Rustem Zharaskanovich Abdrashov (Kazakh: Рүстем Жарасқанұлы Әбдірашев; 2 February 1970; Alma-Ata) is a Kazakh film director, screenwriter, art director and actor. He was born in 1970 in Alma-Ata in the family of the famous Kazakh poet Zharaskan Abdrashev. Mother, Nazigul Nurgalievna Mergenbayeva is a philologist, teacher, teacher of the Kazakh language. In 2004, the year "Rebirth Island" was released, the director's first full—length feature film based on the poetry of Zharaskan Abdrashev, which received international recognition and was awarded various prizes at film festivals around the world.
Kazakh Khanate: The Golden Throne
(Director)
Astana, I Love You
(Director)
Rebirth Island
(Screenplay)
The Sky of My Childhood
(Screenplay)
Patchwork Quilt
(Director)
Fiery River
(Screenplay)
Iron Mountain
(Screenplay)
Kazakh Khanate: Diamond Sword
(Director)
Kazakh Khanate: The Golden Throne
(Screenplay)
The Fall of Otrar
(Assistant Production Design)
Lovers of December
(Decorator)
The Biography of a Young Accordian Player
(Production Design)
Breaking The Vicious Circle
(Screenplay)
The Wild East
(Production Design)
The Dove's Bell-ringer
(Production Design)
Kazakh Khanate: Diamond Sword
(Screenplay)
The Running Target
(Production Design)
Rebirth Island
(Director)
The Sky of My Childhood
(Director)
Iron Mountain
(Director)
Fiery River
(Director)
Breaking The Vicious Circle
(Director)
The Gift to Stalin
(Director)
Fake-овый арман
(Director)