Biography and filmography

Timur Bekmambetov

Timur Bekmambetov is a Kazakh-Russian filmmaker, producer, and screenwriter best known for directing Night Watch and Wanted, as well as pioneering the modern screenlife format. Through films including Unfriended, Searching, Profile, and Missing, Bekmambetov helped establish screenlife storytelling as a major evolution of found footage and digital-era horror. His work popularized films told entirely through computer screens, video calls, and mobile devices, influencing a new generation of internet-native thriller and horror filmmaking.

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Movies (78)

LifeHack

LifeHack

2026 · Producer

Sin piedad

Sin piedad

2026 · Director, Producer

La guerra de los mundos

La guerra de los mundos

2025 · Producer

Six Till Midnight

Six Till Midnight

2025 · Producer

Bloat

Bloat

2025 · Producer

CTRL

CTRL

2024 · Executive Producer

#Blue_Whale

#Blue_Whale

2024 · Producer

Long D

Long D

2023 · Producer

Resurección del mal

Resurección del mal

2023 · Producer

Desconectada

Desconectada

2023 · Executive Producer

Crecer Apesta

Crecer Apesta

2022 · Producer

V2. Escape from Hell

V2. Escape from Hell

2021 · Director, Producer

R♥️J

R♥️J

2021 · Producer

Like in Venice

Like in Venice

2020 · Screenplay, Director

Persian Lessons

Persian Lessons

2020 · Producer

Gambler

Gambler

2020 · Producer

Current Sea

Current Sea

2020 · Executive Producer

Heroic Deed

Heroic Deed

2019 · Producer

The Last Six Degrees of Celebration

The Last Six Degrees of Celebration

2018 · Producer, Director

Alice AI

Alice AI

2018 · Producer

Buscando...

Buscando...

2018 · Producer

B-Day!

B-Day!

2018 · Production Director

Eliminar Amigo 2

Eliminar Amigo 2

2018 · Producer

Rezo

Rezo

2018 · Producer

Tweet-Tweet

Tweet-Tweet

2018 · Producer

Profile

Profile

2018 · Producer, Director, Writer

Una guerra brillante

Una guerra brillante

2018 · Producer

Unfollowed

Unfollowed

2018 · Producer

Six Degrees of Celebration 6

Six Degrees of Celebration 6

2017 · General Manager

The Spacewalker

The Spacewalker

2017 · Producer

Six Degrees of Celebration 5

Six Degrees of Celebration 5

2016 · Producer, Director

The Artist's Adventures

The Artist's Adventures

2016 · Self

Hacking Bloggers

Hacking Bloggers

2016 · Producer

Ben-Hur

Ben-Hur

2016 · Director

Before Love

Before Love

2016 · Executive Producer

The Best Day Ever

The Best Day Ever

2015 · Producer

I Am Dragon

I Am Dragon

2015 · Producer

Hardcore: Misión extrema

Hardcore: Misión extrema

2015 · Producer

Double Trouble

Double Trouble

2015 · Producer

Paws, Bones & Rock'n'roll

Paws, Bones & Rock'n'roll

2015 · General Manager

Squirrels

Squirrels

2014 · Producer

Six Degrees of Celebration 1914

Six Degrees of Celebration 1914

2014 · Director, Producer

Fool's Day

Fool's Day

2014 · Producer

Bitterly! 2

Bitterly! 2

2014 · Producer

Eliminar Amigo

Eliminar Amigo

2014 · Producer

Six Degrees of Celebration 3

Six Degrees of Celebration 3

2013 · Producer

Bitterly!

Bitterly!

2013 · Producer

The Game of Truth

The Game of Truth

2013 · Producer

Gentlemen, Good Luck!‎

Gentlemen, Good Luck!‎

2012 · Producer

The Snow Queen

The Snow Queen

2012 · Producer

Abraham Lincoln: Cazador De Vampiros

Abraham Lincoln: Cazador De Vampiros

2012 · Producer, Director

La última noche de la humanidad

La última noche de la humanidad

2011 · Producer

Kikoriki: Team Invincible

Kikoriki: Team Invincible

2011 · Producer

Six Degrees of Celebration 2

Six Degrees of Celebration 2

2011 · Producer, Writer

Apolo 18

Apolo 18

2011 · Producer

Lucky Trouble

Lucky Trouble

2011 · Producer

Six Degrees of Celebration

Six Degrees of Celebration

2010 · Director, Producer

Happy People: A Year in the Taiga

Happy People: A Year in the Taiga

2010 · Executive Producer

Black Lightning

Black Lightning

2009 · Producer

Nueve

Nueve

2009 · Producer

Se Busca

Se Busca

2008 · Director

The Irony of Fate: Continuation

The Irony of Fate: Continuation

2007 · Director, Writer, Producer

Day Watch

Day Watch

2006 · Writer, Director

Night Watch

Night Watch

2004 · Director, Writer

GAZ. Russian Cars

GAZ. Russian Cars

2002 · Director

The Arena

The Arena

2001 · Director

Peshawar Waltz

Peshawar Waltz

1994 · Director, Writer

Before the Big Road to War

Before the Big Road to War

1987 · Production Design

Petersburg Carousel

Petersburg Carousel

· Director

Hodja Nasreddin

Hodja Nasreddin

· Director, Screenplay

Blind Love

Blind Love

· Producer

Потерянный и возвращенный мир

Потерянный и возвращенный мир

· Producer, Director

Он - дракон 2

Он - дракон 2

· Producer

Substitution

Substitution

· Producer

Погребённый

Погребённый

· Director

Liked

Liked

· Producer

ANSWR

ANSWR

· Producer

Don't Get Up!

Don't Get Up!

· Producer

TV shows (9)