Emir Baigazin

Known for: Directing

Born: July 18, 1984 in Tamdy, Alga District, Aktobe Region, Kazakh SSR, USSR (now Kazakhstan)

Emir Kenzhegazyuly Baigazin (Kazakh: Эмир Кенжеғазыұлы Байғазин; born 19 July, 1984; Tamdy) is a Kazakh filmmaker, director, screenwriter, editor, producer, cinematographer and actor. After graduating from high school in Alga (from 2002 to 2004), he studied at the acting school of the T. Akhtanov Aktobe Drama Theater and in 2004 he entered the Kazakh National Academy of Arts, where he specialised in film direction and cinema. In September 2007, he participated in the Busan International Film Festival, the Asian Film Academy (AFA). In February 2008, he was a member of the Berlin camp of young talent at the 58th Berlin International Film Festival in Germany.