Gulshat Omarova is a Kazakh

Kazakhs

The Kazakhs are a Turkic people of the northern parts of Central Asia ....

 film director, actress and screen writer. She was born in Almaty

Almaty

Almaty , also known by its former names Verny and Alma-Ata , is the former capital of Kazakhstan and the nation's largest city, with a population of 1,348,500...

, Kazakhstan

Kazakhstan

Kazakhstan , officially the Republic of Kazakhstan, is a transcontinental country in Central Asia and Eastern Europe. Ranked as the ninth largest country in the world, it is also the world's largest landlocked country; its territory of is greater than Western Europe...

 and now lives in Rotterdam

Rotterdam

Rotterdam is the second-largest city in the Netherlands and one of the largest ports in the world. Starting as a dam on the Rotte river, Rotterdam has grown into a major international commercial centre...

, Netherlands. In 2004, Omarova was presented the Alice Award

Alice Award

The Alice Award is a Danish film award presented annually at the Copenhagen International Film Festival to the Best Female Director. The award was named after Danish director Alice O'Fredericks who, with 72 feature films, is the most productive film director in Danish cinematic history, and her...

 for Best Female Director by the Copenhagen International Film Festival

Copenhagen International Film Festival

Copenhagen International Film Festival is a film festival held in Copenhagen, Denmark. It was first held in 2003, and is held annually. The main award at the Copenhagen International Film Festival is the Golden Swan, which will be awarded for Best Film, Best Director, Best Actress, Best Actor, Best...

 for her film, Shiza

Shiza

Shiza a.k.a. Schizo is a 2004 Russian language film directed by Gulshat Omarova. The film was in the official selection from Kazakhstan for the 77th Academy Awards...

.

Biography

In 1984 Omarova graduated from the journalism faculty of Al-Farabi University

Al-Farabi University

Al-Farabi Kazakh National University , also called KazGU or KazNU, is a university in Almaty, Kazakhstan. Named after the Muslim scholar, it is the country's primary and largest university....

. From 1986 to 1988 she worked in television as assistant administrator and director. In 1998 she graduated from the Academy of Arts in Almaty on specialty "documentary film and television director". Since 2001 she has been living and working in the Netherlands

Netherlands

The Netherlands is a constituent country of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, located mainly in North-West Europe and with several islands in the Caribbean. Mainland Netherlands borders the North Sea to the north and west, Belgium to the south, and Germany to the east, and shares maritime borders...

. The first notable role was in the film Shiza, which succeeded in winning of several prizes.

Filmography

Year	Film	Position	Notes
1984	Sladkiy sok vnutri travy	Actress
2001	Sisters aka Syostry	Story
2004	Shiza Shiza Shiza a.k.a. Schizo is a 2004 Russian language film directed by Gulshat Omarova. The film was in the official selection from Kazakhstan for the 77th Academy Awards... aka Schizo or Fifty-Fifty	Director Writer	Alice Award Alice Award The Alice Award is a Danish film award presented annually at the Copenhagen International Film Festival to the Best Female Director. The award was named after Danish director Alice O'Fredericks who, with 72 feature films, is the most productive film director in Danish cinematic history, and her...  for Best Female Director
2007	Mongol Mongol (film) Mongol is a 2007 semi-historical film directed by Sergei Bodrov. The storyline was conceived from a screenplay written by Bodrov and Arif Aliev. Producers for the film comprised Bodrov, Sergei Selyanov and Anton Melnik. The film is based on the early life of Temüjin, who later came to be known as...  aka The Rise to Power of Genghis Khan	2nd Unit Director Casting Director	Film was nominated for Oscar for Best Foreign Film
2008	Baksy a.k.a. Native Dancer (film)	Director Writer

External links

• http://www.cinema.bg/sff/2005/eng/movie.php?movieSid=318