Bakhrom Yakubov

Bakhrom Yakubov was born on 1 April 1961 in Tashkent into a family of intellectuals. He graduated from the acting faculty of the Ostrovsky Tashkent Theatre and Art Institute and worked as an assistant director at the Uzbekfilm and Uzbektelefilm studios.

His first directing work was the short feature «Diary of a Young Writer» (1989); for many years afterwards he made documentaries. He entered feature cinema in 2003 with «Sarvinoz».

He later made «Baxt uchun million» (2005), «Sogdiana» (2006), «Super Daughter-in-Law» (2008), «Ichkuyov» (2009), «Majruh» (2010), «Yondiradi Kuydiradi» (2011), «O Maryam, Maryam» (2012) and other films; «O'zbekcha ajrashish» came out in 2020. He died in Tashkent on 11 March 2021.