Ali Hamroyev

Ali Hamroyev
Born Ali Ergashevich Hamroyev
(1937-05-19) May 19, 1937
Tashkent, Uzbek SSR, USSR
Occupation actor, film director, screenwriter, and film producer
Awards
  • Meritorious Artist of the Uzbek SSR (1969)
  • State Hamza Prize (1971)

Ali Hamroyev (sometimes spelled Ali Khamrayev in English) (Uzbek: Ali Hamroyev, Али Ҳамроев; Russian: Али Хамраев) (born May 19, 1937) is an Uzbek actor, film director, screenwriter, and film producer.[1] He is best known in the former Soviet Union for his works in the 1960s and 1970s.

To date, Hamroyev has made over 30 documentary and over 20 feature films. His most famous films include Yor-yor (1964), The Seventh Bullet (1972), The Bodyguard (1979), and Vuodillik kelin (1984). Hamroyev has received many honorary titles and awards, including the title Meritorious Artist of Uzbekistan (1969).

Life and work

Ali Hamroyev was born on May 19, 1937, in Tashkent, then the Uzbek SSR. He graduated from the Gerasimov Institute of Cinematography (VGIK) in 1961. That same year he started working at Uzbekfilm.

Hamroyev is best known in the former Soviet Union for his works in the 1960s and 1970s. He has made over 30 documentary and over 20 feature films throughout his career.[2] Hamroyev is still working today. In 2010, he announced that Jack Nicholson had agreed to portray Timur in his new movie.[3]

Filmography

As director

As actor

As screenwriter

Awards

Hamroyev has received many honorary titles and awards throughout his career, including the title Meritorious Artist of the Uzbek SSR (1969).[4] In 1971, he received the State Hamza Prize.

References

  1. "Hamroyev Ali Ergashevich". Oʻzbekiston milliy ensiklopediyasi (in Uzbek). Toshkent: Oʻzbekiston milliy ensiklopediyasi. 2000–2005.
  2. "Ali Khamrayev: 'Antonioni and I settled in the house of a collective farmer'". Kultura (in Russian). Retrieved 8 March 2012.
  3. "Ali Khamrayev: Jack Nicholson to portray Timur". Uznews (in Russian). 28 February 2011. Retrieved 11 March 2012.
  4. "Khamrayev Ali Irgashaliyevich (Ergashevich)". Kino-Teatr (in Russian). Retrieved 8 March 2012.

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