Ishenov Sagynbek
Film artist. Honored Artist of the Kyrgyz SSR (1973). Born on April 5, 1934, in the collective farm of Burana in the Chui region to a peasant family. After studying at the Don-Aryk seven-year school, he completed his secondary education at School No. 5 named after A. S. Pushkin in Frunze in 1951. He then worked at the Buruldai mining administration. In 1952, he entered the Frunze Art College. Since 1955, he has been a student at the art faculty of VGIK.
In 1961, he returned to Frunze with a diploma as a production designer for feature films. In the early years, due to a lack of productions, he worked as a combined shooting artist on the series of the film magazine "Love Your City," as a lettering artist on the film magazine "Soviet Kyrgyzstan," and as a designer for the shooting of the color documentary "The Great Epic." His good knowledge of the expressive possibilities of graphic and pictorial solutions for decorations and costumes in cinema enhanced the visual form of M. Roshal's film "Street of Cosmonauts" (1963).
In 1964-1965, S. Ishenov originally designed the play "Mother's Field" (directed by B. Lvov-Anokhin) at the Moscow theater named after K. S. Stanislavsky.
In his next film work, "The Most Obedient" (1965, directed by B. Abdildaev and L. Gurevich), the artist, unlike in "Street of Cosmonauts," subordinated the film's design to the task of creating a documentary-accurate background for the characters' actions. He achieved the greatest success in his pursuit of maximum authenticity on screen in "The Sky of Our Childhood" (1966, directed by T. Okeev).
From 1967 to 1969, S. Ishenov did not work at the studio, becoming engrossed in easel and portrait painting. One of his canvases, "Blue Plow and Red Floors," was included in the exhibition of Soviet painting at the Tretyakov Gallery in Moscow.
In 1970, the artist returned to "Kyrgyzfilm" and participated in the creation of the films "Bow to the Fire" (1972, directed by T. Okeev), "Swans Fly Here" (1973, directed by Yu. Boretzky), and "Smile on the Stone" (1974, directed by U. Ibragimov).
Turning to animation in 1976, S. Ishenov served as the director for the films "The Numbers Argue" (1977), "Olokon" (1978), and "Old Man Meke and the Giant" (1980). In 1979, in the satirical magazine "Kërogöch" (No. 23), the artist made an attempt to synthesize animation and live-action film.
Member of the Union of Cinematographers of the USSR since 1966.
Member of the Union of Artists of the USSR since 1967.
BOOKS, ARTICLES, REVIEWS
Animated film is a complex art.— "Evening Frunze," 1979, April 13.
WORKS ON THE ARTIST'S CREATIVITY
Ibragimova M. A World Full of Colors and Sounds.— "Komsomolets of Kyrgyzstan," 1977, February 15.
Popona O. The Pursuit of Truth and Beauty.— Collection "Cinema of Soviet Kyrgyzstan." Moscow, "Art," 1979, pp. 327-334.
Silanteva T. Artists of Soviet Cinema (introductory article). Moscow, "Soviet Artist," 1972, p. 9.
Chokmorov S. Meet: Sagynbek Ishenov.— "Soviet Screen," 1977, No. 22, p. 22.
Shershenov A. They Named the Animated Film "Olokon."— "Evening Frunze," 1979, January 18.
