Akan Satayev

Personal Info

Known For

Directing

Known Credits

1.616

Gender

Male

Birthday

23-Dec-1971

Age

(53 years old)

Place of Birth

Karaganda, Kazakh SSR, USSR, (now Kazakhstan)

Also Known As
  • Akan Sataev
  • Акан Сатаев
  • Akhan Satayev
  • Ақан Қарғамбайұлы Сатаев
  • Акан Каргамбаевич Сатаев
  • Akan Kargambaevich Satayev

Akan Satayev

Biography

Akan Kargambaevich Satayev (Kazakh: Ақан Қарғамбайұлы Сатаев; born December 23, 1971; Karaganda) is a Kazakh film director, producer, screenwriter and actor. Honored Worker of Kazakhstan and laureate of State Award of the Republic of Kazakhstan. Akan was born to a family of actors, both his parents were recognized as People's Artistes of the Kazakh SSR and performed leading roles at Karaganda Drama Theater where he spent a lot of time. That theater became his first drama school, and in 1994 Akan graduated from Kazakh National Academy of Arts, Dept of Cinema and Television. While at the university, he played student Azat, the main character in Allazhar, a movie by Kaldybay Abenov about tragic events in Alma-Ata in December 1986. After graduation, Akan took part in various feature films and went into directing and producing advertising clips. Sataifilm, the company he founded in 2003, presented Racketeer, a crime drama and his debut movie, in 2007. In 2016 Akan founded Astana Film Fund to support young Kazakhstani directors and low-budget indie productions. In the same year he shot 2 feature-length movies - “Districts”, a teenage crime drama set in the USSR and The Road to Mother, a period drama about Collectivization in the Soviet Union, Eastern Front (World War II) and post-war years in Kazakhstan. Mr. Satayev led Kazakhfilm, the largest movie studio in Kazakhstan between 2020 and 2022.


Credits

Аллажар Аллажар (2001) Character: N/A
Artistic reconstruction of the tragic events of December 1986 — rallies and riots in Alma-Ata.
Научи меня жить Научи меня жить (2023) Character: N/A
A successful businessman by chance becomes a real mentor for a young waiter who accidentally saves his life.
Бизнесмены Бизнесмены (2018) Character: N/A
Events in the "Businessmen" unfold in the era of the 90's, when the country is experiencing an economic crisis. Heroes of the film are among the first who stood at the origins of market relations in Kazakhstan.
Кoзiмнiн карасы Кoзiмнiн карасы (1994) Character: N/A
The story of young accordionist who lives in a small post-war village on the south of Soviet Kazakhstan.
Рэкетир Рэкетир (2007) Character: N/A
Story of a man named Sayan, that had to live through harsh 1990s and make tough decisions.



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