Isamat Ergashev

Isamat Ergashev was born on 22 February 1945 in Chimkent (now Shymkent, Kazakhstan). In 1965 he graduated from the acting faculty of the Ostrovsky Tashkent Theatre and Art Institute. He has worked in film since 1966, serving in the actors' studio of Uzbekfilm and performing at the state theatre «Yosh gvardiya».

He began as an actor, appearing in «The Bell of Sayat», «Betrayal», «General Rakhimov», «Legend of Love», «Hostage» and other films. He then moved into directing: his TV comedy «Temir xotin» appeared in 1990, followed by «Sharif and Marif» in 1993 and «Buyuk Amir Temur» in 1996.

In 1990 he received the jury prize for originality of theme at the Arsenal festival in Riga, and in 2002 an award for best musical film at the Asian countries' feature film festival in Pyongyang. In 2000 he was given the title Honoured Worker of Culture of Uzbekistan.