Baitemirov Abdrashit
Film director. Born on February 2, 1936, in the city of Tokmak, Kyrgyz SSR, in a peasant family. After graduating from the Kyrgyz secondary school No. 6 named after A. S. Pushkin in 1956, he worked as a laboratory assistant at the Frunze School of Cinematography. In 1957, he worked as a technician-dispatcher at the Cinematography and Film Distribution Department of the Ministry of Culture of the Kyrgyz SSR.
In 1958, Baitemirov joined the Frunze Film Studio as an assistant director. Soon, he was sent for training at the Tashkent Theater and Art Institute in the acting faculty. In 1961, he transferred to the directing faculty. After completing his studies, he was assigned to the "Kyrgyzfilm" studio.
A. Baitemirov began his creative activity on stage, directing the diploma performance "The Innkeeper" by C. Goldoni at the Russian Drama Theater named after N. K. Krupskaya in 1965. In 1966, he produced "Unforgettable Days" by B. Omuraliev at the Kyrgyz Academic Drama Theater.
As a young director, from 1965 to 1969, he edited 38 issues of the newsreel "Soviet Kyrgyzstan" at the film studio.
In these works, his desire to convey a deep devotion to his native land and its people as vividly and warmly as possible was evident.
The special issue of newsreel No. 7 for 1967, dedicated to the women of the republic, was recognized as the best in the country's film periodicals at the All-Union Film Festival in Leningrad (1968), and at the International Film Festival of Asian and African countries in Tashkent (1968), it received a special prize from the film forum. Another special issue of "Soviet Kyrgyzstan" — No. 8, 1969, "Difficult Winter" — was awarded a diploma and a prize for "Best Film Report" at the II All-Union Film Festival of Agricultural Films in Rostov-on-Don in October 1970.
Baitemirov shot chronicle-documentary films from 1966 to 1970, including "Matveeva Station," "We Are the Young Working Class," "No One is Forgotten, Nothing is Forgotten," "Equal, Sovereign," "Sky Shepherd" (first prize at the I All-Union Festival of Color Television Films in 1969), "Decade," and "Proximity."
From 1965 to 1973, he dubbed 40 feature films into the Kyrgyz language. In 1974, he became a director for the satirical newsreel "Korogoch" and produced 8 issues over two years (Nos. 2–5, 8, 10, 11, 12).
From 1977 to 1980, Baitemirov released documentary films and sketches including "Steel Highway," "Wandering Screen," "Spring of the Anniversary Year," "Light of October," "People's Poet," "Border," "Carriers of the Torch," "Voluntary Madness," "Science of Animal Husbandry," and "Young Storytellers."
In 1980, he debuted as a screenwriter (together with A. Jakypbekov) in the animated film "Old Man Meke and the Giant" (dir. S. Ishenov).
Member of the USSR Union of Cinematographers since 1979.
WORKS ON THE DIRECTOR'S CREATIVITY
Afidjanova G. People's Poet. — "Soviet Kyrgyzstan," February 11, 1979.