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Timur Bekmambetov

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Timur Bekmambetov

Born June 25, 1961 in Guryev, Kazakh SSR, USSR [now Atyrau, Kazakhstan]65 films

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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Searching posterFirst watchSearching20187.6After David Kim's 16-year-old daughter goes missing, a local investigation is opened and a detective is assigned to the case.View film

Essential films

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Filmography

65 films
  1. TBABlind LoveProducer
  2. TBAПотерянный и возвращенный мирProducer
  3. TBAОн - дракон 2Producer
  4. TBASubstitutionProducer
  5. TBALikedProducer
  6. TBAANSWRProducer
  7. TBADon't Get Up!Producer
  8. 2026LifeHackProducer
  9. 2026MercyProducer
  10. 2025War of the WorldsProducer
  11. 2025Six Till MidnightProducer
  12. 2025BloatProducer
  13. 2024CTRLExecutive Producer
  14. 2024#Blue_WhaleProducer
  15. 2023Long DProducer
  16. 2023ResurrectedProducer
  17. 2023MissingExecutive Producer
  18. 2022#FBFProducer
  19. 2021V2. Escape from HellProducer
  20. 2021R♥️JProducer
  21. 2020Persian LessonsProducer
  22. 2020GamblerProducer
  23. 2020Current SeaExecutive Producer
  24. 2019Heroic DeedProducer
  25. 2018The Last Six Degrees of CelebrationProducer
  26. 2018Alice AIProducer
  27. 2018SearchingProducer
  28. 2018B-Day!Production Director
  29. 2018Unfriended: Dark WebProducer
  30. 2018RezoProducer
  31. 2018Tweet-TweetProducer
  32. 2018ProfileProducer
  33. 2018The Current WarProducer
  34. 2018UnfollowedProducer
  35. 2017Six Degrees of Celebration 6General Manager
  36. 2017The SpacewalkerProducer
  37. 2016Six Degrees of Celebration 5Producer
  38. 2016Hacking BloggersProducer
  39. 2016Before LoveExecutive Producer
  40. 2015The Best Day EverProducer
  41. 2015I Am DragonProducer
  42. 2015Hardcore HenryProducer
  43. 2015Double TroubleProducer
  44. 2015Paws, Bones & Rock'n'rollGeneral Manager
  45. 2014SquirrelsProducer
  46. 2014Six Degrees of Celebration 1914Producer
  47. 2014Fool's DayProducer
  48. 2014Bitterly! 2Producer
  49. 2014UnfriendedProducer
  50. 2013Six Degrees of Celebration 3Producer
  51. 2013Bitterly!Producer
  52. 2013The Game of TruthProducer
  53. 2012Gentlemen, Good Luck!‎Producer
  54. 2012The Snow QueenProducer
  55. 2012Abraham Lincoln: Vampire HunterProducer
  56. 2011The Darkest HourProducer
  57. 2011Kikoriki: Team InvincibleProducer
  58. 2011Six Degrees of Celebration 2Producer
  59. 2011Apollo 18Producer
  60. 2011Lucky TroubleProducer
  61. 2010Six Degrees of CelebrationProducer
  62. 2010Happy People: A Year in the TaigaExecutive Producer
  63. 2009Black LightningProducer
  64. 20099Producer
  65. 2007The Irony of Fate: ContinuationProducer