Timur Bekmambetov

Timur Bekmambetov

Known for
Production
Born
June 25, 1961 (age 65)
Birthplace
Guryev, Kazakh SSR, USSR [now Atyrau, Kazakhstan]

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.

Known For

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Filmography

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Blind Love

Blind Love

Movie · Producer

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Потерянный и возвращенный мир

Потерянный и возвращенный мир

Movie · Producer

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Он - дракон 2

Он - дракон 2

Movie · Producer

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Substitution

Substitution

Movie · Producer

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Liked

Liked

Movie · Producer

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ANSWR

ANSWR

Movie · Producer

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Don't Get Up!

Don't Get Up!

Movie · Producer

2026
Mercy poster

Mercy

Movie · Producer

2026
LifeHack poster

LifeHack

Movie · Producer

2025
Bloat poster

Bloat

Movie · Producer

2025
War of the Worlds poster

War of the Worlds

Movie · Producer

2025
Six Till Midnight poster

Six Till Midnight

Movie · Producer

2024
#Blue_Whale poster

#Blue_Whale

Movie · Producer

2024
CTRL poster

CTRL

Movie · Executive Producer

2023
Long D poster

Long D

Movie · Producer

2023
Missing poster

Missing

Movie · Executive Producer

2023
Resurrected poster

Resurrected

Movie · Producer

2022
#FBF poster

#FBF

Movie · Producer

2021
V2. Escape from Hell poster

V2. Escape from Hell

Movie · Producer

2021
R♥️J poster

R♥️J

Movie · Producer

2020
Gambler poster

Gambler

Movie · Producer

2020
Persian Lessons poster

Persian Lessons

Movie · Producer

2020
Current Sea poster

Current Sea

Movie · Executive Producer

2020
Locked Up poster

Locked Up

TV · Producer · 10 eps

2019
Heroic Deed

Heroic Deed

Movie · Producer

2019
Dead Of Night poster

Dead Of Night

TV · Producer · 10 eps

2018
Profile poster

Profile

Movie · Producer

2018
Rezo poster

Rezo

Movie · Producer

2018
The Last Six Degrees of Celebration poster

The Last Six Degrees of Celebration

Movie · Producer

2018
The Current War poster

The Current War

Movie · Producer

2018
B-Day! poster

B-Day!

Movie · Production Director

2018
Unfriended: Dark Web poster

Unfriended: Dark Web

Movie · Producer

2018
Searching poster

Searching

Movie · Producer

2018
Alice AI poster

Alice AI

Movie · Producer

2018
Tweet-Tweet poster

Tweet-Tweet

Movie · Producer

2018
Unfollowed poster

Unfollowed

Movie · Producer

2017
Six Degrees of Celebration 6 poster

Six Degrees of Celebration 6

Movie · General Manager

2017
The Spacewalker poster

The Spacewalker

Movie · Producer

2016
Before Love poster

Before Love

Movie · Executive Producer

2016
Six Degrees of Celebration 5 poster

Six Degrees of Celebration 5

Movie · Producer

2016
Hacking Bloggers poster

Hacking Bloggers

Movie · Producer

2015
I Am Dragon poster

I Am Dragon

Movie · Producer

2015
Paws, Bones & Rock'n'roll poster

Paws, Bones & Rock'n'roll

Movie · General Manager

2015
The Best Day Ever poster

The Best Day Ever

Movie · Producer

2015
Hardcore Henry poster

Hardcore Henry

Movie · Producer

2015
Double Trouble poster

Double Trouble

Movie · Producer

2014
Fool's Day poster

Fool's Day

Movie · Producer

2014
Unfriended poster

Unfriended

Movie · Producer

2014
Six Degrees of Celebration 1914 poster

Six Degrees of Celebration 1914

Movie · Producer

2014
Squirrels poster

Squirrels

Movie · Producer

2014
Bitterly! 2 poster

Bitterly! 2

Movie · Producer

2013
The Game of Truth poster

The Game of Truth

Movie · Producer

2013
Six Degrees of Celebration 3 poster

Six Degrees of Celebration 3

Movie · Producer

2013
Bitterly! poster

Bitterly!

Movie · Producer

2012
Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter poster

Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter

Movie · Producer

2012
The Snow Queen poster

The Snow Queen

Movie · Producer

2012
Gentlemen, Good Luck!‎ poster

Gentlemen, Good Luck!‎

Movie · Producer

2011
Apollo 18 poster

Apollo 18

Movie · Producer

2011
The Darkest Hour poster

The Darkest Hour

Movie · Producer

2011
Six Degrees of Celebration 2 poster

Six Degrees of Celebration 2

Movie · Producer

2011
Lucky Trouble poster

Lucky Trouble

Movie · Producer

2011
Kikoriki: Team Invincible poster

Kikoriki: Team Invincible

Movie · Producer

2010
Happy People: A Year in the Taiga poster

Happy People: A Year in the Taiga

Movie · Executive Producer

2010
Six Degrees of Celebration poster

Six Degrees of Celebration

Movie · Producer

2009
Black Lightning poster

Black Lightning

Movie · Producer

2009
9 poster

9

Movie · Producer

2007
The Irony of Fate: Continuation poster

The Irony of Fate: Continuation

Movie · Producer

2006
The Gromovs poster

The Gromovs

TV · Producer · 12 eps