Jakhongir Akhmedov

Jakhongir Akhmedov was born on 4 February 1983 in the Tashkent region. He finished secondary school in Tashkent, studied at an arts institute in 2002–2008 and completed a master's degree in directing at the State Institute of Arts of Uzbekistan, where he is now an associate professor.

He began in film in 2009 with the comedy Uylanish, which he also wrote. His later films include Omad and Tundan tonggacha (2010), Oling quda, bering quda (2011), Majnun (2016), the historical film Islam-Khoja (2018) and the Second World War drama Ilhaq (2020). The article says he has directed 16 feature films and written scripts for more than 30. His historical film Yalangtosh Bahodir premiered in 2024.

He sat on the board of the Uzbek cinematographers' creative union (2018), the art council of the Cinematography Agency (2019) and the board of the copyright chamber for artists and performers (2020). In December 2023 his appointment as leading inspector of the department for creative organizations and cinematography in the Presidential Administration was reported; he had earlier been chief director of the Ezgu-film studio.

He won Best Director at the M&TVA awards (2011), was named Honored Cultural Worker of the Republic of Uzbekistan (2020), received the Grand Prix of the Listopad International Film Festival for Ilhaq and the Best Film prize at the Oltin Humo national film festival (2021), and was awarded the Order of Labor Glory on 28 May 2026.