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)
Patchwork Quilt
(Director)
Rebirth Island
(Screenplay)
The Sky of My Childhood
(Screenplay)
Astana, I Love You
(Director)
Iron Mountain
(Screenplay)
Fiery River
(Screenplay)
Breaking The Vicious Circle
(Screenplay)
The Wild East
(Production Design)
The Biography of a Young Accordian Player
(Production Design)
The Fall of Otrar
(Assistant Production Design)
Kazakh Khanate: Diamond Sword
(Director)
Kazakh Khanate: The Golden Throne
(Screenplay)
Lovers of December
(Decorator)
Kazakh Khanate: Diamond Sword
(Screenplay)
The Dove's Bell-ringer
(Production Design)
The Running Target
(Production Design)
Rebirth Island
(Director)
The Sky of My Childhood
(Director)
Iron Mountain
(Director)
The Gift to Stalin
(Director)
Fiery River
(Director)
Breaking The Vicious Circle
(Director)