Umid Malikov

Umid Malikov is an Uzbek cinematographer and director, born on 19 November 1985 in Tashkent.

In 2003 he entered the film and television cinematography faculty of the Uzbek State Institute of Arts, studying in the workshop of the documentary director and cinematographer Turdi Nodirov; in 2009 he completed a master's degree in the workshop of the cinematographer Hotam Fayziyev. He taught camera work at the same institute and at the Focus film school.

He has worked as a director of photography since 2007, shooting films and series for B. Yoqubov, Said Muxtor, Xilol Nasimov, Ozod Shams, A. Gamirov and other directors, among them «Majruh» (2010), «Majruh 2» (2017), «Sevda» (2024) and «Choʻliq» (2025).

In 2014 the children's film «Unutma meni», directed by Kamara Kamalova, won the Audience Sympathy Prize at the SCHLINGEL International Film Festival in Chemnitz, Germany, and Rashid Malikov's «Toga» won the Grand Prix of the «In the Circle of the Family» festival. In 2016 the MY5 TV channel named him Cinematographer of the Year; in 2018 his documentary «Ancient Bukhara», which he directed, was named the channel's Best Documentary of the Year.