килибаев, Бахыт Саттарбекович Килибаев, Бақыт Қилыбаев, Бақытжан Саттарбекұлы Қилыбаев, Bakhyt Sattarbekovich Kilibayev , Bakhyt Kilibaev
Biography
Bakhyt Sattarbekovich Kilibayev (Kazakh: Бақытжан Саттарбекұлы Қилыбаев; May 26, 1958; Alma-Ata) is a Soviet, Kazakh and Russian director, screenwriter, producer. He is best known as the co-author of the script for the film "Needle". In 1975-1978 he studied at the Oriental Faculty of Leningrad University. In 1985 he graduated from the script department of VGIK (workshop of Nikolai Figurovsky and A.Balikhin), in the process of studying he began to create humorous stories, one of which in 1983 was filmed for the film magazine Yeralash — "Indian yogis, who are they?". Together with A.Baranov, he wrote scripts for the films: "Damir plus Dina" (1985, k/ m), "Who are you, rider?" (1987), "Together" (1988, TV), "Needle" (1988), "Darkhan" (1988, TV). He was the head of the MMM studio, the author of a series of advertisements of JSC "MMM". Deputy Director of Gorky Film Studio for Advertising, Marketing and Sales. In 1992, he shot the mystical film "Gongofer". In 1993, the film was awarded the Kinotavr Festival Award and the Golden Aries Award for the best screenplay.
