Akan Satayev

Akan Satayev

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Born 1971-12-23 Karaganda, Kazakh SSR, USSR, (now Kazakhstan) 36 credits
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Akan Kargambaevich Satayev (Kazakh: Ақан Қарғамбайұлы Сатаев; born December 23, 1971; Karaganda) is a Kazakh film director, producer, screenwriter and actor. Honored Worker of Kazakhstan and laureate of State Award of the Republic of Kazakhstan. Akan was born to a family of actors, both his parents were recognized as People's Artistes of the Kazakh SSR and performed leading roles at Karaganda Drama Theater where he spent a lot of time. That theater became his first drama school, and in 1994 Akan graduated from Kazakh National Academy of Arts, Dept of Cinema and Television. While at the university, he played student Azat, the main character in Allazhar, a movie by Kaldybay Abenov about tragic events in Alma-Ata in December 1986. After graduation, Akan took part in various feature films and went into directing and producing advertising clips. Sataifilm, the company he founded in 2003, presented Racketeer, a crime drama and his debut movie, in 2007. In 2016 Akan founded Astana Film Fund to support young Kazakhstani directors and low-budget indie productions. In the same year he shot 2 feature-length movies - “Districts”, a teenage crime drama set in the USSR and The Road to Mother, a period drama about Collectivization in the Soviet Union, Eastern Front (World War II) and post-war years in Kazakhstan. Mr. Satayev led Kazakhfilm, the largest movie studio in Kazakhstan between 2020 and 2022.
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Filmography
Directing 20 credits
Hacker
Hacker
2016 · ★ 6.3 · Producer, Director
Моя половина
Моя половина
2024 · Director
Racketeer III: New Times
Racketeer III: New Times
2025 · Director, Producer
The Legend of Tomiris
The Legend of Tomiris
2019 · ★ 6.8 · Producer, Director
Dawn of the Great Steppe
Dawn of the Great Steppe
2022 · Producer, Director
Strayed
Strayed
2009 · Director, Producer
The Liquidator
The Liquidator
2011 · Producer, Director
Racketeer
Racketeer
2007 · Director, Producer
Alone
Alone
2017 · Producer, Director
Änel
Änel
2024 · Director
The Leader's Way. Astana
The Leader's Way. Astana
2018 · Director, Producer
Bauyrzhan Momyshuly
Bauyrzhan Momyshuly
2013 · Director, Producer
Myn Bala: Warriors of the Steppe
Myn Bala: Warriors of the Steppe
2012 · Producer, Director
Districts
Districts
2016 · Producer, Director
Brothers
Brothers
2009 · Director, Producer
The Road to Mother
The Road to Mother
2016 · Producer, Director
Teach Me How to Live
Teach Me How to Live
2023 · Director, Screenplay
Racketeer 2
Racketeer 2
2015 · Producer, Director
Businessmen
Businessmen
2018 · Director, Producer
Boxer
Boxer
2021 · Director, Screenplay
Producing 29 credits
Hacker
Hacker
2016 · ★ 6.3 · Producer, Director
Racketeer III: New Times
Racketeer III: New Times
2025 · Director, Producer
The Legend of Tomiris
The Legend of Tomiris
2019 · ★ 6.8 · Producer, Director
Dawn of the Great Steppe
Dawn of the Great Steppe
2022 · Producer, Director
A Dark, Dark Man
A Dark, Dark Man
2020 · Executive Producer
Strayed
Strayed
2009 · Director, Producer
The Liquidator
The Liquidator
2011 · Producer, Director
Racketeer
Racketeer
2007 · Director, Producer
Holidays Offline
Holidays Offline
2019 · Executive Producer
Alone
Alone
2017 · Producer, Director
Girlfriends
Girlfriends
2012 · Producer
My Darling
My Darling
2010 · Producer
The Gentle Indifference of the World
The Gentle Indifference of the World
2018 · Executive Producer
Kara Shanyrak
Kara Shanyrak
2014 · Producer
The Leader's Way. Astana
The Leader's Way. Astana
2018 · Director, Producer
Bauyrzhan Momyshuly
Bauyrzhan Momyshuly
2013 · Director, Producer
Myn Bala: Warriors of the Steppe
Myn Bala: Warriors of the Steppe
2012 · Producer, Director
Districts
Districts
2016 · Producer, Director
Brothers
Brothers
2009 · Director, Producer
Against All Odds
Against All Odds
2013 · Producer
Debt
Debt
2012 · Producer
Bolashak
Bolashak
2011 · Producer
Holidays Offline 2
Holidays Offline 2
2019 · Producer
Live Broadcast
Live Broadcast
2012 · Producer
The Road to Mother
The Road to Mother
2016 · Producer, Director
Dissolve
Dissolve
2019 · Producer
The Assault
The Assault
2022 · Producer
Racketeer 2
Racketeer 2
2015 · Producer, Director
Businessmen
Businessmen
2018 · Director, Producer
Writing 3 credits
Brothers
Brothers
2009 · Creator
Teach Me How to Live
Teach Me How to Live
2023 · Director, Screenplay
Boxer
Boxer
2021 · Director, Screenplay
Acting 1 credit
Allazhar
Allazhar
1996 · Azat
Other credits 1 credit
The Biography of a Young Accordian Player
The Biography of a Young Accordian Player
1994
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