Timur Bekmambetov

Director, Producer, Executive producer

Guryev, Kazakh SSR, USSR [now Atyrau, Kazakhstan]

Timur Nuruakhitovich Bekmambetov (Тиму́р Нуруахи́тович Бекмамбе́тов, tʲɪˈmur nʊrʊɐˈxʲitəvʲɪt͡ɕ bʲɪkmɐmˈbʲetəf; Темір Нұрбақытұлы Бекмамбетoв, Temir Nurbaqıtulı Bekmambetov; born June 25, 1961) is a Russian-Kazakh director, producer and screenwriter who has worked on films, music videos and commercials. He is best known for the film Night Watch (2004) and its sequel Day Watch (2006), and the American films Wanted (2008) and Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter (2012).

Timur Nuruakhitovich Bekmambetov (Тиму́р Нуруахи́тович Бекмамбе́тов, tʲɪˈmur nʊrʊɐˈxʲitəvʲɪt͡ɕ bʲɪkmɐmˈbʲetəf; Темір Нұрбақытұлы Бекмамбетoв, Temir Nurbaqıtulı Bekmambetov; born June 25, 1961) is a Russian-Kazakh director, producer and screenwriter who has worked on films, music videos and commercials. He is best known for the film Night Watch (2004) and its sequel Day Watch (2006), and the American films Wanted (2008) and Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter (2012).