Serik Aprymov studied at a technical college from 1975-1979. Following his military service, he took up film studies in directing at the Moscow Film School (VGIK). He was one of the young Kazakh talents who attended the workshop of well-known Russian director Sergei Solovyov in 1989. The group went on to establish the "new wave" of Kazakh cinema. The first feature film of Aprymov, Kijan (Last Stop) (1992), received international acclaim but angered the natives of his village, who were shocked at his portrayal of their lives. Aprymov's second film was never released, but his third feature, properly named Aksuat (1998), revealed again his keen eye for realistic detail and was successful at the 1998 Eurasia Film Festival in Almaty (Kazakhstan), after which it was screened at the 1999 International Berlin Film Festival. That same year Aprymov completed Agajyndy Useu (Three Brothers).
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Okhotnik
Director, Producer, Screenwriter |
2004 | |||
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Tri Brata
Director, Producer, Screenwriter |
2000 | |||
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Aksuat
Director, Producer, Screenwriter |
1998 | |||
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Son Vo Sne
Director |
1992 | |||
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Konechnaya Ostanovka
Director |
1989 |
