Sultan Khodzhikov

Known for

Directing

Born

March 10, 1923

Died

March 11, 1988

Birthplace

Taraz, Kazakhstan

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).