Film director. Honored Artist of the Kyrgyz SSR (1979). Born on May 8, 1933, in the city of Frunze in a family of a writer and poet. After graduating from high school in 1951, she entered the directing faculty of VGIK.
Since 1955, she begins her independent creative activity at the Frunze studio of chronicle-documentary films. She shoots and edits two issues of the newsreel "Soviet Kyrgyzstan." Subsequently, for more than twenty years, the director remains true to documentary filmmaking.
In 1956, L. Turusbekova's first film essay "Silver Water" appears — about the metallurgists of Kadamjai. The second film "They Were Born in the Tian Shan" (1957) tells about the achievements in the economy and culture of the republic over 40 years of Soviet power. In the films "Me and My Friends," "Your Friends" (1961, 1962), L. Turusbekova's inclination towards lyrical cinema reportage is manifested.
The best film in her work became the full-length feature film "Following Spring" (1967).
In 1974, for the 50th anniversary of the Communist Party of Kyrgyzstan and the Kyrgyz SSR, L. Turusbekova created the full-length film "Soviet Kyrgyzstan."
L. Turusbekova dedicated the film "Bolsheviks of Pishpek" (1977) to the 60th anniversary of the Great October. It is based on a small archival photo material about A. Ivanitsyn, Ya. Logvinenko, G. Shvets-Bazarny, K. Sarykulov, I. Kobekov, and other selfless fighters for Soviet power in Kyrgyzstan. Connecting the past with the present, the director conveys in the film the idea of the strength of revolutionary traditions in the worldview of the Kyrgyz people, about the inseparable spiritual connection with the continuators of the Bolshevik cause — the communists of the 70s.
Other films: "The Holiday of Kyrgyz Art" (1959), "High Award" (1959), "The Great Epic" (1962), "The Holiday of Great Friendship" (1963), "Masters of Kyrgyz Art" (1963), "A Week of Soviet Cinema in Kyrgyzstan" (1964, special issue), "Short Summer in the Mountains" (1975), "Baken Kydykeeva" (1977).
Awards — Medal "For Labor Distinction" (1958). Honorary Certificate of the Supreme Council of the Kyrgyz SSR (1962).
Badge "Excellence in Cinematography of the USSR" (1965). Honorary Certificate of the Supreme Council of the Kyrgyz SSR (1974).
Order of the "Badge of Honor" (1976).
Member of the USSR Union of Cinematographers since 1959.
WORKS ON THE DIRECTOR'S CREATIVITY
Zakirov S. Daughter of the Mountains (in Kyrgyz).— "Soviet Kyrgyzstan," November 30, 1969. Rysaliev K. Film Director (in Kyrgyz).— "Kyrgyzstan Women," 1961, No. 3, p. 6. Alenkin B. Specialties of Great Audacity.— "Komsomolets of Kyrgyzstan," May 31, 1957. Artyukhov O. When a Reporter Becomes an Artist.— "Literary Kyrgyzstan," 1977, No. 2, pp. 100—101. Ashimov K. The Birth of Kyrgyz Cinema. F., "Ilim," 1969, pp. 40—41. Ashimov K. The Screen of Kyrgyzstan Tells. M., Bureau for the Propagation of Soviet Cinematic Art, 1976, p. 8. Kochnev D. The First Film Essay of Lilia Turusbekova,— "Soviet Kyrgyzstan," December 4, 1956. Kochnev D. Life of Kyrgyzstan on the Screen.— "Soviet Kyrgyzstan," February 3, 1957. Filippov L. A Story about the Bolsheviks of Pishpek.— "Evening Frunze," November 7, 1977.
