Zhanna Issabayeva
Born: 1968-01-01 in Alma-Ata, Kazakh SSR, USSR, (now Almaty, Kazakhstan)
Known For: Directing
Biography
Zhanna Issabayeva (Kazakh: Жанна Исабаева; born 1 January 1968; Almaty) is a Kazakh film director, screenwriter and producer. She graduated from the journalism faculty of Kazakh States University in 1991. She has worked as a producer and director since 1993. In 2007 debuted with the full-length feature film Karoy (2007) which took part in Venice Film Festival, "Critics Week" and was nominated for "Best Asian Director 2007" at the Asia Pacific Screen Awards.
Filmography
2026
- Framing Her as Self
2020
- Fate ... (Producer)
2018
- Rejected ... (Director)
2017
- Sveta ... (Producer)
2015
- Bopem ... (Producer)
2014
- Nagima ... (Screenplay)
2013
- Special Purpose Department ... (Director)
2012
- Price of Freedom ... (Director)
- Talgat ... (Screenplay)
2011
- Losing Innocence in Alma-Ata ... (Screenplay)
2009
- My Dear Children ... (Screenplay)
2007
- Karoy ... (Director)