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Timur Bekmambetov

Production
64 years oldGuryev, Kazakh SSR, USSR [now Atyrau, Kazakhstan]

Biography

Timur Nuruakhitovich Bekmambetov (Russian: Тимур Нуруахитович Бекмамбетов, pronounced [tʲɪˈmur nʊrʊɐˈxʲitəvʲɪt͡ɕ bʲɪkmɐmˈbʲetəf]; Kazakh: Темір Нұрбақытұлы Бекмамбетoв, romanized: Temır Nūrbaqytūly Bekmambetov; born 25 June 1961) is a Kazakh-born Russian film director, producer, screenwriter, and tech entrepreneur. He is best known for the fantasy epic Night Watch (2004) and the action thriller Wanted (2008), as well as for the pioneering screenlife films Unfriended (2015), Searching (2018) and Profile (2018). According to Fast Company, he founded Baselevs, a production company that earned a spot among the 2021 World's 10 Most Innovative Companies in Video. Description above from the Wikipedia article Timur Bekmambetov, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Personal Details

Born
June 25, 1961
Gender
Male
Place of Birth
Guryev, Kazakh SSR, USSR [now Atyrau, Kazakhstan]
Known For
Production

Also Known As

Timur Bekmambetov
Timur Bekmambetow
Тимур Бекмамбетов
Timur Nuruakhitovich Bekmambetov

Movies (45)

Mercy
7.1

Mercy

Director (Directing)

2026

War of the Worlds
4.2

War of the Worlds

Producer (Production)

2025

LifeHack
8.3

LifeHack

Producer (Production)

2025

Bloat
5.2

Bloat

Producer (Production)

2025

CTRL
5.9

CTRL

Executive Producer (Production)

2024

#Blue_Whale
6.3

#Blue_Whale

Producer (Production)

2024

Long D
6.0

Long D

Producer (Production)

2023

Resurrected
6.3

Resurrected

Producer (Production)

2023

Missing
7.4

Missing

Executive Producer (Production)

2023

#FBF
6.2

#FBF

Producer (Production)

2022

V2. Escape from Hell
5.7

V2. Escape from Hell

Director (Directing)

2021

R♥️J
6.6

R♥️J

Producer (Production)

2021

Like in Venice

Like in Venice

Screenplay (Writing)

2020

Persian Lessons
7.5

Persian Lessons

Producer (Production)

2020

Gambler
2.0

Gambler

Producer (Production)

2020

Current Sea

Current Sea

Executive Producer (Production)

2020

Heroic Deed

Heroic Deed

Producer (Production)

2019

The Last Six Degrees of Celebration
6.0

The Last Six Degrees of Celebration

Producer (Production)

2018

Alice AI
1.0

Alice AI

Producer (Production)

2018

Searching
7.6

Searching

Producer (Production)

2018

B-Day!
5.1

B-Day!

Production Director (Production)

2018

Unfriended: Dark Web
6.3

Unfriended: Dark Web

Producer (Production)

2018

Rezo
7.9

Rezo

Producer (Production)

2018

Tweet-Tweet
6.4

Tweet-Tweet

Producer (Production)

2018

Profile
6.9

Profile

Producer (Production)

2018

The Current War
6.7

The Current War

Producer (Production)

2018

Unfollowed
5.0

Unfollowed

Producer (Production)

2018

Six Degrees of Celebration 6
5.4

Six Degrees of Celebration 6

General Manager (Production)

2017

The Spacewalker
7.0

The Spacewalker

Producer (Production)

2017

Six Degrees of Celebration 5
5.2

Six Degrees of Celebration 5

Producer (Production)

2016

Hacking Bloggers
1.9

Hacking Bloggers

Producer (Production)

2016

Ben-Hur
5.8

Ben-Hur

Director (Directing)

2016

Before Love
6.3

Before Love

Executive Producer (Production)

2016

The Best Day Ever
5.0

The Best Day Ever

Producer (Production)

2015

I Am Dragon
7.2

I Am Dragon

Producer (Production)

2015

Hardcore Henry
6.4

Hardcore Henry

Producer (Production)

2015

Double Trouble
5.0

Double Trouble

Producer (Production)

2015

Paws, Bones & Rock'n'roll
6.1

Paws, Bones & Rock'n'roll

General Manager (Production)

2015

Squirrels

Squirrels

Producer (Production)

2014

Six Degrees of Celebration 1914
5.8

Six Degrees of Celebration 1914

Director (Directing)

2014

Fool's Day
5.7

Fool's Day

Producer (Production)

2014

Bitterly! 2
4.6

Bitterly! 2

Producer (Production)

2014

Unfriended
5.5

Unfriended

Producer (Production)

2014

Six Degrees of Celebration 3
6.2

Six Degrees of Celebration 3

Producer (Production)

2013

Bitterly!
5.6

Bitterly!

Producer (Production)

2013

TV Shows (5)