Askar Bissembin

Directing

Askar Bissembin

Born 1979-05-10 · Alma-Ata, USSR (Almaty, Kazakhstan)

Askar Bissembin is a Kazakhstani director, screenwriter, producer, and actor, born on May 10, 1979, in Almaty. He graduated from the Kazakh National Medical University named after Asfendiyarov in 2002, specializing in psychiatry and addiction studies. However, during his studies, he developed a passion for KVN (a Russian humor competition) and subsequently transitioned into the film industry. Bisembin began his KVN journey in 1997, participating in interregional leagues. He contributed to the scripts of popular Russian TV series such as "Daddy's Daughters" and "Happy Together." He is also the founder and head of Skinny Man Production studio. His filmography includes directing and writing for films like "Wedding for Three" (2015), "Adele" (2015), "Married at 30" (2016), and "More Than Cinema" (2017). Additionally, he directed and produced the film "Wife Is Not a Wall" (2018). Askar Bisembin is married to Bayan Yerimbet, a graduate of the New York Film Academy with a master's degree in film and television production. The couple has two children.

Acting credits

Behind the camera

More Than a Movie poster
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The young director struggles unsuccessfully to find funding for his debut film. Desperate, he goes to work as a director for a small children's TV project. Once on the set, he realizes that it is possible to make an inexpensive film here. All that is needed is to persuade the group and the actors to help him.

More Than a Movie

2017

More Than a Movie poster
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The young director struggles unsuccessfully to find funding for his debut film. Desperate, he goes to work as a director for a small children's TV project. Once on the set, he realizes that it is possible to make an inexpensive film here. All that is needed is to persuade the group and the actors to help him.

More Than a Movie

2017

More Than a Movie poster
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The young director struggles unsuccessfully to find funding for his debut film. Desperate, he goes to work as a director for a small children's TV project. Once on the set, he realizes that it is possible to make an inexpensive film here. All that is needed is to persuade the group and the actors to help him.

More Than a Movie

2017

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No synopsis available yet.

The Meeting

2018

Married at 30 poster
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Immersed in thoughts that no one needs her and no one will notice her absence, Anel decides to take a desperate step - voluntarily die. It is at this moment that life presents her with the desired gift - the man of her dreams, Dastan

Married at 30

2016

Special Purpose Kelin poster
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Asel is an ambitious employee of the special services. She gives herself completely to work, leaving her personal life somewhere in the background. The girl gets a new very difficult case. Information is coming that an illegal sale of synthetic drugs is to take place in Almaty. Asel's task: using her attractiveness, establish contact with a member of the organized criminal group and find out from him who the buyer is. Information is received that one of the gang members should come to a meeting in a cafe. However, she takes an ordinary guy Erlan for a bandit, who is very unlucky in life, especially in relationships with girls. Asel's interest is very flattering to him. Without thinking twice, Yerlan and his brother steal the beauty and take her to the village. Realizing that everyone perceives her as Kelin, she continues the operation. A city girl who saw cows only on TV is now forced to farm and monitor the suspicious family of Erlan, who is preparing for the wedding…

Special Purpose Kelin

2022

Wedding for Three poster
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Azamat agrees to kidnap his best friend's fiancé Alia, before their marriage, in accordance to a Kazakh tradition. But when Azamat's family mistakenly believes that Alia is his wife-to-be, he's forced to marry his best friend's bride.

Wedding for Three

2015

Wedding for Three poster
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Azamat agrees to kidnap his best friend's fiancé Alia, before their marriage, in accordance to a Kazakh tradition. But when Azamat's family mistakenly believes that Alia is his wife-to-be, he's forced to marry his best friend's bride.

Wedding for Three

2015

Adele poster
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A story about a romantic relationship between musician and lady with restive spirit.

Adele

2015

Wife is Not A Wall poster
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A woman finds out that her husband is having an affair. Her best friend persuades her to find the mistress and eliminate her from his life.

Wife is Not A Wall

2018

Happy New Year, Girls poster
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More recently, the young bride Jania was preparing for the wedding and making wonderful plans for the future. Everything was ruined by her unfaithful fiance, who unexpectedly ran away to his ex. Jania cannot recover from the blow. The New Year is coming – do you really have to meet it with a broken heart? But her devoted friends Saya and Dana will not allow this. They arrange for Jania to take a short winter trip to the miracle stone, which, according to legend, helps to establish a personal life. In any case, they are guaranteed an unforgettable trip, a festive mood and a charge of optimism.

Happy New Year, Girls

2022

Family Passions poster
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Things are not going well at work for both Meirzhan and Dana. Their friends, on the contrary, have everything "in chocolate". Their whole life is trips abroad and numerous hangouts. Dana's friends laugh at her that they don't go anywhere. Dana begs her husband to take her and the children somewhere, but Meirzhan does not have such an opportunity. One day he comes up with the idea to take a minivan at work and take his family to Aktau, to the sea. On the road, the family is waiting for numerous dangerous adventures.

Family Passions

2019

Nauryz poster
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Nauryz is a magic time of year when all the wildest dreams may come true.

Nauryz

2017