Timur Bekmambetov
One of the most commercially successful filmmakers in Russian history, writer-director-producer Timur Bekmambetov also managed the herculean feat of conquering the U.S. box office. While earning a solid reputation as a commercial and music video director, Bekmambetov co-wrote and directed his first feature, "Peshavar Waltz" (1994), a gripping Afghan War drama. Working for Roger Corman, he made his U.S. debut with the direct-to-DVD female gladiator movie "The Arena" (2001), prior to helming his breakout feature, "Night Watch" (2004), a supernatural action-adventure that shattered all existing box-office records in his home country. Picked up by U.S. distributor Fox Searchlight, "Night Watch" quickly spawned an equally successful sequel, "Day Watch" (2006). Bekmambetov's first big-budget Hollywood project was "Wanted" (2008), a violent action adventure starring James McAvoy and Angelina Jolie that established him as one of the more visually interesting directors of action-fantasy material. After a few years of focusing on projects solely as a producer, he returned to the director's chair for the eagerly anticipated history-horror hybrid, "Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter" (2012). A visionary filmmaker with a firm grasp of the business aspect of the art form, Bekmambetov invigorated well-worn movie tropes with his uniquely eastern aesthetic.
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Timur Bekmambetov
Filmography
Movies
Credit | |||||
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89% |
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Missing | Executive Producer | $32.4M | 2023 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Resurrected | Producer | - | 2023 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | #FBF | Producer | - | 2022 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | #Blue_Whale | Producer | - | 2021 |
50% | No Score Yet | R#J | Producer | - | 2021 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | V2. Escape from Hell | Director | - | 2021 |
80% |
|
Persian Lessons | Producer | - | 2020 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Tweet-Tweet | Producer | - | 2019 |
61% |
|
The Current War: Director's Cut | Producer | $6.0M | 2019 |
61% |
|
Profile |
Director, Screenwriter, Producer |
$1.5M | 2018 |
92% |
|
Searching | Producer | $26.0M | 2018 |
60% |
|
Unfriended: Dark Web | Producer | $8.8M | 2018 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Rezo | Producer | - | 2018 |
No Score Yet |
|
The Spacewalker | Producer | - | 2017 |
25% |
|
Ben-Hur | Director | $26.4M | 2016 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Christmas Trees -- 5 |
Director, Producer |
- | 2016 |
51% |
|
Hardcore Henry | Producer | $9.2M | 2015 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Snow Queen 2 | Producer | - | 2014 |
No Score Yet |
|
The Snow Queen 2: The Snow King | Producer | - | 2014 |
62% |
|
Unfriended | Producer | $32.4M | 2014 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Kiss Them All 2 | Producer | - | 2014 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Yolki 1914 |
Director, Producer |
- | 2014 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Snow Queen 2 | Producer | - | 2014 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Game of Truth | Producer | - | 2013 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Kiss Them All! | Producer | - | 2013 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Yolki 3 | Producer | - | 2013 |
34% |
|
Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter |
Director, Producer |
$37.5M | 2012 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Kikoriki: Team Invincible | Producer | - | 2011 |
12% |
|
The Darkest Hour | Producer | $21.4M | 2011 |
24% |
|
Apollo 18 | Producer | $17.7M | 2011 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Lucky Trouble | Producer | - | 2011 |
88% |
|
Happy People: A Year in the Taiga | Executive Producer | $337.5K | 2010 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Yolki |
Director, Writer |
- | 2010 |
No Score Yet |
|
Black Lightning | Producer | - | 2009 |
57% |
|
9 | Producer | $31.7M | 2009 |
71% |
|
Wanted | Director | $134.3M | 2008 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Irony of Fate 2 |
Director, Writer |
- | 2007 |
62% |
|
Day Watch |
Director, Writer |
$450.7K | 2006 |
59% |
|
Night Watch |
Director, Screenwriter |
$1.5M | 2004 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Escape From Afghanistan | Director | - | 2002 |