Serik Aprimov

Serik Aprimov was born on Oct 28, 1960 in USSR [now Kazakhstan]. Serik Aprimov's big-screen debut came with Aksuat directed by Serik Aprimov in 1997.

Born in Aksuat village in the northern part of Kazakhstan. Graduated from Almaty technical college in 1979. Following the military service, he took up film studies in directing at the Moscow's prestigious Film School (VGIK). He was one of the young Kazakh talents who was chosen to attend the workshop of well-known Russian director Sergei Solovyov in 1989. The group went on to establish the "new wave" of Kazakh cinema.