Gulbara Tolomushova (Russian: Ð"ульбара Толомушова)
is a Kyrgyzstani film director, cinematographer and film critic.She
was born in Frunze (now Bishkek) as the daughter of a film editor
mother who traveled frequently to Moscow for work. She went on to
study cinematography in Moscow, graduating from the Russian State
Institute of Cinematography in 1989. Since then she has directed
numerous films and written about the medium for both internet and
print publications. She has also served on a number of film festival
juries. As a director she specializes in documentaries on the subject
of human rights. Employed by the Department of Cinematography of the
Ministry of Culture and Tourism, she is a member of the International
Federation of Film Critics and the Network for the Promotion of Asian
Cinema. From 2004 until 2010 she was the deputy chair of the Kyrgyz
Union of Filmmakers. She has also worked as a researcher at the
Aitmatov Institute for Literature and Languages at the Kyrgyz Academy
of Sciences. She has received a number of awards from the government
of Kyrgyzstan for her work. Tolomushova has called Battleship Potemkin
the first truly great film that she saw in her life.
is a Kyrgyzstani film director, cinematographer and film critic.She
was born in Frunze (now Bishkek) as the daughter of a film editor
mother who traveled frequently to Moscow for work. She went on to
study cinematography in Moscow, graduating from the Russian State
Institute of Cinematography in 1989. Since then she has directed
numerous films and written about the medium for both internet and
print publications. She has also served on a number of film festival
juries. As a director she specializes in documentaries on the subject
of human rights. Employed by the Department of Cinematography of the
Ministry of Culture and Tourism, she is a member of the International
Federation of Film Critics and the Network for the Promotion of Asian
Cinema. From 2004 until 2010 she was the deputy chair of the Kyrgyz
Union of Filmmakers. She has also worked as a researcher at the
Aitmatov Institute for Literature and Languages at the Kyrgyz Academy
of Sciences. She has received a number of awards from the government
of Kyrgyzstan for her work. Tolomushova has called Battleship Potemkin
the first truly great film that she saw in her life.
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