Ermek Tursunov

Ermek Tursunov

Ermek Karimzhanovich Tursunov (Kazakh: Ермек Кәрімжанұлы Тұрсынов; born 20 July 1961; Narynkol) is a Kazakh film director and screenwriter, one of the best Asian Film director according to Asia Pacific Screen Awards, master of sport, international class in futsal. Ermek Tursunov was born in the settlement of Narynkol, Almaty Region, on 20 July 1961. He joined a sports school at the age of 5. Ermek continued his sports career at university playing professional futsal. As a member of Kazakhstan's national futsal team, Ermek took part in the 2000 World Cup in Guatemala. He is a graduate Al-Farabi Kazakh National University (Dept. Of Journalism, 1984) and All-Russian State Institute of Cinematography (Screenwriting and Film Studies Dept., 1990). In 1991, Ermek participated in Nevada-Semey movement Anti-nuclear movement in Kazakhstan, and as an NGO member spent 4 years studying in the USA. Later he worked as the CEO of the national broadcasting corporation Qazaqstan and Executive Producer of Channel 31 TV and radio broadcasting company. Kelin was Ermek's debut as a director in 2008. This work was shortlisted for Oscar as the Best Foreign Language Film. 2012 saw his movie The Old Man (Shal), inspired by Hemingway's The Old Man and the Sea. It collected numerous rewards, including Kulager, Kazakhstani national movie award, as the best movie of the year (2012); it was nominated for the Nika Award for the Best CIS and Baltic Movie in 2014. Stranger (Zhat) became another major movie in Tursunov's career as a screen director. Kazakhstan nominated it for an Oscar and Asia Pacific Screen Awards (Achievement in Directing); it received NETPAC award in the 19th Black Nights Festival in Tallinn. Ermek Tursunov was elected Chairman of the Kazakhstani Union of Filmmakers in 2018.

  • Title: Ermek Tursunov
  • Popularity: 1.96
  • Known For: Directing
  • Birthday: 1961-07-20
  • Place of Birth: Narynkol, Almaty region, Kazakh SSR, USSR (now Kazakstan)
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  • Also Known As: Ermek Tursynov , Ермек Турсунов, Ермек Каримжанович Турсунов, Ермек Кәрімжанұлы Тұрсынов, Ermek Karimzhanovich Tursunov, Ермек Турсынов
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Ermek Tursunov Movies

  • 2009
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    Kelin

    Kelin

    6 2009 HD

    A woman is led by her family to her new husband's home, to live with, presumably, his elderly mother and younger brother. Despite being forced into...

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  • 2009
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    Kelin

    Kelin

    6 2009 HD

    A woman is led by her family to her new husband's home, to live with, presumably, his elderly mother and younger brother. Despite being forced into...

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  • 2011
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    Seven Days in May

    Seven Days in May

    1 2011 HD

    A film version of the famous Mukhlisov gang case. In May 2001, an audacious robbery of a collection car of one of the commercial banks of Almaty took...

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  • 2012
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    The Old Man

    The Old Man

    5.8 2012 HD

    This is a survival story - a Hemingway's 'Old Man and the Sea' as if written for our days.

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  • 2012
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    The Old Man

    The Old Man

    5.8 2012 HD

    This is a survival story - a Hemingway's 'Old Man and the Sea' as if written for our days.

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  • 2014
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    The Old Woman

    The Old Woman

    1 2014 HD

    An old man and his old woman live in a remote Kazakh village. People call the old man Shorty Kairgali without malice. Kairgali has known his old...

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  • 2011
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    Seven Days in May

    Seven Days in May

    1 2011 HD

    A film version of the famous Mukhlisov gang case. In May 2001, an audacious robbery of a collection car of one of the commercial banks of Almaty took...

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  • 2014
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    The Old Woman

    The Old Woman

    1 2014 HD

    An old man and his old woman live in a remote Kazakh village. People call the old man Shorty Kairgali without malice. Kairgali has known his old...

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  • 2015
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    Junior

    Junior

    1 2015 HD

    A drama about two orphan brothers who leave their home village and try to survive in big city.

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  • 2015
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    Stranger

    Stranger

    1 2015 HD

    Orphaned by the brutal Soviet collectivization campaign of the 1930s, a young Kazakh boy takes to the mountains and lives amongst a pack of wolves.

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  • 2018
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    Guardian of the Light

    Guardian of the Light

    1 2018 HD

    After the end of World War II, young Kazakh soldier saves an old German civilian from death. The old man gives him a bag with the most valuable thing...

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  • 2008
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    Mustafa Shokai

    Mustafa Shokai

    1 2008 HD

    A bipoic about Mustafa Shokai, a distinguished Kazakh politican of 1920's.

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  • 2007
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    The Ultimate Fighter

    The Ultimate Fighter

    2 2007 HD

    The son of a rich businessman who has ties with the Russian mob. But the mob sets up his family and forced the young guy at fighting in martial arts...

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  • 1993
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    Abulkhair-Khan

    Abulkhair-Khan

    1 1993 HD

    The eighteenth century. The Kazakh people are at a crossroads: either disappear from the face of the earth as a nation, or become part of Russia. All...

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  • 2007
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    Patchwork Quilt

    Patchwork Quilt

    1 2007 HD

    The five–year-old hero of the film, a city boy Kenzhe, finds himself in the village with his grandparents, while his father is sorting out...

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  • 2009
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    Who Are You Mr. K?

    Who Are You Mr. K?

    1 2009 HD

    After many years spent in a Hong Kong prison, the old man returns to his homeland. Did he think that, thanks to a random fellow traveler - a nice guy...

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  • 2010
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    Late Love

    Late Love

    1 2010 HD

    In the center of the plot are three friends, three old men who swore in the name of the happiness of their friend Kaltay to marry him, no matter...

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  • 2008
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    The Gift to Stalin

    The Gift to Stalin

    5.5 2008 HD

    A Jewish child deported to Kazakhstan is saved and adopted by Kasym, an old Kazakh railway-man. Kasym gives him a Kazakh name, Sabyr, that in Kazakh...

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  • 2008
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    Native Dancer

    Native Dancer

    3.4 2008 HD

    Aidai the baksy, or witch doctor, lives in the mountains and helps people. She uses mysterious actions to cure the sick and to give infertile couples...

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  • 1997
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    Tax collector

    Tax collector

    1 1997 HD

    It is hard to know the future. It is even more difficult to feel its inevitability. He is a tax collector. He has an inexplicable, supernatural gift...

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  • 2010
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    Wolf Trail

    Wolf Trail

    1 2010 HD

    After many years spent in a Bangkok prison, an old man returns to his homeland, Kazakhstan. Did he think that thanks to a random traveling companion,...

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  • 2015
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    Stranger

    Stranger

    1 2015 HD

    Orphaned by the brutal Soviet collectivization campaign of the 1930s, a young Kazakh boy takes to the mountains and lives amongst a pack of wolves.

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  • 2022
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    Beshmoynak

    Beshmoynak

    1 2022 HD

    The story is about three old men living in a quiet village. This village seems to be lost in time. The grandfathers, who were once friends but became...

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  • 2015
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    Junior

    Junior

    1 2015 HD

    A drama about two orphan brothers who leave their home village and try to survive in big city.

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  • 2018
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    Guardian of the Light

    Guardian of the Light

    1 2018 HD

    After the end of World War II, young Kazakh soldier saves an old German civilian from death. The old man gives him a bag with the most valuable thing...

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