Personal info
Known for
Director
Gender
Male
Birthday
03 December
Location
Osh Region, Kyrgyzstan
Edit pageNurbek Egen
Biography
Nurbek Egen (Russian Нурбек Эген; born 3 December 1975) is a Kyrgyz and Russian film and TV director and screenwriter. His films have won two Young Artist Awards: his short film Sanzhyra as Best Short Foreign Film and his feature film The Wedding Chest as Outstanding International Drama.
Egen's social drama The Empty Home (2012) brings up one of the most relevant and sensitive issues - emigration, interpenetration, and mutual rejection of different cultures, and national identities. The film won the Best Feature Film Award at the 10th Shaken's Stars International Film Festival in Almaty, Kazakhstan.
Egen's The Wedding Chest and The Empty Home were Kyrgyzstan's submissions for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film in the years 2006 and 2012, respectively.
Egen is currently engaged in active filmmaking and TV production.
