Okeev, Tolomush Okeevich

Tolomush Okeev was born on September 11, 1935 in the village of Bokonbaevo (now - in the Ton district , Issyk-Kul region , Kyrgyzstan ).

In 1958 he graduated from the Department of Sound Engineers of the Faculty of Electrical Engineering of the Leningrad Institute of Cinema Engineers (LIKI) and worked as the sound operator of the Kirghizfilm film studio.

In 1966 he graduated from the Higher Courses for Scriptwriters and Directors in Moscow .

Member of the CPSU since 1975 ^[1] .

Since 1965, he has been the director of feature and non-fiction films at the Kirghizfilm film studio. Author and co-author of scripts.

Created the first private film studio in Kyrgyzstan "Kelechek" ^[2] .

The author of the book “Winged Art” (1985, “Kyrgyzstan”).

He died on December 18, 2001 (according to other sources - December 19, 2001 ^[3] ) in Ankara ( Turkey ). He was buried in Bishkek at Ala-Archa cemetery .

Family

• Wife - assistant director, his secretary
• Children - the son of Iskender and two daughters, Aziza and Alima. Seven granddaughters ^[4] .

Social and political activities

• 1980-1988 - deputy of the Supreme Council of the Kyrgyz SSR of two convocations
• 1989-1991 - Deputy of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR from the Union of Cinematographers of the USSR
• 1985-1989 - First Secretary of the Union of Filmmakers of the Kyrgyz SSR
• 1985-1991 - Secretary of the Union of Cinematographers of the USSR
• 1993-1998 - the first Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Kyrgyz Republic to Turkey (concurrently - Ambassador to Israel )
• 1998-2000 - Plenipotentiary Representative of the Kyrgyz Republic to TURKSOY in Turkey
• 2001 - Deputy Chairman of the Confederation of Filmmaking Unions .

• People's Artist of the Kyrgyz SSR (1975)
• Honored Worker of Culture of Poland (1979)
• People's Artist of the USSR (1985)
• Honored Worker of Kazakhstan (1997)
• State Prize of the Kyrgyz SSR named after Toktogul Satylganov (1972)
• Prize of the Lenin Komsomol of the Kyrgyz SSR (1967)
• Order of the Red Banner of Labor
• Order "Manas" III degree ( 1997 )
• Medals
• Certificates of honor of the Supreme Council of the Kyrgyz SSR
• Certificate of honor of the President of the Kyrgyz Republic ( 1995 )
• Diploma of the competition of cinematographers of the republics of Central Asia and Kazakhstan (1966, Ashgabat , for the film "These are horses")
• Big Rhinestone Prize and 1st degree diploma at the competition for young filmmakers of Central Asia and Kazakhstan (1967, Dushanbe , for the film "The Sky of Our Childhood")
• Special jury diploma of the Asian Film Week in Frankfurt am Main (1967, for the film “The Sky of Our Childhood”)
• Laureate of the All-Union Film Festival in the nomination “Special Prize for Debut” (1968, Leningrad , Special Jury Prize for the best directorial debut and honorary diploma of the magazine “ Art of Cinema ” for a talented debut, the film “Sky of Our Childhood”)
• Golden Alpine Branch Prize at the International Film Festival in Trieste (1969, for the film “The Sky of Our Childhood”)
• Golden Alpine Rose Prize at the Citta di Trento International Mountain, Research and Adventure Film Festival, (1969, Trento , for the film “Sky of Our Childhood”)
• Second Prize in the section of full-length documentaries at the All-Union Film Festival (1970, Minsk , for the film "Muras")
• Honorary diploma of the magazine " Soviet Screen " at the All-Union Film Festival (1972, Tbilisi , for the film "The Sky of Our Childhood")
• Winner of the All-Union Film Festival in the nomination "First Prizes for Feature Films" (1974, Baku , Main Prize, the film "Fierce")
• Honorary diploma at the Locarno International Film Festival (1974, for the movie "Fierce")
• Prize "Golden Alpine Branch" at the International Film Festival in Trieste (1974, for the film "Fierce")
• Honorary diploma at the Locarno International Film Festival (1975, for the film "The Red Apple")
• Winner of the All-Union Film Festival in the category "Prizes for Directing" (1978, Yerevan , Prize for Best Director, film "Ulan")
• Winner of the All-Union Film Festival in the category "Film Festival Awards" (1981, Vilnius , Prize for the consistent development of a modern theme, the film "Golden Autumn")
• Winner of the All-Union Film Festival in the nomination "Main Prizes" (1985, Minsk , Main prize and diploma, the film "Descendant of the White Leopard")
• Laureate of the Berlin Film Festival in the nomination “Prize for Artistic Contribution” (1985, “Silver Bear” award for outstanding achievements in the field of cinema art , for the film “ Descendant of a White Leopard ”).
• Silver Sword Prize of the International Film Festival in Damascus (1985, for the film “Descendant of a White Leopard”)
• Incentive prize at the International Film Festival in Damascus (1987, for the film "Mirage of Love")
• Award "For the creative contribution to the art of the Turkic world" of workers of art and literature of Turkey (1997)
• Prize "For Contribution to World Cinema" at the International Film Festival of Three Continents ( Nantes , France , 2001)

• 1962 - Heat (sound engineer)
• 1962 - Cosmonaut Street (sound engineer)
• 1965 - These are horses (documentary, short) (director)
• 1966 - The sky of our childhood (director, screenwriter shared with K. Omurkulov)
• 1969 - Boom (documentary) (director)
• 1970 - Muras (Legacy) (documentary) (director)
• 1971 - Birds of prey (documentary) (director)
• 1971 - Worship the fire (director, screenwriter)
• 1973 - Fierce (director)
• 1975 - Red apple (director, screenwriter with Ch. Aitmatov and E. Lyndina)
• 1977 - Ulan (director, screenwriter with E. Tropinin)
• 1980 - Golden Autumn (director)
• 1980 - Village Mosaic (screenwriter)
• 1982 - Sculptor Olga Manuylova (documentary) (director)
• 1984 - Descendant of a white leopard (director, screenwriter shared with M. Baijiev)
• 1986 - Mirages of love (director, screenwriter shared with T. Zulfikarov )
• 1988 - Harassment (screenwriter, shared with D. Sadyrbaev)
• 1990 - Piebald dog running the edge of the sea (screenwriter, collaborator with K. Gevorgyan )
• 1992 - Genghis Khan (Kyrgyzstan - Italy) (screenwriter, art consultant)
• 1995 - ... And then I threw a cry: "Manas !, Manas!" (Documentary (Kyrgyzstan-Turkey)) (co-author of the script, artistic director)

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