Faculty of Digital Technologies and Arts

Professor, Awarded with the Medal “Kurmet”; badge “Excellence in cinematography of Kazakhstan”; “Excellence in Education of the Republic of Kazakhstan”; badge named after I. Altynsarin.

Doctor of Technical Sciences, Professor, Awarded with a badge named after I. Altynsarin. Honorary Worker of Education of the Republic of Kazakhstan “, gratitude was announced by the Ministry of Education and Science of the Republic of Kazakhstan.

Associate Professor, Awarded with the badge “Excellence in the field of Culture”. Filmed 50 works, including 24 documentaries and 1 popular science film. His film “Horns” (director and cameraman M.Zh. Umarov) took part in the creative competition of the Eurasian Television Forum (Moscow, 2005) in the category “Documentary films and programs” and received a diploma in the nomination “For cinematography” Feature film ” Bir bala “(cameraman Umarov M.Zh.) participated in the creative competition of the Eurasian Television Forum in the category” Films and Programs for Children and Youth “and received a diploma in the nomination” For the skillful embodiment of social problems in children’s cinema.”

Associate Professor, Awarded with the badge “Excellence in the field of Culture”. Laureate of the Prize of the Foundation of the First President of the Republic of Kazakhstan – of the Leader of the Nation of the Republic of Kazakhstan in the field of culture and art for his high contribution to musical art. On October 26, 2016, a participant of the Concert of Laureates of the Fund of the First President of the Republic of Kazakhstan – of the Leader of the Nation of the Republic of Kazakhstan at the Abay State Academic Opera and Ballet Theater, where the author’s work “Sanamak” was performed for the first time with the Symphony Orchestra of Akim of Almaty under the direction of Honored Worker of the Republic of Kazakhstan Alexander Belyakov. Since 2005 he has been a soloist of the ethno-group “Roksonaki”

Associate Professor, Awarded with the badge “Excellence in the field of Culture”. Assets: 10 feature films, 8 documentaries, 21 commercials, 12 music videos. In 2014, Laureate of the Prize of the Foundation of the First President of the Republic of Kazakhstan – of the Leader of the Nation in the field of culture and art for high cinematography

Teacher of the Higher School “Turan Film Academy”

Professor, film critic , PhD in Art History

She is the art director of the Eurasia Film Festival, the author of more than 7 literary publications devoted to the cinematography of Kazakhstan and Central Asia, as well as the author of many international and national articles, more than 6 monographs and albums, the editor of collections. She is a member of the Union of Filmmakers of Kazakhstan (since 1998); A member of the FIPRESCI International Association of Film Critics; A member of the NETPACK Asian Association of Film Critics; Member of the jury of international film festivals in Almaty (Kazakhstan, 2003), Oberhausen (Germany, 2004), Karlovy Vary (Czech Republic, 2006), Wiesbadan, Cottbus (Germany, 2006), Gyeongju (South Korea, 2007), Berlin (Germany, 2008, 2009), Singapore (Singapore, 2009), Oxford and Cambridge (UK, 2009), Moscow (Russia, 2010), Abu Dhabi (UAE, 2011), Delhi (India, 2012). She is the author of five books devoted to the cinematography of Kazakhstan and Central Asia. For the book “Cinema of Central Asia” she was awarded the “White Elephant” award of the Guild of Film Critics and Critics of Russia (2001). For the book “Nation—building in Kazakhstan and other Central Asian countries, and how that process is reflected in cinema” – the Kulager Award of the Union of Cinematographers of Kazakhstan as the best film work of the year (2007).

Teacher of the Higher School “Turan Film Academy”

Senior lecturer, director, Master of Art History

He graduated from the Master’s degree program of the Kazakh National University of Arts in Astana with a degree in Feature Film Directing. He proved to be an active participant in the cultural life of the city, for which he was awarded a letter of thanks from the mayor of Astana.He was a member of the jury of the jubilee student Film Festival held at Nazarbayev University. In 2017, he acted as a speaker at the competition “The World through the eyes of Youth”, organized by the KSU “Center for Research on Problems of Religion” under the Akimat of Astana city. In 2018, he was again invited to be a member of the jury of the social advertising contest “The World through the eyes of youth”, held by the same Center.

Teacher of the Higher school “Turan Film Academy”

Senior Lecturer, Director of Photography, Master of Arts

An active cinematographer. For successful work with young people, he was awarded the badge “Kazakhstan Patriots”.For the French-Kazakh film “Olma John” he was awarded 5 diplomas for the best cinematography at various European film festivals.

Teacher of the Higher School “Turan Film Academy”

Senior lecturer, director, producer, screenwriter, Master of Arts

Among her outstanding achievements are the “Audience Award” in Greece, the “Special Jury Prize” and the award for “Best Documentary in the USA”, as well as the “Silver Prize” in the USA. Her work has also been awarded the “Special Jury Prize” in Turkey and the award for “Best Documentary” in Korea.

Teacher of the Higher School «Turan Film Academy»

Lecturer’s assistant, producer, director, Master of Arts

• Producer of the full-length entertainment film «Joy toy» (2024) – world premiere at the Class A film festival-Locarno film festival (Locarno, Switzerland)
• Director of short films «Aliya» (2021), «Our Time» (2022) – participants and prize-winners of international film festivals
• Director of the short film «About Mannequin» (2024) – produced by the American film company Foresee Films, Wonderhill Studios