Tolomush Okeyev

Tölömüsh Okeyevich Okeyev (Kyrgyz: Төлөмүш Океевич Океев; 11 September 1935 – 18 December 2001) was a Kyrgyz screenwriter and film director born in Bökönbaev.^[1] In 1973, he was a member of the jury at the 8th Moscow International Film Festival.^[2] His 1975 film, The Red Apple, was entered into the 9th Moscow International Film Festival^[3] while his 1984 film, The Descendant of the Snow Leopard, was entered into the 35th Berlin International Film Festival, where it won the Silver Bear for an outstanding single achievement.^[4] In 1999, he was a member of the jury at the 21st Moscow International Film Festival.^[5]

Tolomush Okeyevich Okeyev
Born	(1935-09-11)11 September 1935 Bökönbaev, Kirghiz ASSR, Soviet Union
Died	18 December 2001(2001-12-18) (aged 66) Ankara, Turkey
Occupation(s)	Film director, screenwriter
Years active	1962–1995

Filmography

Directed films

• Genghis Khan (1992)
• Miracle of Love (Сүйүүнүн Көркү, 1986)
• The Descendant of the Snow Leopard (Ак илбирсти тукуму, 1984)
• Skulptor Olga Manuylova (1982)
• Golden Autumn (Алтын Күз, 1980)
• Ulan (1977)
• The Red Apple (1975)
• The Ferocious One (1974)
• The Worship of Fire (1971-2; sometimes Bow Down to the Fire), a biography of Urkuya Salieva^[6][7]
• Smarter Birds (1970)
• The Heritage (1969)
• The Skies of Our Childhood (1966)
• There Are Horses (1965)

Written films

• Spotted Dog Running at the Edge of the Sea (1990)