Biography
Muhammad Ali Iskandarov was born on 18 June 1983 in Tashkent. He is an Uzbek film director, screenwriter, producer and actor, and the younger brother of the actor Umid Iskandarov.
He began in film in the early 2010s as an actor, appearing in the melodrama "Baxt saroblari" (2012) and the drama "Layloyimsan" (2013). Over the same years he made music videos, among them the 2014 video for Asal Shodiyeva's song "Yolg'izim".
His feature directing debut is the war drama "I'm Not a Terrorist" (2021), which he wrote, directed and co-produced. The film deals with the war in Syria and the fate of young men who joined a terrorist group; it was made by the Cinematography Agency of Uzbekistan with the film company Iskandariy visual, with the support of the State Security Service of Uzbekistan. It was shown during the National Cinema Week in January 2021 and went into wide release on 22 May.
In 2021-2022 he was named as director of the Uzbek-Belarusian biographical film "Asian Lion", about the Hero of the Soviet Union Mamadali Topvaldiyev, the partisan known as "Kazbek". According to Wikipedia, the project's director was later replaced.
Life path
- 2012Acting
Appeared in the melodrama "Baxt saroblari".
- 2013Acting and music videos
Appeared in the drama "Layloyimsan"; in these years he also made music videos.
- 2014Music video
Directed the video for Asal Shodiyeva's song "Yolg'izim".
- 2021"I'm Not a Terrorist"
First feature film: screenwriter, director and one of the producers; shown at the National Cinema Week (January), in wide release from 22 May.
- 2022"Asian Lion" project
Named director of the Uzbek-Belarusian biographical film.
Filmography
| Title | Year |
|---|---|
| O'yin ichida o'yin | 2010 |
| “Baxt saroblari” | 2012 |
| “Layloyimsan” | 2013 |
| “I'm Not a Terrorist” | 2021 |
