Personal Info
Known ForProduction
Born1961-06-25
BirthplaceGuryev, Kazakh SSR, USSR [now Atyrau, Kazakhstan]
Timur Bekmambetov
Production
Biography
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.
Notable Works
Prominent titles featuring Timur Bekmambetov
Filmography
Acting (1)
2016
The Artist's Adventuresas Self
Production & Directing (95)
2026
LifeHackProducer
7.2
2026
MercyProducer
7.1
2026
MercyDirector
7.1
2025
War of the WorldsProducer
4.0
2025
Six Till MidnightProducer
7.0
2025
BloatProducer
5.3
2024
CTRLExecutive Producer
6.1
2024
#Blue_WhaleProducer
6.3
2023
Long DProducer
6.0
2023
ResurrectedProducer
6.3
2023
MissingExecutive Producer
7.4
2022
#FBFProducer
6.0
2021
V2. Escape from HellDirector
5.7
2021
V2. Escape from HellProducer
5.7
2021
R♥️JProducer
6.6
2020
Like in VeniceScreenplay
2020
Like in VeniceDirector
2020
Persian LessonsProducer
7.6
2020
GamblerProducer
2.0
2020
Current SeaExecutive Producer
2019
Heroic DeedProducer
2018
6.0
2018
6.0
2018
Alice AIProducer
1.0
2018
SearchingProducer
7.6
2018
B-Day!Production Director
5.2
2018
Unfriended: Dark WebProducer
6.3
2018
RezoProducer
7.9
2018
Tweet-TweetProducer
6.4
2018
ProfileProducer
6.9
2018
ProfileDirector
6.9
2018
ProfileWriter
6.9
2018
The Current WarProducer
6.7
2018
UnfollowedProducer
5.0
2017
Six Degrees of Celebration 6General Manager
5.3
2017
The SpacewalkerProducer
7.0
2016
Six Degrees of Celebration 5Producer
5.1
2016
Six Degrees of Celebration 5Director
5.1
2016
Hacking BloggersProducer
1.8
2016
Ben-HurDirector
5.8
2016
Before LoveExecutive Producer
6.3
2015
The Best Day EverProducer
4.9
2015
I Am DragonProducer
7.2
2015
Hardcore HenryProducer
6.4
2015
Double TroubleProducer
5.0
2015
Paws, Bones & Rock'n'rollGeneral Manager
6.1
2014
SquirrelsProducer
2014
Six Degrees of Celebration 1914Director
5.7
2014
Six Degrees of Celebration 1914Producer
5.7
2014
Fool's DayProducer
5.7
2014
Bitterly! 2Producer
4.5
2014
UnfriendedProducer
5.6
2013
Six Degrees of Celebration 3Producer
6.2
2013
Bitterly!Producer
5.6
2013
The Game of TruthProducer
6.4
2012
Gentlemen, Good Luck!Producer
3.8
2012
The Snow QueenProducer
5.9
2012
Abraham Lincoln: Vampire HunterDirector
5.8
2012
Abraham Lincoln: Vampire HunterProducer
5.8
2011
The Darkest HourProducer
5.3
2011
Kikoriki: Team InvincibleProducer
6.6
2011
Six Degrees of Celebration 2Producer
6.6
2011
6.6
2011
Apollo 18Producer
5.3
2011
Lucky TroubleProducer
5.9
2010
Six Degrees of CelebrationProducer
6.4
2010
Six Degrees of CelebrationDirector
6.4
2010
Happy People: A Year in the TaigaExecutive Producer
7.3
2009
Black LightningProducer
6.3
2009
9Producer
7.0
2008
WantedDirector
6.5
2007
4.8
2007
The Irony of Fate: ContinuationDirector
4.8
2007
The Irony of Fate: ContinuationProducer
4.8
2006
Day WatchDirector
6.1
2006
Day WatchWriter
6.1
2004
Night WatchDirector
6.2
2004
Night WatchWriter
6.2
2002
GAZ. Russian CarsDirector
2001
The ArenaDirector
3.2
1994
Peshawar WaltzDirector
2.7
1994
Peshawar WaltzWriter
2.7
1987
Before the Big Road to WarProduction Design
8.0
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Petersburg CarouselDirector
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Hodja NasreddinScreenplay
—
Hodja NasreddinDirector
—
Blind LoveProducer
—
Потерянный и возвращенный мирProducer
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Потерянный и возвращенный мирDirector
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Он - дракон 2Producer
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SubstitutionProducer
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ПогребённыйDirector
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LikedProducer
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ANSWRProducer
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Don't Get Up!Producer