Timur Bekmambetov

June 25, 1961

Guryev, Kazakh SSR, USSR [now Atyrau, Kazakhstan]

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.