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Biography
Timur Nuruakhitovich Bekmambetov is a Kazakh-Russian filmmaker and tech entrepreneur. He is best known for the fantasy epic Night Watch (2004), the action thriller Wanted (2008), and the historical horror film Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter (2012), as well as for the screenlife films Unfriended (2015), Searching (2018), and War of the Worlds (2025).
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Awards & recognition
- Order of Friendship · 2011
- European Film Award - People's Choice Award — Best Director · 2005 · nominated
Filmography30 titles

Persian Lessons
2020Producer
2020Producer

Searching
2018Producer
2018Producer

LifeHack
2026Producer
2026Producer

Missing
2023Executive Producer
2023Executive Producer

Happy People: A Year in the Taiga
2010Executive Producer
2010Executive Producer

I Am Dragon
2015Producer
2015Producer

Mercy
2026Director, Producer
2026Director, Producer

Spacewalker
2017Producer
2017Producer

9
2009Producer
2009Producer

Profile
2018Director, Producer, Writer
2018Director, Producer, Writer

The Current War
2017Producer
2017Producer

Kikoriki: Team Invincible
2011Producer
2011Producer

Wanted
2008Director
2008Director

Hardcore Henry
2015Producer
2015Producer

Resurrected
2023Producer
2023Producer

Unfriended: Dark Web
2018Producer
2018Producer

Black Lightning
2009Producer
2009Producer

#FBF
2022Producer
2022Producer

Night Watch
2004Director, Writer
2004Director, Writer

CTRL
2024Executive Producer
2024Executive Producer

Day Watch
2006Director, Writer
2006Director, Writer

Ben-Hur
2016Director
2016Director

Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter
2012Director, Producer
2012Director, Producer

The Snow Queen
2012Producer
2012Producer

Unfriended
2014Producer
2014Producer

Bloat
2025Producer
2025Producer

The Darkest Hour
2011Producer
2011Producer

Apollo 18
2011Producer
2011Producer

War of the Worlds
2025Producer
2025Producer

Current Sea
2020Executive Producer
2020Executive Producer