Timur Bekmambetov

Timur Bekmambetov
Date of Birth: 25 Jun 1961
Country: Russia
Biography: Timur Nuruakhitovich Bekmambetov is a Russian director who has worked on films and commercials. He is mostly popular for the Russian film Night Watch (2004) and its sequel Day Watch (2006), and the American film Wanted (2008)...(Wikipedia)
Total Credits at Criticker: 11 (Director), 6 (Writer)
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Titles you haven't rated - Director (11) | Writer (6)
Night Watch
Night Watch is the first installment of a trilogy based on the best-selling Russian sci-fi novels of Sergei Lukyanenko (which also includes Day Watch and Dusk Watch). This visionary horror fantasy film features a dazzling mix of mind-blowing effects, adrenaline-fuelled action and suspenseful terror. (Fox Searchlight)
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Day Watch
A man (Khabensky) who serves in the war between the forces of Light and Dark comes into possession of a device that can restore life to Moscow, which was nearly destroyed by an apocalyptic event. (imdb)
Wanted
A young man (McAvoy) finds out his long lost father is an assassin. And when his father is murdered, the son is recruited into his father's old organization and trained by a man named Sloan (Freeman) to follow in his dad's footsteps.
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The Irony of Fate, or Enjoy Your New Happiness!
Zhenya's son, who never drinks, has too much vodka on New Years eve. His friends help him catch his plane and he goes home to Leningrad and to his apartment, but not in that part of Russia. In apartment, comes to lives a daughter of his father's first love. The history repeats itself.
Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter
Abraham Lincoln, the 16th President of the United States, discovers vampires are planning to take over the United States. He makes it his mission to eliminate them. (imdb)
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Six Degrees of Celebration
Varya, a young orphan girl in Kaliningrad, is desperate to impress her friends and so claims to be the daughter of Russian president Dmitry Medvedev. When they demand proof, her friend Vova helps her out by invoking the theory of "six degrees of separation".
Peshavarskiy vals
The film is a compelling depiction of war in Afghanistan, based on actual events: the uprising of Soviet captives taken place in Badaber, 24 km from the Peshawar, Pakistan. (Filmaffinity)
Ben-Hur
A falsely accused Jewish nobleman survives years of slavery to take vengeance on his Roman best friend, who betrayed him. (imdb)
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Profile
A journalist goes undercover and infiltrates the digital propaganda channels of the called Islamic State, which has been mobilizing a lot of women from Europe. Her daily contact with an ISIS recruiter severely influences her investigation. (imdb)
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V2. Escape from Hell
A captured Soviet pilot faithful to his childhood friends leads an escape from a German concentration camp and then suffers from communist crimes. (imdb)
Six Degrees of Celebration 5
In this new year, the beloved heroes of Yolki are still doing stupid things and hoping for a miracle. Borya needs to somehow restore family happiness and for this he is ready to steal a penguin from Zhenya's best friend. (imdb)