Directing

Sultan Khodzhikov

RU, KK cinema · 6 credits

Born

10 March 1923

Died

11 March 1988 (aged 65)

Birthplace

Taraz, Kazakhstan

Also known as Султан Ходжиков · Сұлтан Қожықов · Султан-Ахмет Ходжиков · С. Ходжиков

Sultan-Akhmet Khodzhikov March 10, 1923, Dzhambul, Kazakh SSR, USSR (now Taraz, Kazakhstan)— March 11, 1988. In 1952, he graduated from the Directing Department of VGIK (workshop of A. P. Dovzhenko). Participant of the Great Patriotic War. Since 1953 — director at the Alma-Ata Film Studio (later — Kazakhfilm Studio). Co-author of the scripts for several of his films, screenwriter of television films, and director of documentary films. Honored Art Worker of the Kazakh SSR (1970).