13 Notable alumni of
National Institute of Arts and Culture of Uzbekistan
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National Institute of Arts and Culture of Uzbekistan is 1405th in the world, 311th in Asia, and 2nd in Uzbekistan by aggregated alumni prominence. Below is the list of 13 notable alumni from National Institute of Arts and Culture of Uzbekistan sorted by their wiki pages popularity. The directory includes famous graduates and former students along with research and academic staff.
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Timur Bekmambetov
- Enrolled in National Institute of Arts and Culture of Uzbekistan
- Studied in 1987
- Occupations
- film directortheatrical producerdirectorwriterfilm producer
- Biography
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Timur Nuruakhitovich Bekmambetov is a Kazakh-Russian filmmaker and tech entrepreneur. He is best known for the fantasy epic Night Watch (2004), the action thriller Wanted (2008), and the historical horror film Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter (2012), as well as for the screenlife films Unfriended (2015), Searching (2018), Profile (2018), and War of the Worlds (2025).
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Leonid Bronevoy
- Enrolled in National Institute of Arts and Culture of Uzbekistan
- Studied in 1950
- Occupations
- actor
- Biography
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Leonid Sergeyevich Bronevoy was a Soviet and Russian actor. Though primarily a stage actor in the Lenkom Theatre, Bronevoy also made occasional appearances in films. He was named People's Artist of the USSR in 1987 and won the Nika Award in March 2008.
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Viktor Verzhbitsky
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- television presenteractorpresenter
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Viktor Alexandrovich Verzhbitsky is an Uzbekistani-Russian film and stage actor. He is well known for playing mobsters, businessmen, and villains and he is well known for playing the role of Zavulon in the 2004 film Night Watch and its 2006 sequel Day Watch.
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Batir Zakirov
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- translatorpaintersingeractor
- Biography
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Botir Zokirov was a Soviet–Uzbek singer, writer, poet, painter and actor. A People's artist of Uzbekistan, Zokirov is considered to be the founder of Uzbek pop music.
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Sherali Joʻrayev
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- singerscreenwritercomposeractorpoet
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Sherali Joʻrayev was an Uzbek singer, songwriter, poet, author, and actor. He was an influential figure in Uzbek cultural life for nearly five decades. Much of his most celebrated work dates from the 1980s and 1990s.
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Sitora Farmonova
- Occupations
- singeractor
- Biography
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Sitora Farmonova is an Uzbek film actress, singer, and comedian. She rose to prominence within the Uzbek film industry with her roles in several Uzbek comedy films, such as Xavfli burilish (A Dangerous Turn) (2004), Mening akam boʻydoq! (My Brother is a Bachelor!) (2011), and Endi dadam boʻydoq? (Now My Father is a Bachelor?) (2013). Farmonova is also known for starring in the 2011 film Baikonur directed by Veit Helmer. She is the first Uzbek actress to star in a movie produced by a German filmmaker.
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Tattybübü Tursunbayeva
- Enrolled in National Institute of Arts and Culture of Uzbekistan
- Studied in 1966
- Occupations
- stage actorfilm actor
- Biography
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Tattybübü Tursunbayeva was a well-known artist of the Kirghiz Soviet Socialist Republic, USSR, and a member of the Soviet cinematographer's union and Kyrgyzstan's theatre guild.
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Yoqub Ahmedov
- Occupations
- actordrama teacher
- Biography
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Yoqub Ahmedov was an Uzbek theatre and film actor. He was named People's Artist of the USSR in 1991 and People's artist of Uzbekistan. He was awarded the USSR state prize in 1977.
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Zinoviy Royzman
- Occupations
- film directorscreenwriter
- Biography
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Zinovy Aleksandrovich Roizman was a Russian film and animation director and screenwriter. He is well-known for directing the miniseries Snipers: Love under the Crosshairs and Empire Under Attack.
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Yadgar Saʼdiyev
- Occupations
- film produceractordirector
- Biography
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Yodgor Habibovich Saʼdiyev is an Uzbek-Soviet actor and director, People's Artist of Uzbekistan (1998) and laureate of the Uzbek State Prize named after Hamza (1989). In 2024, he was awarded the title of People's Artist of Tajikistan.
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Galiya Izmaylova
- Occupations
- ballet dancerballet teacherballerinaballet masterchoreographer
- Biography
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Galiya Bayazit gizi Izmaylova was an Uzbek and Soviet ballerina of Tatar origin, ballet master, choreographer, teacher, People's Artist of the USSR (1962), and laureate of the Stalin Prize II degree (1950).
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Janysh Kulmambetov
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- screenwriterfilm directortheatrical directorjournalisttheatre critic
- Biography
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Janysh Osmonovich Kulmambetov is a Kyrgyz writer-screenwriter, playwright, stage and film director, screenwriter, producer, editor, journalist, and theater critic.
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Dinara Yuldasheva
- Occupations
- theatrical directorplaywrightwriter
- Biography
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Dinara Yuldasheva is an Uzbek playwright and theatre director.
