Serik Sekenovich Aprymov (Kazakh: Серік Секенович Апрымовтың; born 28 October, 1960; Aksuat) is a Soviet and Kazakh film director, screenwriter, producer. Graduated from Almaty technical college in 1979. Following the military service, he took up film studies in directing at the Moscow's prestigious Film School (VGIK). He was one of the young Kazakh talents who was chosen to attend the workshop of well-known Russian director Sergei Solovyov in 1989. The group went on to establish the "new wave" of Kazakh cinema. Aprymov made his first full feature film "Last Stop" at the age of 28. It received international acclaim but angered the natives of his village, who were shocked at his portrayal of their real lives. Aprymov's second film The Hypnotist was never released. The film Aksuat (1998) revealed again his keen eye for realistic detail an...read more