Mazhit Begalin

Directing

Biography

MAZHIT BEGALIN February 22, 1922, Semipalatinsk, Kazakh SSR, USSR — May 5, 1978, Moscow, RSFSR, USSR. Film director, screenwriter, actor. Honored Art Worker of the Kazakh SSR (1977). He graduated from the Directing Department of VGIK in 1948 (workshop of S.A. Gerasimov and T.F. Makarova). Since 1950, he worked as a director at the Kazakhfilm studio. His father was the well-known Kazakh writer Sapargali Iskakovich Begalin (1895–1983). His wife was actress Lyudmila Ivanova (1925–1995). His son was actor and stuntman Nartai Begalin (1951–1993).

Personal Info

• Known For Directing
• Gender Male
• Birthday February 22, 1922 (56 years old)
• Died May 5, 1978
• Place of Birth Semipalatinsk, Kazakh SSR, USSR