A work in constant progress (and occasional regress).
Birthplace:
Naryn, Kirghyz SSR, USSR
Born:
February 28, 1996
My name is Sagynbek Ulanov, and I am a director and art director from Kyrgyzstan, born and raised in the northern village Kochkor. In my works, I strive to reinterpret the cultural heritage of Central Asia, blending traditional imagery with a modern artistic language. My main goal is to reveal the depth and uniqueness of the nomadic being, revive lost visual codes and historical symbols. I explore questions on the influence of the colonial past on the region’s culture, and the relationship between mythology and contemporary reality. As a director and art director, I pay special attention to details: costumes, scenography, color schemes, and overall atmosphere. This allows me to create visuals that resonate not only with audiences in Central Asia but also on international platforms. My works are not just films or visual art - they are a dialogue between generations, a bridge between the past and the present. Currently create art and additional collaborations in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan and Almaty, Kazakhstan.
Director:
2019 Angustia
2024 Kyrk Chach
Director of Photography:
2019 Angustia
2024 Kyrk Chach
Editor:
2019 Angustia
2024 Kyrk Chach
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Data are -- hey, it's a plural -- subject to the limitations of their sources. (For example, TMDB search results currently max out at 20.) I am limiting myself to free data sources for now. (No, a "free trial" is not free.)
While much of the above data are retrieved directly from outside APIs and other such sources, data from American Film Institute (AFI) and British Film Institute (BFI) were manually entered the old fashioned way into a MySQL database. Re BFI I took the following liberties:
Regarding profile removals and data corrections:
Filtering is applied here to film projects flagged as "adult" by TheMovieDB. Pending "popular demand" I am contemplating a login and profile system with preferences (such as whether to allow adult images to appear) and permissions (such as data entry).
Whereas the overall purpose of this website is to serve as a personal demo/portfolio/workshop of web and data skills, this Movies section is not meant to compete with or substitute for far more definitive movie websites.
Whether or not he still clings to an award which he won in 1986 as a film critic for his college's newspaper, Jeffrey Hartmann is not responsible for the texts of overviews and biographies supplied by external data sources.